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Madden Moments Live will take your coins for Madden NFL 11

Examiner.com
"EA Sports has introduced a new take on last year's Madden Moments with Madden Moments Live for Madden NFL 11 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In NFL 10, you were able to take exciting moments from the previous real-life NFL season and replay them to try to get the same result. Now those moments will come weekly for Madden NFL 11 but there is a catch."

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Queasy5058d ago (Edited 5058d ago )

I'm torn on this. On one hand, EA is offering something tangible every week. On the other hand, it will cost money and we don't know how much yet.

tehk1w15058d ago

EA is up to their old tricks it seems.

Queasy5058d ago

Old tricks, new avenues.

SKUD5058d ago

New avenues, same old suckers.

AAACE55058d ago

I just played the demo on XBL. I had the Colts (rated 91) vs. Jets (rated 89). I beat the jets 34-0. I haven't played a Madden game in over a year and have never been a big fan of it. I was bored before halftime but continued to evaluate the demo. I threw 3 70+ yard touchdown passes.

I won't be buying this...

MxShade5058d ago

Lame. Here comes the monetization rolling in online console play...

Queasy5058d ago

I'm still waiting for them to explain what all this costs in terms of "coins" and how much it costs to purchase "coins" and how do you go about getting "coins" in online play.

MattyF5058d ago

This Madden will certainly be an improvement over previous entries.

GiantJedi5058d ago

The devs who make Madden will get my dick in the mail.

pinkyxyz5058d ago

but a buttrape is required to play.......

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws14d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman14d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath214d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai20d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga19d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole16d ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville17d ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens5219d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_19d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville17d ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM19d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka19d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_19d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long23d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz0923d ago (Edited 23d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.