football
Xbox

The NFL Lockout, In Fact, Is Why Madden’s Release Date Moved To The End Of August

Traditionally releasing the first or second Tuesday of August, Madden NFL 12 this year moved to the end of the month, Aug. 30. EA Sports insisted the schedule change was not because of this year’s NFL lockout, but because it provided a more natural alignment of the game’s launch to the league’s opening week in September. Well, that’s not actually the case, according to Madden‘s director of marketing.

September 17, 2011
PlayStation

Put Da NFL Preview On My No One’s Back: Chargers Vs Patriots, Week Two

Bit of a speed bump here in just the second week of what I’d hoped would be a regular feature. Our commentator is AWOL. I’m still uploading the video so you can see what Madden NFL 12 predicts for this week’s marquee matchup between New England and San Diego.

September 10, 2011
PlayStation

Despite A Lockout And Disappointing Reviews, Madden Looks To One Of Its Best Years Ever

When the NFL lockout hovered over the release of EA Sports’ Madden series earlier in the year, investors were told to expect lower sales of Madden NFL 12. Analysts pegged the potential losses at up to half of all sales. The label’s exclusive pact with the league was renegotiated to terms that would help mitigate any harm.

News

EA Has A First Amendment Right To Depict Real College Football Players, Judge Rules

Electronic Arts on Friday won the dismissal of one lawsuit against it regarding its use of identifying characteristics of real college football players in its NCAA Football series. A federal judge said EA’s right to free expression under the First Amendment supersedes a former quarterback’s right to control the use of his likeness.

Xbox

The 6 Biggest Sports In The World In One Kinect Game

Why worry about which sports game to play on your Xbox 360 when you can get baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, football, and other football, all in one handy Kinect game?

September 9, 2011
PlayStation

Put Da NFL Preview On My Back, Week One: Saints Vs Packers, With The Greg Jennings YouTube Guy

Remember Demetry James? The man whose breathless narration of Greg Jennings 99-yard, broken leg touchdown in Madden NFL 10 amassed five million YouTube views has joined Kotaku and Deadspin to announce our video preview of the NFL’s biggest game each week this season.

September 8, 2011
Mobile

The National Football League Meets Backbreaker In NFL Rivals

Yesterday brought word that NaturalMotion, the makers of the popular Backbreaker series of games for iOS devices, had landed a licence to make an NFL game. It released today. NFL Rivals, for $2.99 (iTunes), combines the offence and defence games of Backbreaker and Backbreaker: Vengeance with authentic NFL uniforms and schedules, and adds some bragging rights.

Retro

Modders Celebrate The New NFL Season By Updating Tecmo Super Bowl To 2011

Ah, and now the football video game that really is just a roster and uniform update, and that’s all everyone wants it to be. Just in time for the NFL’s kickoff tomorrow, modders today released Tecmo Super Bowl 2012. It’s the same NES classic you’ve loved for 20 years, updated with the stars of the current league.

News

Did Backbreaker Just Get An NFL Licence?

Torsten Reil, the co-founder and CEO of NaturalMotion, on Sunday tweeted this picture which he says is from an iPhone version of Backbreaker: Vengeance, a spinoff of last year’s football game Backbreaker which challenged Madden NFL without any NFL branding. Reil’s picture shows someone for the Seattle Seahawks leaping over an Arizona Cardinals defender, in a stadium carrying NFL branding on its signs.

PlayStation

Madden’s NFL Predictions — And A Few Of Our Own, Vol. 3

It’s an annual tradition for Madden NFL 12 to simulate the upcoming season and offer its predictions of how the football season will unfold. Last year it correctly picked one of the Super Bowl participants — the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. This year, the game calls for a rematch of their title game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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