There Is No Such Thing As The "Madden Curse"

Originally published in 2007, we’ve just updated this feature – on why there’s no such thing as the “Madden Curse” – to reflect some of the game’s more contemporary “victims”.


November 5, 2009
News

Madden Gets A Card Game

EA Sports have announced that “Ultimate Team”, a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year’s FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10.


September 19, 2009
In Real Life

And Here’s A Wii Football Accessory

We mention a plastic football accessory for the Wii last week and a plastic Wii football accessory appears! Coincidence? Probably!


August 22, 2009
In Real Life

Kotaku Theatre: The Madden 10 Glitch Collection

We all know how it works: Another year, another Madden. And like any game that has a yearly deadline, sometimes there might be a lack of polish. We’ve collected ten videos of glitches from EA’s newest outing (Beware: foul language).


August 13, 2009
In Real Life

If Wolfenstein Beats Madden, Wolfenstein Is Free

Raven Software designer Manveer Heir has mounted a one-man Twitter Wolfenstein marketing campaign, offering to pay for your copy of the game if it manages to outsell Madden 10.


August 11, 2009
In Real Life

Wal-Mart Promotes Madden With Razorblades And Roses

It may sound like the title of a bad goth poem, but razorblades and roses are just two elements in Wal-Mart’s promotional blitz for Madden 10.


August 5, 2009

Gang-Tackling Moves The Line In Madden 10

This trailer shows off Pro-Tak, the new tackle physics engine for EA Sports Madden NFL 10. If you get stacked up at the goal line, don’t expect to ricochet your way to paydirt.


July 29, 2009
News

Madden, FIFA Coming To IPhone

EA have quietly, perhaps even accidentally, revealed that their two biggest sporting franchises – Madden and FIFA – will be coming to the iPhone “soon”.


July 22, 2009
In Real Life

NFLer, Feeling Slighted By 91 Rating, Boycotting Madden 10

The Seattle Seahawks’ T.J. Houshmadzadeh, upset he’s only rated the sixth-best receiver in his conference in the upcoming Madden 10, has vowed not to play the game no more.


July 21, 2009
News

Madden Demo Comes Early To 360 Owners

Microsoft are at it again, this time working out some kind of deal with EA Sports that will see the public demo (not the preorder demo) for Madden 10 released a week early on Xbox Live.