The second patch for EA Sports’ Madden NFL 10 adds the tribute helmet sticker Tennessee is wearing for Steve McNair, murdered in the offseason by his deranged mistress. Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jim Johnson also gets the memorial treatment.
I can’t imagine how scary it is for a developer to pitch a football video game when their name isn’t EA Sports. I imagine a room full of people going dead silent before someone says, “You mean like Madden?”
Cris Collinsworth took over as the colour analyst for the Madden franchise last year. John Madden retired from broadcasting this year. As this video suggests, it’s only a matter of time before the ex-Bengals receiver takes over the title
The so-called Madden Curse, which doesn’t involve witch doctors as much as it does wacky concepts like “regression to the mean” and “injuries in a full-contact sport,” claimed one of this year’s two cover boys in week one.
Madden NFL 10 co-cover athlete Troy Polamalu did just fine in the season opener between the Titans and the Steelers last night, until an injury put him out of commission for three to six weeks.
Travel back in time to the 1960s before the fourth American Football League became the AFC with the AFL Legacy Pack, due out later this month for Madden NFL 10.