Last week, IGN gave our suggestions on what EA could do to improve Madden 2010, a task which got many readers to giving their own thoughts and suggestions. While some people suggested that EA merely get Visual Concepts to re-release NFL 2K5 (it'll own your soul, you know), and others got their timeline confused and thought that EA had convinced the NFL to give them a monopoly on football games (when it was, in fact, the other way around), plenty of readers gave really interesting ideas on improvements and modes that could really improve the game. IGN picked their ten favorite suggestions and will comment on both their viability and how they might be implemented.
The United States Supreme Court has delivered their opinion in American Needle v. NFL, the antitrust case surrounding the Madden NFL series of games. The Seventh Circuit had previously ruled that the NFL, if it wishes to promote its brand (in this case, football), it must do so as a "joint venture" rather than in a competitive environment, allowing them to limit sales of NFL products to only a single outlet: something that could affect sales of Madden games. The Supreme Court, however, firmly rejected this idea, thus preserving the Madden series for sale at outlets other than NFL.com. The court highlighted the danger faced by the Seventh Circuit's ruling, had they not overturned it: "There would be nothing to prevent each of the teams from making its own market decisions relating to purchases of apparel and headwear, to the sale of such items, and to the granting of licenses to use its trademarks,” Justice Stevens said.
Avault writes: "It's Sunday. It's halftime and the Bears are down by 24. Cutler has already thrown three interceptions, but you still have hope for a strong second half. Your phone rings. It's your fiancé. She wants you to pick her up at the airport. You have to leave in 15 minutes, but you need to know how the game is going to end. You think to yourself, "I need a simulation. I'll play Madden and see what happens." You don't have time for a full game of Madden so you decide to play Madden NFL Arcade instead. You win by a landslide, and your hopes for a Bears comeback soar. Unfortunately, in real life you can't turn your opponent into a block of ice or make your receivers fast as lightning. You get home from the airport and find the Bears have lost by 40."
EA SPORTS has today announced that Madden Ultimate Team is now available for download as a free update to Madden NFL 10 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe. Just throw in your Madden NFL 10 game disc (with an Internet connection) and you'll receive the latest title update.
maddens cool in all still feel like iam playing the 360 version on the ps3...When i upgraded from the ps2 to the ps3 the controls messed me up so bad i stop playing madden. just wish they would had brought the ps2 controls to the ps3 verson and not the 360's to the ps3