While speculation might suggest Eli Manning or Adrian Peterson, EA has gone with longtime Packers star Brett Favre. The announcement is expected tonight on Letterman.
According to the Facebook site for Madden NFL 09, the cover athlete is expected to be announced on April 25. Moreover, a quick check of the CBS schedule for Late Show with David Letterman shows that Favre is going to appear as one of Dave's guests tonight (April 24). For the past few years, EA has used late-night shows to announce the Madden cover. Last year Jimmy Kimmel's show was used to announce Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young for Madden 08.
Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
If you're an Xbox Live subscriber, then you're no doubt familiar with the GamerScore that's associated with your GamerTag. It's a way to notify players that you're quite good at a game, as you unlock points for completing certain tasks within it. But let's be honest, some games are beasts when it comes to earning points, and you'd rather let your score do the talking over your actual skills.
I remember when the Simpsons game released, the Start Achievement was funny. Now, looking back, it seems lazy. Hah.
I clicked on this article for the sole purpose of making sure The Simpson's "press start" achievement was included. If it weren't, the article would have no merit whatsoever.
Many gamers consider a console dead as soon as its successor hits store shelves. While it's true that the release schedule takes a massive hit when this happens, there are always a handful of titles that arrive late to the party. Take a look at the final games released for some of gaming's biggest consoles.
No real gamer would consider a console dead just because it's successor was released. I still buy and play NES, SNES and Genesis carts regularly. Even though I have a PS3 and Wii hooked up to my entertainment center, I also keep a PS2 hooked up which I still game on quite regularly. This is also why real gamers want backward compatibility.
Anyone who considers a console dead just because it's successor came out is gaming for the wrong reason.
I regret selling or giving away my Master System, Mega Drive, Sega CD, that 32 bits adapter and PS1. I had so many good original games in perfect state.
Only console I still have is a PS2 and PS3.
"Dead consoles" is only a label from the media. Its only natural that companys move on to a new generation for income stream and technology advancement.
What's with all of the disagrees on the comments in here? Are there gamers seriously THAT stupid to think that a new console means the previous one is dead? I mean, I knew that there are some people on this site that make a fly look like Einstein, but come on...
With that said, I played my Atari 2600 right until I lost the plug that let me play it on my TV. I still play my NES, SNES, and PS1 games regularly. I still play my PS2 here and there, too. These consoles aren't dead as long as there's content continuously coming out for them (homebrew counts, of course) and when there's still an 'audience' for these consoles. That's not to say that they're still as profitable as the new consoles, of course, but they aren't dead.
As much as i respect brett favre, i think it should have gone to someone else. Despite eli mannings lack luster beginnings, i think he deserved it more than favre. Not to mention the fact that favre is old and he needs to GTFO
this is one way to beat the curse... pick retired players!!
ask Shaun Alexander and Mike Vick if they believe in the Madden Curse.
Brett Favre is undoubtedly the greatest Quarterback to ever play the game of football. He defined the true meaning of the gunslinger mentality by being the all time leader in touchdowns (and INT's unfortunately) and breaking every major passing record in history.
Dark Sniper is confused why Brett is gracing the cover, but even still Favre is his favorite player. The Madden curse however does scare Dark Sniper a little bit. This could roll over into affecting Aaron Rodgers.
With the receiving corps of Driver, Jennings, Jones, Martin, Robinson, Aaron Rodgers has little chances of being unsuccessful this season as Dark Sniper predicts that Green Bay will make it to the super bowl in 2009.
If Rex Grossman can do it, Aaron Rodgers damn sure can.
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about the pack in 09 but I just don't see it happening.
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wasn't this the same story that was posted 20 min ago.