After reporting the initial Madden 10 news, Operation Sports goes into detail about the first major new feature of Madden NFL 10 - Procedural Awareness.
What does that mean? Put simply, a player has to see things before he can react. No longer can he psychically know where the ball is - so people who hate it when a DB intercepts a ball with his back to the play, for instance, rejoice.
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.
When will EA hold on the NFL license end? I can't wait for 2K sports to start making NFL games again.
4 million wake up and realize that football games are dogsh1t and pretty much the same as last year, and stop wasting 60 bucks...oh, maybe that won't happen.
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EA sucks. the problem is come august i really want to play a football game and madden is the only NFL option. every year they add "features" but 2 weeks after the game is out is a glitchy buggy POS that they never fix. BTW if i remember ea renewed their nfl license till like 2012 or something.
1: ... why are games like NFL and NHL as expensive here in Europe as they are in America? (more expensive actually; 60 euro is about 75-80 dollars)
Here, almost no-one cares about the sport and the new rosters, but DO care about the gameplay!? I bet a game like NHL09 would sell ALOT more when they'd price it 30 euro at it's release here, simply cause it's a great game that can be enjoyed without being a hockey-fan, but people certainly arent going to pay 60 bucks for it (here in Holland)
EA should really take into account that in Europe people are a whole lot less willing to pay full-price for the newest American sports games. Just as I'm sure many in America like to play 'soccer' games, but dont REALLY care about the new rosters.
2: When will they finally include the Euphoria engine into sportsgames!? Just imagine bodychecking in NHL and NFL and sliding someone inhalf in Fifa, with the Euphoria engine at work.
This isnt good. Especially for Dark Sniper's opponents who dare try to challenge him in Madden. With this feature, this means that Dark Sniper will be able to simply throw a football, click over and Rocket Catch the ball without the DB knowing what is going on.
For the record, everyone who has challenged Dark Sniper in Madden has fallen beneath him in Madden 2009. Would you like to be next?
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