You press a button, and a player on your opponent's team freezes in a block of ice; or you toss a ball with the kind of velocity that would make Jeff George wince; or your team gets an extra "fifth" down to try to punch it into the end zone; or you can flip-flop your score with that of your opponent. These are just some of the power-ups known as "gamechangers" in EA Sports' upcoming Madden NFL Arcade, due for release soon on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
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Baseball’s great, but it has nothing on football. It’s been more than six months since the Saints won the Super Bowl, and ever since that moment, we’ve dreamed about the start of the 2010 NFL season. It’s taken a while, but this Thursday, we’ll finally get to watch the gladiators of the gridiron smash the hell out of each other when the Vikings play those Saints in a rematch of the NFC Championship. From that point on, it’s all about hot wings, lazy Sundays, Monday Night Football and of course, lots of video games. Madden’s the big dog on the block, but you can also score your pigskin fix online with the following sports games.
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In today's Ten Days To Madden countdown, Gameplaybook looks at the arcade games that really made a difference for the Madden legacy.
