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Madden NFL 09


Madden NFL 09 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 20th annual installment in the "Madden NFL" video game franchise. The game was released for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, and mobile phone. It was the last video game for the Xbox produced and released in North America and the last "Madden" game released for the Nintendo DS. A GameCube
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% and 66 out of 100 for the DS version. Fans and EA developers both view "Madden NFL 06" as "the undisputed lemon of the franchise", because of the concurrent shift from the Xbox and PlayStation 2 to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The passing cone was so unpopular that it disappeared in "Madden NFL 09". Reviewers criticized the game's lack of new features and lackluster soundtrack (a recurring complaint), claiming the game plays very similarly to Madden NFL 2005 if the QB Vision cone
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teams and the matchup. EA's relationship with ESPN also enables tie-ins with different ESPN shows. The quarterback's passing cone, which debuted in "Madden NFL 06" and fans disliked, disappeared in "Madden NFL 09". The game's soundtrack features 26 songs from various artists such as Shinedown, Disturbed, Innerpartysystem, The Offspring, Trivium, Wale, Kardinal Offishal,  Linkin Park, K'naan, Gym Class Heroes and Busta Rhymes. "Madden NFL 09" was met with positive reception upon release. GameRankings
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Green Bay Packers, making him the first non-active player to be the cover athlete. However, a week before its release, he came out of retirement and was traded to the New York Jets. As a result, an alternative cover was made available. The 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition of "Madden NFL 09" includes "NFL Head Coach 09", an alternative case, an exclusive version of "John Madden Football '93" with updated teams and rosters and bonus video content and clips. A demo
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Madden NFL


least amount of fun"—but said that in the decision to remove him from game commentary, "I feel that something is being taken away from me". Madden and Michaels were replaced by Cris Collinsworth as color commentator and Tom Hammond on play-by-play in "Madden NFL 09" and "Madden NFL 10". Gus Johnson replaced Hammond in "Madden NFL 11" and "Madden NFL 12", with Collinsworth handling color commentary in both games. "Madden NFL 13" marked the debut of real-life
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in 2018 "Madden NFL 09" was released on August 12, 2008. Citing business concerns, EA chose not to release it on the PC platform. The game features quarterback Brett Favre on the front cover. "Madden NFL 09" was the first of the series to offer online, league game play, allowing up to 32 players to compete in an online, simulated NFL season. EA Sports Senior Producer Phil Frazier, up to 32 players were able to participate in competitive games, the NFL Draft and conduct trades
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"Madden NFL 09" and as a standalone game on September 2, 2008. "Madden NFL Social" was an early version of "Madden NFL Mobile" for Facebook and iOS that was released November 1, 2012 and shut down September 2, 2013. Released on November 24, 2009, the game is 5-on-5 and takes the best 10 players from each of the 32 NFL teams. "Madden NFL Mobile" was released on August 26, 2014 and is only the third Madden game on mobile devices. The game
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on August 14, 2009. It featured Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu Compared to previous iterations, Madden NFL 10 has been extremely transparent with its development efforts, maintaining a weekly blog updates as well as a constant presence on various message boards. A new design team has also taken over the game, including members from NFL Head Coach 09. The direction of Madden NFL 10 has been shifted to much more of a realistic and simulation focus, with info already released including Procedural Awareness (
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Madden NFL 09


version was cancelled due to the system's discontinuation in 2007. Unlike previous versions, the game was not released for the PC. EA Sports has said that they are "retooling the PC version" after not making 09. Despite these claims of 'retooling', PC users were again ignored the following year as no Windows version of "Madden NFL 10" were released. In June 2008, EA Sports announced that for the year 2009, the "Madden NFL", "NCAA Football", "NASCAR",
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Christopher Erb


. While there, he oversaw the development and launches of the "Neopets Trading Card Game" and the "Star Wars Trading Card Game". He also contributed to two "MLB Showdown" and two "NFL Showdown" TCG expansions in 2002, as well as the "Pokémon" and "Dungeons & Dragons" franchises. Erb joined EA SPORTS in 2005 as the Senior Director of Marketing for the Madden NFL franchise. While leading the launch of Madden NFL from '06 to '09, he helped redefine the way
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a Lewisville, Texas nursing center on February 6, 2016, at the age of 88. In 2005, Spence's music was remade by the hip hop music group Da Riffs, which can be heard on several NFL Network shows and found in the soundtrack of the game "Madden NFL 06". Along with the urban remakes, the original songs still play in the game's soundtrack. His music was also included in "Madden NFL 07", "Madden NFL 08", and "Madden NFL 09",
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have confirmed that John Madden does play a part in "Madden 09" as the person describing instructions to the Madden IQ. Madden guides the player on advice and other things to help raise his or her Madden IQ. Madden also appears in Mii form in the Wii version of the game, suggesting plays to run in the game's "Madden's Pick" feature, with a specific reason so new players can learn to call their own plays. Lastly, Madden appears at the start of a game where he describes the
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top-left corner of the game's standard cover. This edition of the game is also not available outside North America. Roberto Garza, a guard for the Chicago Bears, is the cover athlete for the Spanish version, "Madden NFL 09 en Español". Play-by-play and color commentary is provided by Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth, respectively. Al Michaels and John Madden are still the play-by-play and color commentary for the Wii, PS2, Xbox, and PSP versions. EA designers
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with "Madden 06" and ended with "Madden 08". Other versions of those games still featured Madden's commentary. "Madden NFL 09" would end up being the last version to feature Madden's commentary, albeit in a reduced role. By that time, he felt that reciting a script covering every single scenario in the game was boring and tedious—Madden recalled the long hours spent alone in the recording studio as "the most difficult part of any part that I've ever had in the game and the
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Madden NFL Football


than the traditional 11-on-11, the game also features a 5-on-5 mode, returning from "Madden NFL 09 All-Play" on the Wii. The 5-on-5 mode can also be used in Season Mode. The game also features "GameFlow", a feature from "Madden NFL 11" where the AI automatically selects the play depending on the game situation. Players also can select whether or not to include "GameFlow", or play with an arcade version. Standard versions are also available. From "Madden NFL 10",
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, including international markets like Toronto, Mexico City, Ireland and London, or revive historic teams like the Houston Oilers or the London Monarchs from NFL Europe. It was the first time this happened since "Madden NFL 12" for the franchise and team relocation since "Madden NFL 09". The game was announced in early 2013. It was shown in conjunction with EA Sports's Ignite game engine announcement at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal as one of four upcoming games to use the engine. Electronic Arts confirmed the game as
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as well as take part in interactive touchdown celebrations for the first time since "Madden NFL 09" including team celebrations, which were made legal by the NFL for the 2017 season. There were also changes to the Ultimate Team mode, introducing three vs three online matchups as well as a "Solo Battles" game mode, a leaderboard-driven reward system that measures players' performances in daily single-player challenges. The game will also feature a sequel to "Longshot", "Madden NFL 18"s single-player story
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"NHL", "NBA Live", and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" series would not be shipped for Microsoft Windows. The Wii version of the game is titled "Madden NFL 09 All-Play" and was launched under EA Sports' new "All-Play" brand exclusive to the platform, taking a slightly different approach to the game and taking advantage of the motion controls. The game features quarterback Brett Favre on the cover. When the game was announced, Favre had retired as a member of the
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cover. On September 15, 2008, EA made available a cover shot specifically for the Wii that had Brett Favre as a Jet. Favre was a playable character in every version of "Madden NFL 09." Although disputed, Favre was available on the Nintendo DS version. On the Wii, PSP, and PS2 editions, he was not on the Jets roster, but available on a historic team, the 2007 Packers. Players could transfer Favre to the free agent roster pool, and pick him up on any of
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Madden NFL 09", consumers began reporting several freezing errors in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. EA confirmed the issue, and stated that they would work on a patch for the two consoles to locate the source of the freezing and fix the issue. However, this problem caused many gamers to doubt the advantages of games being able to be patched on consoles, and instead players criticized this 'feature' for allowing companies to rush games and rely on post-release patches to fix the issues that
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of the game was released on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network. The standard version and the anniversary package were released on August 12, 2008. A Spanish-language version of the game was released on September 17, 2008 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, featuring ESPN Deportes announcer Álvaro Martín. On April 23, 2008, David Letterman revealed that former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre would be the cover athlete of "Madden NFL 09" on the "Late Show with David Letterman". Despite Favre's
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the 32 NFL teams for the 2008 season. A roster update on August 12, 2008 placed Favre on the New York Jets roster as their starting quarterback. Like all other games of EA Sports' 09 season, the "All Play" version of "Madden" seen on the Wii features a different photograph of Favre with different graphics and artwork than the other versions of the game. The Anniversary Collector's Edition does not feature a cover athlete - it has a larger version of the Roman numeral XX logo shown in the
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NFL Head Coach 09


-season and during the season including pre-season. Todd McShay only commentates during the Mock Draft and the NFL Draft. Electronic Arts announced in a press release that "NFL Head Coach 09" would be available in the "Madden NFL 09" 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition, claiming, "If we shipped "Head Coach" alone, it would be a full-priced SKU. But if we pack it in, we can reduce the price and make it a bonus to our fans... On the first "
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later unretirement and trade to the New York Jets about five days before "Madden NFL 09" was officially released in North America, the game's cover still featured Favre wearing a Packers uniform. Instead of reissuing the packaging completely, on August 12, 2008, EA made available a free alternative cover of Favre in a Jets uniform from their website that players were able to download and print. At first the new covers were available for all the consoles except the Xbox, Nintendo DS, and Wii, which use an alternate
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NFL Head Coach 09


NFL Head Coach 09 is the follow-up to "NFL Head Coach" for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on August 12, 2008. The game is available in the 20th Anniversary Special Edition of "Madden NFL 09", and was released as a standalone game on September 2, 2008. Tony Dungy from Indianapolis Colts replaces Bill Cowher as the cover head coach while Adam Schefter and Todd McShay provide commentary on upcoming draft picks and Adam Schefter provides the only commentary after and before the off
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development of what is today still recognizable as the modern "Madden". Early versions of "Madden" were created by external development studios such as Bethesda, Visual Concepts, and Stormfront Studios. "John Madden Football '92" also featured the ambulance which would run over any players in its path. After Visual Concepts failed to deliver "Madden NFL '96" for the new PlayStation in 1995, EA hired Tiburon Entertainment for "Madden NFL '97" and later acquired the company, centralizing development in-house.
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Madden NFL


In 2007, 2K Sports released "All Pro Football 2K8", which used former NFL stars. In August 2006, EA Sports debuted "NFL Head Coach", which utilized the "Madden" engine to create a football management simulation. The game was criticized as buggy and unrealistic. EA Tiburon rebuilt the game from the ground up, addressing flaws and creating a proprietary engine, over the course of three years. "NFL Head Coach 09" was released on August 12, 2008 bundled with the special edition of
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Madden Nation


Times Square in New York. It was between Sirus the Virus, the Rams, and Problem, the Bears. The show finished off with Problem being the victor. On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 11:00 p.m., ESPN2 began airing the fourth season of Madden Nation, a reality television series in which the country’s top 10 Madden NFL 09 players competed in a cross-country elimination tournament on the Xbox 360 console. Gamers represented top NFL athletes and got the chance to meet their respective pro players along the way
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Madden NFL 2005


" was the first in the "2K" series priced at $19.99 the day it shipped, much lower than market leader "Madden NFL" at $49.99. This greatly reduced "Madden" sales that year; one EA Sports developer recalled that "[i]t scared the hell out of us". EA reduced "Madden NFL 2005"s price to $29.95. In December 2004 EA Sports acquired an exclusive rights agreement with the NFL and NFLPA to be the sole creator of NFL video games. The Madden NFL 2005
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Cris Collinsworth


and one Saturday-night game) alongside play-by-play man Bryant Gumbel and Bob Papa. In the NBC broadcasts of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Collinsworth appeared alongside Bob Costas as a commentator on numerous occasions. Collinsworth and Costas paired again during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. He also continued his work on "Inside the NFL" when it debuted on its new home on Showtime. Collinsworth is also the color commentator on "Madden NFL 09" and "Madden NFL 10" with Tom
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Madden NFL 2005


Madden NFL 2005 is an American football simulation video game based on the NFL that was developed by EA Tiburon, along with Exient Entertainment and Budcat Creations, and published by EA Sports. The 16th installment of the "Madden NFL series", it features former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover. Al Michaels and John Madden return as game commentators. Released on August 9, 2004, the game is the first "Madden" game to feature Xbox Live. It was the last "Madden" game to play on
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Madden NFL 2003


Madden NFL 2003 is an American football simulation video game based on the NFL that was developed by EA Tiburon and Budcat Creations and published by EA Sports. The 14th installment of the "Madden NFL series", the game features former St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk on the cover. This edition of "Madden" was the first to have EA Trax, the Mini Camp mode and to feature John Madden and Al Michaels as commentators, who took over for Pat Summerall. The game was released on August 12, 2002
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Madden NFL Mobile


Madden NFL Mobile is an American football mobile sports game based on the National Football League, developed and published by Electronic Arts. An entry in the "Madden NFL" series, the game was released for Android and iOS devices on August 26, 2014. "Madden NFL Mobile" (MM) began as a mobile version of Madden Ultimate Team (MUT), with features like players and cards being available. To earn these, players participate in "Live Events", which can earn them card packs and coins.
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Madden NFL 07


Madden NFL 07 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the first in the video game series to be released for the PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles as launch titles and the last one to be released on the Game Boy Advance. Former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander is on the cover. This is the last game to feature NFL Europe in the series. Just as in previous titles in the "Madden NFL" series, "Madden
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Madden NFL Football


Madden NFL Football (sometimes mislabeled as Madden NFL 3D) is a sports video game for the Nintendo 3DS which was developed by EA Sports. The game was developed by EA Sports North Carolina in Raleigh. First images of the game were shown by IGN in February 2011. The game was released as a launch title for the Nintendo 3DS on March 22, 2011 in North America (whereas the release date had been scheduled for March 27, at first). The game inherits features from past "Madden" games. Other
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sixth generation game systems and became the chief competitor of the Madden series. After the competitively priced "NFL 2K5" significantly reduced sales of that year's "Madden" release, EA signed an exclusivity deal with the NFL that made "Madden NFL" the only series allowed to use NFL team and player names. After losing the NFL license, Visual Concepts made a brief return to developing football games with the release of "All-Pro Football 2K8", which featured former NFL players on fictional teams. The "NFL
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Madden NFL 11


Madden NFL 11 is an American football video game based on the National Football League, published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 22nd annual installment in the bestselling "Madden NFL" video game franchise. It was released in 2010 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, BlackBerry, and iOS platforms. The PS3 and Xbox 360 demos were released July 27, 2010. The 2011 installment of the "Madden NFL" series headlined new features such as a play
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Madden NFL 08


Madden NFL 08 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 19th installment in the "Madden NFL" video game franchise. It features the former Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young on the cover; San Diego Chargers defensive end Luis Castillo was the cover athlete for the Spanish-language version. This was the first Madden game made for 11 different platforms, it was released on August 14, 2007 for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3,
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08" and "Madden NFL 09" were also released in Spanish, featuring ESPN Deportes announcer Álvaro Martín providing both play-by-play and analysis. Trip Hawkins created a clone of the Strat-o-Matic paper and dice-based football simulation game as a teenager. The game was unsuccessful due to its complexity, and he hoped to one day delegate its rules to a computer. At Harvard College, where Hawkins played football for the Crimson, he wrote a football simulation for the PDP-11 minicomputer which, he
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John Madden Football '93


Arts to develop future "Madden" games in-house, in order to maximize profit. Aside from "Madden Football 64", "John Madden Football '93" was the last game in the "Madden" franchise to lack the NFL license, which the series first obtained with "Madden NFL '94". In 2012, Michael Rundle wrote in "The Huffington Post" that "John Madden Football '93" "really set the bar" for the franchise, and he believed that its gameplay was superior
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soundtrack of "Madden NFL 09", published in North America in August 12, 2008. As a result of the new song being on the Madden 2009 soundtrack, it will be downloadable on iTunes in coming weeks as part of a special "Madden" playlist. The single is also featured in the game "Rock Band 2" along with 19 other songs on a free track pack. Beginning on August 1, 2008, Underoath encouraged their male fans to grow a beard for one month until the US release date of
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Madden NFL 17


on May 12, 2016 via the "SportsCenter" Twitter account. After losing the "Madden NFL 16" cover vote to New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was announced as the cover athlete of "Madden NFL 17". "Madden NFL 17" has developed a new ground game mechanic that provide players a more balanced experience. In addition to this, the new defensive AI puts players' teammates into positions to stop the run or pass game. Features such as Ultimate
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NFL 2K


greatest, most insidious guerrilla-warfare moves in the history of video game competition", Sega released "ESPN NFL 2K5" in July 2004 for $19.99, giving the game significant market share versus the $49.95 "Madden NFL". One EA developer recalled that Sega's aggressive pricing "scared the hell out of us"; EA later reduced "Madden NFL"s price to $29.95. In December 2004, however, EA signed an exclusive agreement with the NFL for an undisclosed amount of money, making "Madden NFL
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ESPN NFL 2K5


"ESPN NFL 2K5" was the first in the "2K" series priced at $19.99 the day it shipped, much lower than market leader "Madden NFL" at $49.99. This greatly reduced "Madden" sales that year; one EA Sports developer recalled that "[i]t scared the hell out of us". EA reduced "Madden NFL 2005"s price to $29.95. In December 2004 EA Sports acquired an exclusive rights agreement with the NFL and NFLPA to be the sole creator of NFL video games.
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Madden NFL 20


Madden NFL 20 is an American football video game based on the National Football League (NFL), developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. It is the latest installment in the long-running "Madden NFL" series, the game is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in North America on August 2, 2019. It features Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as the cover athlete. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes was unveiled as the cover athlete
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Madden NFL 19


Madden NFL 19 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League (NFL), developed and published by EA Sports. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is the cover athlete of the standard edition of the game, while Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens is on the cover of the "Hall of Fame" version, featured in a Dallas Cowboys uniform. An installment in the long-running "Madden NFL" series, the game was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and
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game's Superstar mode after finishing the game mode. The player starts as an 18-year-old rookie in NFL Superstar mode and attributes are given by how development points were distributed in "NFL Street 2". Also, draft classes from "NCAA Football 06" could be imported to franchise mode. If the player has a save file from "Madden NFL 06", they can unlock the Madden Challenge Bus in "Burnout Revenge". The game was met with very positive to mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it
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Madden NFL 98


In response to a longstanding criticism of the "Madden" series, that the AI is too vulnerable, the development team made improving the AI their main emphasis with "Madden NFL 98". The AI architects dubbed their new system "Liquid AI". A version for the Panasonic M2 was in the works, but never released due to the system's cancellation. A version for the Game.com was also planned, with Tiger Electronics as the developer, though Tiger producer Allen Richardson admitted that the game would be difficult to do
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From First to Last (album)


exclusive CD was available at the 2008 Take Action Tour. The song information from "We All Turn Back to Dust" revealed that the album would have 11 tracks. Several songs off the album appeared in EA's "FaceBreaker". The songs "Two As One", and "Worlds Away" are featured on the soundtracks of EA Sports games, "NASCAR 09", "NHL 09", and "Madden NFL 09", respectively. EA Trax also features the song "I Once Was Lost, But
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Madden NFL '95


Madden NFL '95 is a football video game. It features John Madden on the cover. It was released as Madden '95 on the Game Boy. The Genesis version of "Madden NFL '95" was the first Madden game to have both the NFL team logo and NFLPA licenses, thus allowing players to be identified by their names in addition to their squad numbers for the first time. The game reflects all NFL rosters and attributes for the 1994 season. This version of Madden NFL was also the first Madden to
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Madden NFL 13


Madden NFL 13 is an American football video game based on the National Football League, published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. EA's Chief Creative Officer, Richard Hilleman, said that defense would receive various changes in mechanics and controls, one of the first known changes in the game. Part of the "Madden NFL" series, the game was released in 2012. For the first time in the series, the game was officially released in Brazil, due to the explosive growth of the sport in the country
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Madden NFL 2002


developed by Budcat Creations. Madden NFL 2002 features play now, season, franchise, tournament, create-a-player and create-a-team modes. It also has the Madden Card feature. It is also a GameCube and Xbox Launch title as well as one of the last titles released on the Nintendo 64, as well as the Game Boy Color. This is the first Madden to feature the Houston Texans in the team select. It was also bundled with NBA Live 2002 and NASCAR Thunder 2002 as part of
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Madden NFL 10


Madden NFL 10 is an American football video game based on the National Football League that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. The 21st installment of the "Madden NFL" series, it is the first game to feature two players on the cover: Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, who played against each other the previous season in Super Bowl XLIII. It was released in August 2009 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 and
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Madden NFL 12


Madden NFL 12 is an American football video game based on the National Football League published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It was released on August 30, 2011 in North America and Asia, September 1, 2011 in Australia, and September 2, 2011 in Europe. It was available on August 27, 2011 to EA Sports Season Ticket subscribers for a three-day trial. It was the final Madden NFL game to be released on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The demo was released on August 9
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EA Tiburon


's PlayStation. Eventually, Tiburon would start developing the Madden video game series, starting with Madden NFL ’96 and NCAA Football. Some other titles that Tiburon made include "College Football USA 97, Madden NFL 97," "Soviet Strike", and "Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends" which were released on several different game consoles such as Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn game consoles, SNES, and PlayStation. The relationship between EA and Tiburon has existed since the company's beginnings. While Tiburon developed programs for
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stadiums in "Madden NFL 2001". "Madden NFL 2002" featured for the first time Create-A-Team where one would make a team and play with that team in either Play Now or Franchise mode. It also featured Create-A-League mode but it never caught on. Create-A-Team was not featured in "Madden NFL 13" and moving teams was first featured in "Madden NFL 2004" called "Stadium" in the Franchise mode of the game. "Madden NFL 2002"
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Madden NFL 18


Madden NFL 18 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League, developed and published by EA Sports for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The 29th installment of the "Madden NFL series", the game features New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on the cover, the second straight year a Patriots player has had the distinction, following tight end Rob Gronkowski. It was released worldwide on August 25, 2017, while those who pre-ordered the "G.O.A.T. Edition" were able to play it three days
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Madden NFL 25


Madden NFL 25, (commonly known as Madden NFL 14) is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League and published by EA Sports. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in August 2013. Instead of numbering it "Madden NFL 14" with the year like in previous versions, the "25" in the title refers to the 25th anniversary of the "Madden NFL" series. The eighth-generation console versions of "Madden NFL 25" are the very first games to run
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Madden NFL


Madden NFL (originally known as John Madden Football until 1993) is an American football video game series developed by EA Tiburon for EA Sports. It is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and commentator John Madden, and has sold more than 130 million copies, and influenced many players and coaches of the physical sport. Among the game's realistic features are sophisticated playbooks and player statistics, and voice commentary that allows players to hear the game as if it were a real TV broadcast. the franchise has generated over $
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Xbox (console)


Zero", which were originally to be developed for the Xbox, became Xbox 360 launch titles instead. The last game released on the Xbox was "Madden NFL 09", on August 12, 2008. On November 15, 2002, Microsoft launched its Xbox Live online gaming service, allowing subscribers to play online Xbox games with other subscribers around the world and download new content directly to the system's hard drive. The online service works only with a broadband Internet connection. In its first week of operation, Xbox Live
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Madden NFL


final development push, "John Madden Football" debuted in 1988 for the Apple II series of computers. Hawkins and an exhausted Ybarra ("All my memories are of pain") were able to move on to other projects. Madden provided EA the 1980 Raiders playbook, and EA hired "San Francisco Chronicle" writer Frank Cooney, who had designed his own figurine football game with numerical skill ratings. Although the company could not yet legally use NFL teams' or players' names, Cooney obtained real plays from NFL teams
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Dynamic game difficulty balancing


the Director is working "procedural narrative" because instead of having a difficulty level which just ramps up to a constant level, the A.I. analyzes how the players fared in the game so far, and try to add subsequent events that would give them a sense of narrative. "Madden NFL 09" introduces "Madden IQ", which begins with an optional test of the players knowledge of the sport, and abilities in various situations. The score is then used to control the game's difficulty. In the match-3 game "
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EA Sports


PGA Tour" would not be shipped for PC platforms. The NCAA Football series had not been released on the PC since 1998, The Tiger Woods series' last PC game was Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, the NASCAR series had not had a PC version since "NASCAR SimRacing" in 2005, and the last Madden series' to be released on PC was "Madden NFL 08". The NHL series' last PC game was "NHL 09". Likewise, "NBA Live 08" was the final PC version
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Madden NFL 18


earlier and access their copy on August 22, 2017. It is the first game of the series since "Madden NFL 2005" not to be released on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and also the first game in the main series to be available on only two platforms since "Madden NFL '94". "Madden NFL 18" is the first game in the series to use the Frostbite engine. While the "Madden" series has typically featured a Superstar career mode, "Madden NFL 18" introduces a
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Madden NFL 2000


Madden NFL 2000 (also known as Madden 2000) is a football video game. This was the second of the "Madden NFL" games to not solely feature John Madden on the cover in North America. The only other one was Madden NFL '95. Most versions of the game cover featured Madden prominently in the foreground, and a recognizable Barry Sanders in a background action graphic. The European PAL edition features only Dorsey Levens on the cover. The video at the introduction on the CD-ROM versions of the game
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Madden NFL 2001


Madden NFL 2001 is an American football video game. It is the third in the Madden NFL series to include an NFL player, Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George, on its cover (the first being "Madden NFL '95", which featured Erik Williams and Karl Wilson along with Madden himself). In addition, it is the first game in the series to have a player, instead of John Madden featured prominently on the box art. Instead, his picture is shown on a small logo, which would reappear
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Madden NFL Mobile


" were also released. For the 2018-19 season, the game will be renamed Madden NFL Overdrive. July 30th, 2019 100th season for the NFL. It will be renamed Madden Mobile 20 for the 100th season of NFL. "Madden NFL Mobile" got mixed reviews. On "Metacritic" the game got 68%. "Pocket Gamer" gave it 7 out of 10 and said that "Madden NFL Mobile has come a long way, but it feels like it could still go a bit further. It
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for every following game until Madden NFL 06. It is also the first game in the Madden NFL series to appear on the PlayStation 2 game console. This is the first Madden game to feature NFL Europe teams. Madden NFL 2001 includes several customizable modes. Players have the ability to create a play, create a player, run a franchise, and collect Madden Cards, allowing players to perform certain actions during gameplay (for example, adding 5th downs, or limiting the CPU-controlled team to 3rd downs). The
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Madden NFL


" was released on August 23, 2016. The features in the game include an upgrade of the Ground Game, a redesigned and better Franchise Mode, "Madden 365", new Ball Carrier UI Prompts, the new Path Assist and more. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski serves as the cover athlete. "Madden NFL 18" was released on August 25, 2017. The game is the first in the series to be developed in the Frostbite Engine, and incorporates a story mode titled Longshot Mode, akin to
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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Madden NFL Mobile


Canadian App Store on August 12, 2014. The game was released on the iOS App Store and on Android's Google Play, the same day that "Madden NFL 15" was released on console. A large update, coinciding with the release of "Madden NFL 16", was released in August 2015. The new features were added in the season such as achievements, league improvements, a redesigned hub, more Live Events, and better tuning. Seasonal updates for "Madden NFL 17" and "Madden NFL 18
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Madden NFL '96


these teams are accessed using unstated cheat codes. "Madden '96", developed by Visual Concepts, was originally planned to be the first NFL game on the PlayStation shortly after the console's launch in 1995. Features were to include customizable playbooks, penalties, weather conditions, and playing surfaces, and commentary from John Madden, Pat Summerall, James Brown, and Lesley Visser. But after several delays, the game was canceled because it did not meet EA's quality assurance standards. Visual Concepts would later go on to
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"'s development has increased: EA estimates that the series has five to seven million dedicated fans, and an underground circuit of "Madden" cash tournaments exists. Marshall Faulk in 2010 estimated that "50 percent on up" of NFL players are "Madden" players, who play in the league with or against childhood heroes they once chose to play as in the game. Players typically play as themselves regardless of their electronic counterparts' abilities and immediately check new releases of the game for changes in the more than 60 ratings
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Madden NFL 2002


Madden NFL 2002 (also known as Madden 2002) is an American football video game. It features former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper on the cover. Pat Summerall and John Madden are the commentators. The Madden NFL 2002 commercial first aired during Super Bowl XXXVI, three days after Madden NFL 2002 started selling in Japan by Electronic Arts Square. Notably, it did not feature the Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who was included on later editions of the game as a roster update. It is also the first game to be
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Wilhelm Daser


Regiment (05 Jun 1918-15 Aug 1918); Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of the 18th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1918-02 Sep 1918); Commander of the III. Battalion of the 18th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Sep 1918-29 Sep 1918); Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of the 18th Bavarian Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1918-09 Oct 1918); Commander of the II. Battalion of the 30th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (09 Oct
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Madden NFL 06


Madden NFL 06 is an American football video game which was released in 2005. It is also a launch game for the Xbox 360. It is the 16th installment of the Madden NFL series by EA Sports, named for noted color commentator John Madden. The product features former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb on the cover. It is the first Madden game for the PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360. The game's box art was the first Madden football game to not include Madden's picture on it. The game also features WWE
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did not have official licenses from the National Football League or National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). "Madden NFL '94" was the first game in the series to include real NFL teams, and "Madden NFL '95" added an NFLPA license for real players through the National Football League Players Incorporated (NFLPI). The licenses restrict EA from including certain content in current "Madden" games, such as the humorous ambulance that picks up injured players in 1991's "John Madden Football II". The
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Madden NFL


announcing team Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, including them appearing in an in-booth cutscene before the game. Nantz and Simms stayed until "Madden NFL 16", when they were replaced by Fox's Brandon Gaudin and Charles Davis for "Madden NFL 17", Nantz went on to work for CBS while Simms pursue his gig on The NFL Today on CBS. Gaudin and Davis returned to the studio throughout the 2016–17 NFL season to add new commentary relevant to each week of the season. In addition, "Madden NFL
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Madden NFL


his name and to provide expertise for the game franchise. Electronic Arts has sold more than 100 million copies of "Madden NFL", and more than five million in one year, for more than $4 billion in total sales. At EA Tiburon in Orlando, Florida a team of 30 developers and more than 100 game testers works on each new game in the series, which contains more than 10 million lines of source code. Madden, once better known for Ace Hardware commercials than football despite winning Super Bowl XI with
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Charles Davis (defensive back)


Fox to join Thom Brennaman and Tony Siragusa on broadcasts. In 2016, Davis alongside Brandon Gaudin (who also calls Big 10 college Football as well as select NFL games) became the new commentators for the hit "Madden" franchise, debuting in "Madden NFL 17" replacing Phil Simms and Jim Nantz as the men in the box. The two continued as commentators for "Madden NFL 18" and "Madden NFL 19". Starting in the 2017 NFL season, Davis will be part of Fox's number 2 team
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Madden NFL 16


Madden NFL 16 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League and published by EA Sports for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. "Madden 16" introduced the new game mode "Draft Champions" to Madden. The game was released on August 25, 2015. The game was announced in late July 2015 on the EA Sports website. On May 13, 2015, EA announced that, like "Madden NFL 15", Madden Ultimate Team fans will be able
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4 billion in sales. Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins conceived the series and approached Madden in 1984 for his endorsement and expertise. Because of Madden's insistence that the game be as realistic as possible, the first version of "John Madden Football" did not appear until 1988. EA has released annual versions since 1990, and the series' name changed to "Madden NFL" in 1993 after EA acquired the rights to use NFL teams and players. Despite Madden's retirement as a broadcaster in 2009, he continues to lend
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2008–09 Segona Divisió


Segona Divisió 2008–09 was the 10th season of football of Segona Divisió, in Andorra. [Sep 20] Jenlai 3–5 Atlètic [Sep 21] Lusitans B 4–1 Principat B Encamp 0–0 Benfica Extremenya bye [Sep 27] Extremenya 4–0 Jenlai [Sep 28] Benfica 2–3 Lusitans B [Sep 29] Atlètic awd Principat B [awarded 3–0, originally 3–4] Encamp bye [Oct 4] Jenlai 2–5 Benfica [Oct 5] Extremenya 1–3 Encamp [Oct 6] Lusitans B 1–2 Atlètic Principat B bye [Oct 11] Encamp 5–0
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Troy Aikman NFL Football


received the same general reception and was criticized for its similarity with the 16-bit versions, in addition of also being compared with the "John Madden Football" series from Electronic Arts. Ports for the Macintosh and PC were also in development but never published. "Troy Aikman NFL Football" is an american football game similar to "Madden NFL '94" where players can play exhibition matches, season matches, playoff matches, make their own plays for use on the field, and even make payments to the salaries of every player
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Madden NFL 06


the killer app that forces an upgrade." Similarly, IGN gave the same version seven out of ten, saying that the game "was developed not internally, but by a development house called Finite Monkeys. And it ultimately feels like they were rushed to get this game on the decks by "Madden Tuesday." This is unfortunate, because I think a lot of people will download the game hoping to have a "Madden experience" on their handset, and just end up with an average football game, albeit one
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Madden NFL


, 2013. As this installment is the 25th anniversary of the series, the game is called "Madden NFL 25", instead of "Madden NFL 14" with the year like the previous versions. The cover vote consisted of two brackets containing past players ("Old School") and active players ("New School"). "Old School" player and Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders was chosen as the cover athlete for "Madden NFL 25" on the April 24, 2013, episode of ESPN
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Madden NFL 15


NFL 15's menu music was once again an original orchestrated score, composed by Mark Petrie, while a licensed soundtrack is also used, but only plays in stadiums. The following songs play in stadiums during playcalling. Mark Petrie's original score could also be played in the menus of Madden NFL 16 and Madden NFL 17. "Madden NFL 15" was met with mostly positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game has scores of 80 and 82 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively (both score higher than
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. For example, "", "Madden NFL 98", "NBA Live 98", and "NHL 98" were released for the Sega Genesis and the Super NES throughout 1997; "Madden NFL 2005" and "FIFA 2005" had PlayStation releases in 2004 ("FIFA 2005" and "Madden NFL 2005" were also the last two PlayStation titles to be released); and "NCAA Football 08" had an Xbox release in 2007. "Madden NFL 08" also had Xbox and Nintendo GameCube releases
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" was released on August 25, 2011. The release was delayed by two weeks due to the NFL lockout, and features Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis on the cover. However, there is a limited edition in which the cover features St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk. "Madden NFL 13" was released on August 28, 2012, and features Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson as the cover athlete. "Madden NFL 13" is the first "Madden" game to be released on the PlayStation Vita,
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Madden NFL


, who was featured on the cover of "Madden NFL 07", commented, "Do you want to be hurt and on the cover, or just hurt?" "Madden NFL 08" cover athlete Vince Young expressed skepticism, while "Madden NFL 12" cover athlete Peyton Hillis attributed his subpar season that year to the curse. The perception that the curse is real has resulted in some fans lobbying for their favorite players not to be on the cover, such as fans of LaDainian Tomlinson who were strongly opposed to
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Madden NFL '94


Madden NFL '94 is an American football video game released in 1993. It was the first game in the Madden series with an official National Football League team license, as well as the first Madden game that allowed players to play a full regular season (via a password system). However, the game is not licensed by the NFL Players Association, so all of the players are identified by number only (the game would get the Players' Association license in next year's edition). It was the first Madden
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Madden NFL


Madden" series has always historically been numbered one year later than the year in which it is released. However, the season it represents is the year in which the game is released (thus, "Madden NFL 13" was actually released in 2012 and is modeled after the 2012 NFL season). Voice commentary in "Madden" allows players or watchers to hear the game being called as if it were a real game on TV. For early versions of the game, this commentary was performed by Madden himself and his
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Madden NFL 17


Madden NFL 17 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League and published by EA Sports for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360. As the 28th installment of the "Madden NFL series", the game was released on August 23, 2016 and features New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski on the cover. It was the final "Madden NFL" game to be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. On May 12, EA Sports uploaded a trailer to YouTube
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Madden NFL 97


Madden NFL 97 is a football video game released in 1996. Though it was the fifth game in the Madden NFL series to be created in the 32-bit gaming era, it was only the second to be released for any current generation consoles of that era (the first being the 1994 release "John Madden Football"). Versions were released for the 32-bit PlayStation and Sega Saturn, the 16-bit Super NES and Genesis, and the 8-bit Game Boy. This was the first edition of Madden to implement the use of a salary
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which would be a comedy, and not based on fate-based horror movies like "Final Destination". However, EA Entertainment executive Pat O'Brien stated in October 2014 that EA is not working on a Madden Curse movie. The Madden Bowl is a single elimination tournament held on the most current edition of "Madden NFL". It has been held since 1995 during Super Bowl weekend in the host city and, in the past, participation included NFL players and celebrities. The Madden Bowl's participation has changed over the years
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Madden NFL


Montana-endorsed football game would miss the 1990 Christmas shopping season, Sega asked EA to let it sell "Madden" with the Montana name. EA refused, but offered an inferior alternative that lacked "Madden"'s 3D graphics and most of its 113 plays. "Joe Montana Football" sold well despite shipping after Christmas 1990, and remained popular after BlueSky Software took over development. "John Madden Football" for the Genesis, however, became both the first hugely successful "Madden" game—selling 400,000 copies when
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or seven players per team because of technical limitations but Madden insisted on having 11 players, stating "I'm not putting my name on it if it's not real." Ybarra, who had played chess, not football, in high school, became an expert on the subject through his work, but found that 11 players overwhelmed contemporary home computers. Most projects that are as delayed as "Madden" are canceled; Ybarra and developer Robin Antonick needed three years, more than twice the length of the average development process
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Madden NFL '96


Madden NFL '96 is a football video game designed for the 1995 NFL season, licensed by the NFL. The AI has been boosted and can now hurry in two-minute drill situations, spike the ball, and cover the receivers with better efficiency. It was the last to explicitly be endorsed by the NFL on Fox, although a knock-off/rendition of the NFL on Fox's iconic theme would continue to be used in Madden for several years afterward. The Create A Player feature was added, which includes
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Madden NFL 18


360 since "Madden NFL 2005" and the first not to be released on PlayStation 3 since "Madden NFL 06." The soundtrack for the game, which features 40 songs, includes Stormzy, Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, Imagine Dragons, Steve Aoki, Waka Flocka Flame, Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Big Boi, Killer Mike, and ASAP Rocky among others. The original score of Madden NFL 13 composed by Colin O' Malley can also be played in the menus via the
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John Madden


as a tool for teaching and testing plays. He stated in 2012 that "Madden NFL" was "a way for people to learn the game [of football] and participate in the game at a pretty sophisticated level". In 1984, Madden took the advice of NFL coach John Robinson—a friend of Madden since elementary school—and created the "All-Madden" team, a group of players who Madden thought represented football and played the game the way he thought it should be played. Madden continued to
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