Happy Maddenoliday!
August 14, 2007...
What's on offer this week for those slumbering gamers now waking from their self-imposed summertime hibernation periods? Well, although GamerSquad would suggest that you've perhaps set your quality alarm a week too early, there are obviously vast sways of American Football fans who'll be wiping the sleep from their eyes and pulling on their favourite team jersey right about now. And why? Because EA's sporting granddaddy Madden NFL 08 hits the stores tomorrow.
For many sports gamers, a yearly purchase of Madden '08 is a given. Saving $10 on any $60 game is nice (PS3 and Xbox 360), but this discount even works on the PSP and Wii/PS2 versions, bringing them down to $29.99 and $39.99 respectively. Nice.
This week is certainly dominated by the annual release of Madden NFL 08 for every platform, except the Phantom.
Jon and Chip Carter of Tulsa World give their breakdown of the latest news happenings in the world of gaming. They let us in on the best of show winners from this year's E3, the happenings at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, the Square-Enix Fan Festival 2007 and the first North American winner of the professional Championship Gaming Series.
Following last Monday's price drop the PS3 is top of this week's Amazon.com best sellers list while Resistance: Fall of Man tops the software chart. The top ten selling titles comprise of five Nintendo platform games, one PC game and two apiece for Xbox 360 and PS3. Click through for a rundown of top sellers by platform.
The music contained in the latest installment of EA's popular football franchise features no less than 27 songs from artists as diverse as MIMS, Queens of the Stone Age Sum 41, Timbaland, and Daddy Yankee as well as newcomers Airbourne, Datarock, Operator and Enter Shikari.
ESPN the Magazine has revealed all of the players in Madden 08 that have a 99 overall rating.
Guitar Hero 3, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Fifa 08, and Madden NFL have been confirmed to use the Wii Connect 24 service. Some have also been announced to use Mii integration.