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.
There's no use ignoring Madden NFL 08. 2K Sports fanatics will tout All Pro Football 2K8 as the definitive pigskin experience, but no one gives a damn about pitting a bunch of old fogies against each other. It's all about the new blood, finding out if Jamarcus Russell can lead Oakland to the promised land, or whether the Atlanta Falcons can survive without their recently indicted quarterback, Michael Vick. Moreover, this year's Madden features a bevy of sweet features, so don't deny yourself the opportunity to make the defense look foolish. You'll want Madden.
The first report on the performance of Madden 08's online play and it sounds painfully familiar to how NCAA Football 08 turned out online.
The votes have been tallied and the Best of E3 2007 Winners have been announced.
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.