Aside from knowing who would grace the cover of Madden NFL 09 we could only confirm that the latest entry in the franchise was in fact based on the sport of American football. However, thanks to an in depth interview with gamer designer Phil Frazier by GameTap, there are new details regarding the 09 season.
New additions to the popular football franchise include:
- Real Football Intelligence: tracks your skill as a player and provides helpful feedback
- EA Sports Backtrack: Think instant replays meets tutorials in real time
- Online leagues are in for up to 32 players including full stats and, trading
- Player Weapons return!
- Total Animation System: Brand new animation system, go figure!
- New holographic training center
- Induction of Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth as the new play-by-play and color commentators
- Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions run at 60FPS
- Brett Farve is in the game but not on the Packers roster
[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-28-2008 @ 10:32AM
Rell said...
I hope it's better than previous installments, I gave up on Madden for a couple years. No John? That alone should make things really different.
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4-28-2008 @ 10:43AM
The Beta Max said...
Finally they bring commentary into next-gen Madden! The rest of the additions sound good too. I'll wait for the reviews on this one though...
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4-28-2008 @ 10:45AM
xFenixKnightx said...
No Euphoria engine? :(
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4-28-2008 @ 10:45AM
Michael Paul said...
So, umm, does Madden still COACH in the game bearing his name?...
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4-28-2008 @ 10:59AM
Studley said...
Surely the biggest graphical leap in the series' history was when they released those faked "Madden Next-Gen" videos prior to the launch of the 360?
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4-28-2008 @ 11:07AM
jaybird1905 said...
I think they mean a real graphical leap this time.
4-28-2008 @ 11:29AM
Vcize said...
Six comments and no mention of online leagues?!?!?! That's HUGE.
Hopefully they actually fix the game behind it. Damnit, I thought I would be able to resist buying on release day this year after selling the last two installments within days of picking them up, but I don't know if I'll be able to resist online leagues + XBL.
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4-28-2008 @ 11:59AM
drew said...
i'm just gonna go ahead and say that this will be the best madden ever. i really believe if all this is true it will be the best they've ever made.
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4-28-2008 @ 1:31PM
Killer said...
Yea and if it isn't. I know that I'm going to loose faith in the madden franchise forever. =( I might just buy it no matter what it is like becuase Farve is on the cover. (Yes, I am a Packers fan =) You wanta fighting?) haha
4-28-2008 @ 6:58PM
George Arauz said...
Getting tired of this damn franchise
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