Madden 12 gets serious about concussions - Report

I can see it now... My running back getting tackled by a jumping ankle tackle and getting knocked out in the first quarter thanks to a concussions..

@oneligas Thats's a good idea.And maybe we do things in the game to win back the fans and to get the players back on the field.

Once the exclusivity license ends I'm hoping other game producers will give EA a run for their money when creating another Madden game. EA needs competition.

Egads.

@campbell153 No it doesn't COD already has way more games than that. Around 20.

@galduke Cheers, I didn't know if it was a name for a specific type of foul or penalty

@Dynamo11 A concussion is when your brain hits the side of your skull hard enough to do even the smallest amount of damage. At it's best it gives you a major headache, at it's worst it kills.

EA should work on Madden 2012 Lockout Edition. no players, a empty parking lot outside of a stadium for the box art, no games, empty stadiums, annoyed fans watching ESPN NFL Lockout updates with no real news, and selling Point of 29.99

If you include all the different hand held games and whatnot, CoD has a lot more than 12, campbell153. :P

@Dynamo11 Literal concussions, American football's a dangerous game these days.

As a Brit I don't understand what a "concussion" is. Is it just a name or is it literally a concussion?

Make fun of EA all you want but I think it's more ridiculous that the NFL Players Association actually gave the issue of concussions in Madden even an ounce of attention. What a dumb issue.

Ah, the original milkers. :P

12?! CoD has a lot of catching up to do! LMAO

In other news: Call of duty and Battlefield will get serious about getting wounded, when the player gets shot he will have to recover for at least 5 hours before getting to fight again.

Is this an Onion article? Oh the poor virtual players! The next thing they'll say is that they are including a lock out in their 2012 game.

this is one of the dumbest things they could ever add to a game...on top of that, madden is getting old...the game is repetitive and there are never major improvements made year in and year out...hopefully in 2013 they will lose the exclusivity license so other companies like 2K sports can use the NFL to make a better football game

I can't wait to pay $60 for a game that includes concussions. What a major improvement. Given the fact that I only play exhibition games and nothing more. I think EA can come up with better ideas than that, I hope.

if you playing quick play who the hell cares if you keep the injured guy playing

It's a freakin game

Soo... Blitz isn't making a comeback ?

Good move. I play football for the US Navy team, and you do get the feeling that the coaches "encourage" you to play through it. I admit that some players do lie about the damage because they dont want to lose their starting jobs though. And forget Madden, i want NFL 2k12 :(

Unfortunately, that will the extent of the upgrades for Madden 12. I can already see it on the box, "And now, players get sidelined with concussions!" Who cares? We want serious upgrades to the game-play, the franchise, owner, superstar modes, I don't give a crap about your cultural stance on concussions. You're not the commissioner of the NFL, you're not going to change it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqDQfgOTTk That's all I have to say.

Is this true? Sounds like a April fool's joke.

Ridiculous

Right...because Tecmo Bowl on NES is responsible for players being treated like highly paid sacks of meat, so now it falls on Madden to undo that damage. This idea is as good as PlayStation Home letting you wait in virtual lines to play arcade games. Next up...in Medal of Honor games you only get one life and then you have to start the game over with a new character - you know, so you can get it what really happens to soldiers in war...culture change. Thanks EA. Hopefully Backbreaker will improve its gameplay.

Who gives a royal poop. Madden blows...

will they have unknown injuries that the player can opt to play through only to be diagnosed as a concussion after the game?

@ gladestone i imagine i watched the same super bowl as you,but i still didnt enjoy it,and for reference,i dont enjoy 'soccer', i much prefer rugby. I know they have there similarities (rugby and american football) but the american football matches just stop start stop start forever,making them boring and unwatchable,thats why i dont see how it translates into a game very well.

I agree with VegetaMaelstrom. Most likely there will be some way to make or safe money, and I'm sure the gamers will be involved somehow. Removing the game manual was obviously to save money. It may cost $0.10 - $0.25 to produce the manuals, but when you times that by 2 million copies, that's a decent savings. That doesn't include the price they pay the printers to produce all those manuals. I'd rather have the manual myself, because you can't stop in the middle of the game and few the manual. It's usually under the Extras or Features menu and that's usually only on the main menu. As for this Madden change, whatever. In the real world, they are protecting the players. In EA's world it's just a lot of PR spin so they can sell more copies of Madden.

2013? Ahhh man... I want the battle for EA and 2k to come back to make football games even better

This is only okay if the ambulance goes out on the field. Oh, and it runs players over both on it's way on the field as well as during its drive off.

Madden's still on TV sometimes if you watch football. I doubt there's any football fans, no matter how young, who haven't seen him in some capacity.

The only reason EA are implementing mandatory time off for players who get a concussion is so that they can sell you the ability to get them back in action for the next game. All you have to do is download it for $0.99 or 80 MS points. Nothing to do with this nonsense of having respect for American football players. Just like EA binning game manuals has nothing to do with "going green" it all comes down to the bottom line with EA, don't let their PR spin doctors convince you differently.

Eek! Realism!

@Netherscourge I completely agree. But what you described is the CoD franchise. People keep buying it every year and there's nothing revolutionary changing with each one.

Pause. Gameplay Settings. Injuries -> Off.

this does seem a little excessive...but it won't affect whether I choose to buy this game or not.

EA needs to take Madden away from Tiburon and have a new development house make a NFL football game. In fact, I would drop the whole "Madden" title altogether, since John Madden is retired and pretty much irrelevant anyway. The younger generation doesn't even know who John Madden is - "Madden" has become a word to describe NFL videogame football - that's it. Tiburon blows - they never progress. They are the laziest developing house in the market. FIFA and NHL are better franchises with better developers - those games have progressed LEAPS AND BOUNDS in the Next-Gen era. Why Tiburon keeps dragging the same garbage along every year and people keep buying it boggles my mind... They just keep tweaking the same 5-year-old game engine. EA needs to wake up and get a new developer for their franchise NFL game.

Isn't there an option to turn off injuries? maybe not online but offline you should, no?

Yeah sideline my digitized, video-game characters because they cracked their digitized, video-game skulls. I will be sure to file this under "who the f#@! cares?"

It's not a strike. It's a lockout. Huge difference.

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@thegamegod - You are entitled to your opinion, as terrible as said opinion might be.

Thegamegod are you kidding me??Its better than watching soccer..Where no one scores from one end of the game to the other..Running back an forth kicking a ball..Football has action from start to finish..Its a more violant game than soccer..Its for sure more fast paced than that sport..In my eyes its surpassed baseball as americans past time..Although no one in america will accknowledge this..Im shocked you actually think like this..Not sure what game you where watching..It was one of the best games..The last few superbowls, have been some of the best games ive watched in years..

I really have to ask how anyone can play these games? After watching the super bowl for the 1st time,i was shocked how awful this sport was,and i just cant imagine how it even translates into a game worth playing,it must take hours to finish one match.

aweee there goes my plans to be green bay...Arron Rogers the most concussion prone quaterback in the league.

I see so many comments about how the game is the same every year. Should the game be completely different each year? Maybe it shouldn't be $59.99 every year, but if you played the last madden and one from 5 years ago they really aren't the same. I do agree there should be competition though, it is ridiculous that only EA can make an NFL game when 2k were making awesome games.