Midnight Madden-mania hitting Best Buy

By Staff, GameSpotPosted Aug 13, 2007 5:38 pm PT

50 locations holding late-night events to help launch latest installment in EA's annual football franchise.

After being screwed relatively tight for several months, the game-release spigot is opening up tomorrow with Madden NFL 08's official release. GameSpot's Madden Launch Center will feature live coverage from the game's official launch in New York City and a San Francisco-based four-hour gameplay marathon starting at 6pm PDT.

To accommodate those looking to pick up a copy of Madden NFL 08 as soon as they can, Best Buy is holding midnight launch events across the country. From Atlanta to Los Angeles, some 50 locations are participating in the event, which will see the EA Tiburon-developed pigskin sim go on sale at 12:01pm. Rated E for Everyone, Madden NFL will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ($59.99), the PlayStation 2 and Wii ($49.99), the PC, Macintosh, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, and Xbox ($39.99), and the Nintendo DS ($29.99). A complete list of Best Buy locations holding midnight Madden events is below.

Atlanta 1875 Pleasant Hill Rd Duluth, GA 30096

Atlanta 1450 E Park Place Blvd Stone Mountain, GA 30087

Birmingham 3780 Riverchase Vlg #200 Hoover, AL 35244

Boston 550 Arsenal St Ste 2 Watertown, MA 02472

Charlotte 10600 Centrum Pkwy Pineville, NC 28134

Charlotte 8813 JW Clay Blvd Charlotte NC 28262

Chicago 900 E Golf Rd Downers Grove IL 60515

Chicago 900 E Golf Rd Schaumburg, IL 60173

Chicago 7600 S Cicero Ave Burbank Town Center Burbank, IL 60459

Cincinnati 100 Meijer Dr Florence, KY 41042

Cleveland 7830 Plaza Blvd Mentor, OH 44060

Dallas 2800 N Central Expy Plano, TX 75074

Denver 5395 S Wadsworth Blvd Lakewood, CO 80123

Denver 13801 E Mississippi Ave Aurora, CO 80012

Des Moines 4100 University Ave Ste 240 West Des Moines, IA 50265

Detroit 32320 John R Rd Madison Heights, MI 48071

Erie 597 Erie Erie Pa 6650 Peach St Erie, PA 16509

Green Bay/Appleton 825 Pilgrim Way Ste A Green Bay, WI 54304

Houston 5133 Richmond Ave Houston, TX 77056

Indianapolis 5820 E 82nd St Indianapolis, IN 46250

Kansas City 9301 Quivira Rd Overland Park, KS 66214

Los Angeles 1015 N La Brea Ave W Hollywood, CA 90046

Los Angeles 3900 Tyler St Riverside, CA 92503

Los Angeles 114 Fullerton Fullerton Ca 120 E Imperial Hwy Fullerton, CA 92835

Madison 7357 W Towne Way Madison, WI 53719

Miami 4001 W 20th Ave Hialeah, FL 33012

Miami 12495 Sw 88th St Miami, FL 33186

Milwaukee 4610 S 76th St Greenfield, WI 53220

Minneapolis 1000 West 78th St Richfield, MN 55423

Minneapolis 13513 Ridgedale Dr Minnetonka, MN 55305

Nashville 5255 Hickory Hollow Pkwy Antioch, TN 37013

New Orleans 6205 Veterans Memorial Blvd Metairie, LA 70003

New York 622 Broadway New York, NY 10012

New York 529 5th Ave New York, NY 10017

New York 925 Patterson Plank Rd Secaucus, NJ 07094

New Jersey 261 Pond Path South Setauket NY 11720

Omaha 7520 Dodge St Omaha, NE 68114

Omaha 333 N 170th St Omaha, NE 68118

Orlando 845 N Alafaya Trl Orlando, FL 32828

Philadelphia 1504 Macarthur Rd Whitehall, PA 18052

Philadelphia 1851 Deptford Center Rd Deptford, NJ 08096

Phoenix 1949 E Camelback Rd Ste 101 Phoenix, AZ 85016

Pittsburgh 5000 Alicia Dr Bethel Park, PA 15102

San Diego 149 Fletcher Pkwy El Cajon CA 92020

San Francisco 1717 Harrison St San Francisco, CA 94103

Seattle 457 120th Ave Ne Bellevue, WA 98005

St. Louis 5651 South Service Road Saint Peters, MO 63376

St. Louis 7017 S Lindbergh Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63125

Tampa 1725 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL 33607

Washington D.C./Baltimore 15800 Collington Rd Bowie, MD 20715

148 Comments

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 6:22 pm PT

    Some got it early!

  • GundamRX79Live

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 11:11 am PT

    i played it we opened it early at best buy and played it right before the store opened i think its the best one yet...really sad that it takes 3 years to make ea to do it now they need to fix nba live

  • ebookerd1

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 8:35 am PT

    what kind of A$S clown stays up over night for Madden why not just wait till tomorrow play last years which is exaclty the same as this years minus you cant hurdle, lol, got to work (which most of you losers playing this games don't have.) Leave work and pick it up. This makes logical sense because I don't see a reason this game will not sell out. Who the hell would? EA knows that there are more than 20000 rubes like the guy below me that will line up and pay $50-$60, on an NFL roster change. Ha Ha

  • evergrant2

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 3:14 am PT

    Haters can step to the left....BOOM! Madden for life!

  • redskins21

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 2:07 am PT

    for all the people how sit on there computer and bash the **** about madden and football can u go get a life u **** nerds all u do is sit on the computer and cry about things u are so feared to do in real life so yea get a **** life and stop sitting on the computer worring about games and worry about getting girls

  • packernation31

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 1:34 am PT

    Awww none in west virginia?

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 9:38 pm PT

    I have yet to buy a single Madden game. But I expected the graphics to be more realistic this generation.

  • DJSMITH007

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 7:21 pm PT

    Stop bashing Madden...I thought all you Americans liked AMERICAN FOOTBALL

  • cliff122316

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 6:55 pm PT

    hahaha i love the fear of being casual around here. madden is fun. whats wrong with it being a fun game that happens to be based around a popular sport. granted its only this popular because the sport is so popular. but its still a fun game so stop hating on it. if you dont want the yearly edition then you can buy it every two or three. no problems there. its a supply and demand economy, obviously their is a demand for a new madden every single year, because people are buying it in droves. how can you blame EA for meeting a demand for one of their products? what developer wouldnt do that?

  • R3DN1N3

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 6:18 pm PT

    Moldy10 People that say it is just the same game every year need to shutup. You just don't like football. Go play your Madden 99! Noobs!
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    I detest u and all your fellow sheep that keep pumping money into the EA big whigs every year.
    It's so pathetic to see a big fuss over a football game, this is just as bad as getting excited for a movie-to-videogame.
    I mean we all know theres nothing special to look forward to....so then why is there a midnight launch.....this is pathetic

  • 4quarters

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 5:12 pm PT

    But pick it up at Toys R Us becouse you get ANY second game 1/2 off!!! when you buy Madden this week!!!!!!

  • drewcal58

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 4:57 pm PT

    That's actually a really good idea, a developer without a main focus on making money would probably do that. Too bad EA is a wannabe cash monster.

  • HALOISTHEBEST26

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    okay i know everyone says that its the same every year but it has 1 or 2 new features and updated players, now for hardcore football fans thats great, but in my opinion i dont think that this is worth $60 every year, i think they should do a $10-$20 yearly online update with the new feature and updated rosters, and maybe every 2 or 3 years release a complete new game with updated graphics, but the new players should not cost $60, some of you might not like my idea but i think that would make sense.

  • The_PC_Gamer

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 4:09 pm PT

    dudes...its a football game...who the heck lines up at midnight to get a yearly edition of a football game....@_@

  • gzibocod

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 3:26 pm PT

    Klaimore

    "So far there is only two games worth staying up till midnight for. bioshock and halo 3 not a "football" game"

    I agree with Klaimore.

  • Klaimore

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 2:47 pm PT

    So far there is only two games worth staying up till midnight for. bioshock and halo 3 not a "football" game

  • NandoSupes

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 2:12 pm PT

    I can't believe people will wait at midnight to buy this piece of garbage of a football game,what a disgrace.EA keeps getting more richer with a game thats offers anything but football mechanics or animation,but I don't care cause they are not gonna get my money,thats for sure.

  • dt2003

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 1:56 pm PT

    the game doesn't look that great from what i saw last night during the marathon. I even saw some glitches and there wasn't even a single ref on the field. And the touchdown celebration look so cheesy, how come is it always one guy who celebrating the touchdown by himself, and the rest of his team mates are just walking around like nothing had happened? All this stuff is small but it still contributes to the gaming experience. And for a next-gen game, the players look like thier robots, non of the in-game animation look fluent. 8.5?? comon now.

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