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Madden 09 headed for end zone

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 25, 2008 12:34 pm PT

Electronic Arts' latest edition of long-running NFL sim series goes gold, set to hit stores August 12.

The traditional gift material for a 20th anniversary is fine china. However, Electronic Arts announced today that the latest entry in the two-decades-old Madden NFL series is being commemorated with gold instead. Specifically, the game has gone gold and is ready to make its August 12 release date.

Fronted by recently retired Green Bay Packer great Brett Favre, Madden NFL 09 arrives with a variety of tweaks and changes to the formula in tow. For one thing, Electronic Arts has instituted an adaptive artificial-intelligence system that will tailor its difficulty to the player's skill level on the fly. Players will also be able to call for a do-over on particularly disastrous plays, and the backtrack feature has the game break down a play and point out exactly what went wrong and what should have been done instead.

Madden NFL 09 is set for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Xbox. A Wii version of the game will also be released that day under the tweaked moniker Madden NFL 09 All-Play. Collector's Edition packages of the game, including the full version of NFL Head Coach 09, will also be available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $90.

101 Comments

  • Mc1csmo

    Posted Aug 13, 2008 10:43 am PT

    Does the psp version allow for roster updates via download?

  • MetalMan300

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:59 pm PT

    madden on old xbox is nice. Itll be cool to see one last xbox game...

  • sbmqwerty

    Posted Jul 10, 2008 8:12 pm PT

    vacadekrazy Madden 99 had a first person feature. 2k took that from madden.

  • ghoffbad83

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 4:32 pm PT

    wow i cant believe their releasing it on the old xbox...i wonder why, they dont even have regular xbox games at my frickin walmart anymore they'll have to make an execption

  • cleverblake

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 12:36 pm PT

    have they mentioned whether or not madden and michaels are doing the play-by-play this time? or is it another radio kinda deal?

  • djkearse36

    Posted Jun 30, 2008 9:22 am PT

    i hope this is good!!!!

  • biggama

    Posted Jun 29, 2008 6:19 pm PT

    if u hate on madden your a complette dumbass. its way better that that p.o.s. 2k5.i owned that at one point when it came out and i found out why it cost 20 bucks. this year is gonna kill and with favre on the cover who can complain. by the way if u still play 2k5 cut ur hands off and never play a football game again. the animations are repetitive its annoying. oh yeah and ea deserives the exclusive on football. look at what 2k did with baseball. its disgustingly bad.

  • rsoxguy12

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 9:40 pm PT

    TheoleDominion1, the funny thing is, you have been missing out on premium football games for 3 years while guarding your precious 2k5 game.

  • chrisbrookscool

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 9:45 pm PT

    only thing I'm going to hate about this game is the new rewind feature. Sometimes you make mistakes and learn from them

  • SDSkarface

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:39 pm PT

    where the f is the PC version? Boycott EA!

  • sacker63

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 3:55 pm PT

    TheoleDominion1....

    Yeah, you'rea moron. 2K5 sucked. You're just mad because you're too cheap to buy madden and your bargain bin game is dead.

  • KaoaAlakane

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 1:08 pm PT

    hey TheoleDominion1. yeah thats about all 2k has on madden. graphics are fine-n-dandy but on a realistic football sim that only goes so far. madden is a football sim not an arcade style football game. the blitz games were kinda fun also once upon a time but like 2k, dead now. hell look at the character models in tecmo bowl but that game STILL kicks ass.

  • NWbaseball0808

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 11:20 am PT

    Is that a typo? Can I really get this game for my old school Xbox?

  • TheoleDominion1

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 6:26 am PT

    The funny part is, the character models,animations, and features in 2K5 are STILL better than what EA is putting out in the Madden series.

  • drlove1023

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 5:07 am PT

    Ok EA, for the PS3... ONLINE FANTASY LEAGUES WITH 32 TEAMS, A LIVE DRAFT, AND A FULL 16 GAME SEASON..... how hard can that feature be?

  • 360-OHIO-Gamer

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 11:07 pm PT

    This should be a sweet game. I'm a browns fan and we should have a good team this year.

  • krazykdude

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 10:22 pm PT

    Seriously, I like these sports franchies and all, but I think they need to start developing better and more consistent games, with more then just a few graphical tweaks and roster changes, I would perfer it, if they would release these sports games once every two years, so they could spend more time developing them better, and perhaps throughout the year, if the course of the original game, if there are any roster changes, they can make downloadable "content" or patches. This is just a bit of my opinion!

  • jabonetwo

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 8:52 pm PT

    Madden woooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • NYJPrice

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 8:48 pm PT

    i hope they upgrade tha superstar mode for madden 2years of tha same old mode is not a good look for madden

  • FROZEN_FLAPJACK

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 3:42 pm PT

    I love the Madden series.

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