NFL LEGEND QUARTERBACK BRETT FAVRE FEATURED AS COVER ATHLETE FOR MADDEN NFL 09
Madden NFL 09 Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Future Hall of Famer Brett Favre
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - April 25, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will be featured as the cover athlete of Madden NFL 09, coming to stores across North America on August 12 from EA SPORTS™. Madden NFL 09 marks the 20th anniversary of one of the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed videogame franchises of all time, and the game will feature adaptable gameplay tailored to every type of gamer, online enhancements and a broadcast style presentation delivering an authentic NFL experience.
"Madden NFL Football and Brett Favre are sports icons who have set the standard and revolutionalized their positions within their respective genres," said Madden NFL Executive Producer Dale Jackson. "Brett Favre is a perfect fit for the Madden NFL 09 cover, as he epitomizes everything the franchise has stood for the past 20 years — longevity, excellence, and a love of football."
For passionate Madden NFL fans, this year's iteration will take authenticity and depth of gameplay to an entirely new level with more than 85 new features and enhancements, including the all-new Virtual Trainer tutorial mode. Utilizing a holographic environment, this mode teaches gamers simple concepts about playing football and how to use the controls in quick, fun and stylized drills. In Madden NFL 09, the game engine is continually assessing the player's performance and will adapt a custom experience to every type of gamer, from newcomer to the veteran Madden NFL player.
Madden NFL 09 will also feature a network-inspired broadcast presentation. Players will benefit from the authentic football knowledge of an in-booth play-by-play and color commentary team featuring Cris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond. In addition, numerous graphical enhancements have been made, including realistic weather and grass, sleeker player models and exterior stadium views.
Madden NFL 09 gives gamers the ability to create online leagues. Avid Madden NFL fans can now take their rivalries online and compete in leagues with up to 32 teams. Online league play will feature in-depth stat tracking, player trades and a flexible scheduling option.
Favre's legacy is cemented as one of the most beloved players of his generation and one of the most admired NFL players to ever grace the cover of Madden NFL. The future Hall of Famer is the league's only three-time Most Valuable Player and he holds the NFL record for most consecutive starts for quarterbacks. He completed his 17-year career as the NFL's all-time leader in touchdowns, completions, attempts, yards, and wins.
Last year, Madden NFL 08 was named the 2007 Game Critics "Best Sports Game" award at the E3 Media and Business Summit, "Best Team Sports Game" at the Spike TV Video Games Awards, "Best Sports Game of the Year" by GameTrailers. The game also earned GameSpot's "Best Sports Game" Reader's Choice Award and was named one of MSNBC's "Best Sports Games" of 2007. Over the past 20 years, the Madden NFL franchise has sold more than 70 million* copies and, since 2002, Madden NFL football has been the top selling sports game** each year in North America.
Madden NFL 09 is developed in Orlando, Florida by the award-winning EA Tiburon studio, which also produces NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.
Madden NFL 09 will be available for the Xbox® and Xbox 360™ video game systems from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and is rated RP by the ESRB.
EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.
For more information about Madden NFL 09, check out www.madden09.com.
* Based on internal sales data
** According to the NPD Group
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Wo-w seriously? Has this guy been in nearly every Madden game up to now?! Real nice way to go out.
This game's definitely on my list for this summer.
Bah, he goes out in a bang. Knowing the madden curse he'll die in a fire.
I hate Madden, but Brett Farve is my favorite player of all time! I may have to get this and never open it. But that would be pointless because it will sit in a room for 5 years and then into a box for ten and then only worth $15 on eBay. Brett Farve FTW! Madden FTL!
i'm with ya brother: hate ea/madden but who don't like brett farve? ...................................................exactly
whaaat, this is great, favre has been my favorite football player of all time, as for many, ive never bought a madden game, but im sure this will be the one i do
It's about time! I've been a huge Packer fan for years (live ~ 100 miles north of Green Bay), and Brett is by far my favorite NFL player, scratch that - professional athlete of all time. There's been countless times where I've cringed watching him launch up an extremely questionable throw, but I man I would give up almost anything to see him do it for one more year... :(
Maybe having a retired player on the cover will be some sort of reverse curse? Like maybe he'll come back and win the Superbowl now. Or if not that, maybe he'll find a 20 in an old jacket or something.
DellPreston. You are my friend because your username fucking rocks.
"the shopkeeper and his son . . . well that was a different story all together . . ."
One of my favorite characters in anything ever.
ever.
. .. Go Favre!
As an idea of how much this game is followed outside of the states, I've never heard of him. But it sounds like he was knew which end of the ball to throw.
As an idea of how much this game is followed outside of the States, I fucking love Brett Favre.
I'll never forget the OT Touchdown the Packers scored against Denver last season, that was incredible.
Never missing one game either is just...well...crazy!
Im a giants fan and I still think Favre is the man, It's great to see EA giving him props but damn EA could you at least put out some pics of the dude with a character model that actually looks like him.
Its a good choice, as a Chicago native you'd think I'd hate the guy. But most Bears fans I know, including myself, have an immense amount of respect for the man, dude tore us up for years. If the game is as good as 1/2 of what Favre was capable of it'll be a winner.
ok...I thought you actually had to have intention to play in the 08-09 season to be the cover of Madden NFL 09. My mistake.
"dude tore us up for years"
Except last year, lol. Especially the last Bears/Packers game. However, as much as I loathe the Packers, I have always liked Favre.
Anyway, I think that's a good decision. I can't think of anybody besides Hester that I would want on the cover, and since everyone had a heart attack about his 100 speed rating from last year, that probably won't happen (and given the nature of the curse and my superstitious tendencies, I'd rather it not anyway).
Am I the only one to notice that the graphics have not improved since 2002, way to raise the bar EA.
ther than that fuck yeah Brett Favre
Great. Before this the curse would only affect the players' football careers. Since FAvre's retired who knows how its going to escalate.