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EA announces Madden NFL Arcade for PSN, XBLA photo

Electronic Arts has announced that it will be bringing Madden NFL Arcade to PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade "just in time for the holidays in December."

Developed by EA Tiburon, the game is designed to appeal to casual fans as well as "diehard NFL fans," with an emphasis on pick-up and play controls. Madden NFL Arcade will feature 32 NFL teams (along with their home stadiums) that compete in five-on-five games, with no penalties and no field goals. The first team to score 30 points wins, as the games are designed to be more fast-paced that traditional football titles.

EA is also tossing "power ups" to the mix, with 13 "Game Changers." You'll be able to add a bunch of linemen to get a sack, freeze a player, turn off your opponents passing icons, and other things that will generally annoy the crap out of the opposing team.

Madden NFL Arcade supports four players on a single console, features online modes, and leaderboards. All this for only $14.99 (or 1200 MS Points on Xbox 360). Somewhere right now, our Sports Editor Samit Sarkar is freaking the hell out.


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moose39's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 08:46
moose39
Why can't they just make NFL Street 4? Makes no sense to me.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:00
Sexualchocolate
Perfect, I love NHL arcade, I bought NFL 09, could not deal with all the faffing and fucking plays and options and shit (British, don't understand amurkin football, just like the smashing into people and pass game) so this will be spot on for me!

Day one sale - when it comes to Europe.
KINGof210's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:03
KINGof210
Sounds a lot like NFL Blitz. Which means: I WAAANNT!!
Themightylebeau2009's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:08
Themightylebeau2009
Id rather pay that than full price for a version I wouldnt fully 'get'. Also, powerups in sports games sounds fun. Very tempted by this.
Montelav's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:26
Montelav
NFL Blitz = Fail...

NFL Xtreme = WIN.. I am gonna hope its more like Xtreme, with the graphics shown I have a good feeling.
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:44
theswitcher
NFL Xtreme would have had to have 1 year more of development time, just to bring it up to mediocre standards. A terrible football game. Blitz all the way.

http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198162-nfl-xtreme/index.html
Montelav's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 09:57
Montelav
@theswitcher - Ahh.. there you go trying to refute my opinion.. After playing/owning them both my opinion is set. The herd rankings that you have there are based on comparing Xtreme to Blitz.. football game to arcade football game... not the same hardware or software capabilities.

Where Blitz was crazy cartoony and made for the Arcade [arcade game with a splash of football] and all the twitch junkies, Xtreme was actually made for a 5v5 game [similar to other football games of the time just less players] and played like a football game in the yard.

ps. don't throw herd rankings at me that make no point, especially when you follow it up by saying Blitz was a football game. Xtreme was a Football game Blitz is and always will be an Arcade game.
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 10:35
theswitcher
Doesn't change the fact what they really were; you threw a ball, tried to gain yardage, and score points. Blitz was fun and competent in doing that. NFL Xtreme was not. Nevermind the fact that 989 Studios was one of the biggest joke studios of all time. Not counting all the series they plunged into darkness, Twisted Metal, Jet Moto...etc. This is a sad day that I've actually met someone that is defending one of their products.
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 11:00
Kif
I may buy this just to see what the heck is up with American Football.
Bigmoose85's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 12:32
Bigmoose85
same ole madden horse shit
matty125's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 12:37
matty125
DAT MADDIN'!
Ratzaroony's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 12:48
Ratzaroony
In before Samit gets to comment? By the way, hi Samit :D
Montelav's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 12:51
Montelav
Jet Moto / Twisted Metal.. those were nice.. but like you say the series did go to crap, apparently when 989 got ahold of them, point for you. If you couldn't make yardage in Xtreme than something was wrong.. a typical game score would be 75(me)-10(ps) like I said the AI was a bit of a joke but I had fun in it.

Oh and throwing the ball that is covered in flames [that stretch 10 yards back] 200 yards [straight up into the air] to a receiver 40 yards down field [that can jump 100 yards into the air while doing a triple salchow] at 10x speed is not football my friend. I didn't enjoy it then or now.

Regretfully it seems like this Madden NFL is going the Blitz route what with "game changers" like "Freeze the player." Completely realistic events... I am hoping its going to be a mashup of the two styles [ie. playbook of Blitz|speed&style of Xtreme] with a good overhaul of both to bring them up to the expectations of today and some sort of limit to the "game changers."
Montelav's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 12:57
Montelav
btw you do realize that 989 is the studio responsible for Syphon Filter.. at least they were capable of producing a few more than adequate games..

But then again you probably would scoff at that because its 989 and they did mess a few games up. Must be lonely only liking games from companies that never produce a bad egg... or is it that 989 is/was a sony developer..
WhiteX's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 13:04
WhiteX
Jesus, this gen is truly lost, this is the same crap wii owners were fed this year and every single person bashed it, now the PS360 is about to recieve the SAME SHIT and it is good, even the graphics have "good vibes"
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 13:58
Los255
WHY THE FUCK ISNT THIS NFL BLITZ!!!11!!1!
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/15/2009 00:10
Dan CiTi
I vote for a new NHL Hits.
nanowerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/15/2009 10:33
nanowerx
No thanks, not supporting Madden. Jesus, they dont make enough fucking money off this game already that now they are throwing out mid-year versions of it too?

Fuck that, Blitz: The League FTW!
Arch649's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2009 00:35
Arch649
I'm looking forward to this.
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