I am pondering that very question as I look back on EA’s season this year. I’m beginning to think that this season might’ve been, at the very least, a mild success.
Think about this: both Madden and NCAA got high marks from most critics and both sold pretty well. That’s not …
Over at our sister site, Operation Sports, Ian Cummings posted a new blog which divulges interesting details about engines in EA Football Games.
- Animation Engine - It’s called ANT (ANimation Toolkit), and it’s shared technology among nearly all of the EA Sports games. ANT provides two things: 1.) a ‘tool’ …
Dynasty Mode has been a staple in NCAA Football since NCAA Football ‘98, when the game debuted with a four season dynasty mode. Then came NCAA Football ‘99 where you could play several seasons and recruit at will with a few options.
Little did this writer know we would see dynasty …
Media mogul Sumner Redstone has sold his controlling stake in video game company Midway Games Inc. to a private investor to ease his debt load, the Wall Street Journal said. Is this the end of competition for Madden from the Blitz series? Was there even competition in the first …
MaddenMania is currently looking to fill two front page writing positions. The ideal candidates for these positions will be able to write good, clear English and also be able to meet deadlines.
Duties of the writer will include writing 2-4 articles a week at 200-600 words in length while working closely …
Nielsen has posted an article that talks about how the Madden video game franchise became bigger than John Madden
“When the first version of the Madden NFL video game was released in 1988, Knots Landing was the top-rated show on broadcast television, Ronald Reagan was the President, and John Madden was …
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It has been nearly a year since MaddenMania has had a presence on the world wide web with an actual content based site. Thankfully, that trend is now finished as this will be the home for all things Madden and NCAA on the internet once again! The plan is to …
July 15 is always a special day for me. Well, at least it used to be, up until I turned 21. Now, I suppose it is just a painful reminder of my arduous journey toward age 30, and after that, toward a retirement community. Life seems bleak in your mid-twenties.
Thankfully, …
Last week some of you may have read my article about beating a Cover 2 defense. This week you’ll learn how to run it. The Cover 2 is a staple defense that has variants that can be run in almost any situation. It can be run as the Tampa 2, …
The spread offense is now a new concept. It has its roots in Double Wing, Veer, Wing-T, Triple Option and almost any other classic offense. The philosophy is simple, use all 53 yards of horizontal field that you can to put more pressure on each individual defender. Or, more simply …
