Shortly after the planned Madden NFL 21 maintenance this morning, the team released a new patch for both current and next-gen platforms. It’s not a juicy update, but we’ve been hearing the update has fixed some crashing issues some users were having.
For the most part, all of the updates have been applied to the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. However, the Madden Ultimate Team update, where Solo Battle losses were not tracking properly, was a fix that was specific to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Check out the patch notes below and as always, let us know what you’re seeing.
Gameplay Updates:
- General stability fixes
Franchise Updates:
- Â Face of the Franchise Updates:
- General stability improvements
- Fixed an issue with players who change positions to Wide Receiver – Physical, Slot, and Route Runner and their selected archetype not carrying over once drafted to the NFL.
- Franchise Updates:
- Updated the Playoff Bracket UI so the higher seeded team is listed at the top.
Looking for Madden NFL 21 franchise mode update 2 of 3 details? Well, it’s scheduled to arrive sometime in mid-January. Here are some of the things the team is working on for that update. More details will arrive closer to official release date. All of these franchise mode additions will also be added to the next-gen version of Madden NFL 21.
Personnel Logic Improvements
New guidelines for CPU draft logic to assist teams in whether they should or should not have interest in drafting a first round QB. Addresses teams drafting two first round QBs in consecutive years, along with other roster-context considerations QBs a more authentic window to develop before a replacement is considered to be drafted.
Commissioner Controls: Undo FA Signings – Offseason Only
Commissioners are able to undo FA signings in the offseason directly through the transaction log. Simply click on a signing and revert it to send the player back into the free agent pool.
Commissioner Controls: Team Override Settings
Giving commissioners of leagues the ability to turn on/off or allow users to keep individual settings for Heat Seeker tackling, Ball Hawk, and Switch assist – one of our top requested commissioner requests, this creates a way to level the playing field regarding assist features.
Commissioner Draft Tools
Giving commissioners the ability to assign autopilot during the draft, along with pause/resume functionality. This has been a top community request for a number of years now.
Commissioner House Rules: Play Cool-Down and Repeat Play Limits
After these settings made their debut last year in MUT and Superstar KO, House Rules became one of the most requested features for franchise players and we are incredibly excited to bring them to you. Take control as a Commissioner and dictate how many times a play can be called in a game, and how long a player must wait before calling the same play again.
