Madden 23

EA Sports has announced that the Madden 23 cover will feature the namesake of the game, the legend John Madden who passed away last December.

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EA Sports announced that legendary coach and commentator John Madden would be on the cover of Madden 23.

That began a four-year process during which the minds at EA Sports created a true-to-life football simulation, complete with plays drawn from NFL playbooks. The former coach was first approached by EA Sports back in 1984 about being part of a football simulation, but Madden insisted that the game be as realistic as possible. The Hall of Fame coach and commentator helped introduce the game of football to millions of new fans through the Madden video game series.

John Madden -- a Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach of the Raiders, legendary NFL color analyst and namesake of one the highest-selling sports video games ...

Four Bay Area youth flag football teams from NFL Flag will also be welcomed to play on the new field. In addition to the cover reveal, Electronic Arts announced an update on the $5 million John Madden Legacy Commitment to Education and the dedication of a field to honor Madden. Gameplay innovations featured on Madden are set to be revealed beginning Thursday and through the coming weeks.

The NFL legend and Hall of Famer is honored on the cover of his namesake game after his passing last December.

Madden had typically been on the cover of the game frequently but hasn’t been on it since Madden 2000. Last season Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes graced the cover together. That trend will continue in 2023, with the honor not going to any player at all.

When EA Sports announced Wednesday that John Madden would grace the cover of this year's Madden NFL 23, it generated a lot of excitement from NFL fans on ...

Madden, who died on December 28 at the age of 85, was also a three-time Emmy Award–winning broadcaster. The legendary coach will be featured on the game’s cover for the first time since Madden 2000, which was released in 1999. He also won seven division titles and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

EA Sports will officially reveal Madden 23 on June 2 with new gameplay features and a release date expected to be announced.

Players will be required to use various mechanics like protecting the ball and give-up to avoid the various hit stick and strip attempts from defenders. On Wednesday, EA Sports announced that John Madden will be on the cover of Madden 23. Back in April, SGO exclusively reported a number of new gameplay features coming to Madden 23.

Madden, who died in December at the age of 85, won a Super Bowl as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and as a broadcaster called NFL games for all four ...

EA reportedly paid Madden $150 million in 2005 to use his name and likeness for perpetuity. EA has sold a reported 130 million copies of the Madden games, raking in $4 billion in revenue over its history. The first cover is a recreation of the first Madden video game, the second is of Madden as Raiders head coach following his team’s Super Bowl XI victory and the third is of Madden as an announcer.

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach who died Dec. 28, will be on the cover of all three editions of this year's Madden video game, which will be released in ...

The other $2.5 million will help create the EA Madden Scholarship, which will work with the United Negro College Fund to provide scholarships for students at 12 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. "With a callback from the All Madden teams that he used to create and that we used to have in our game, a mix of both legendary players and current-day players. "That gives you the satisfaction that you're doing something worthwhile," Madden told ESPN in 2021. The All Madden cover -- one of the three covers this year -- is reminiscent of the original John Madden Football, released on June 1, 1988. Madden last was the main cover person for the 2000 edition of the game, which was released in 1999. Many current NFL players say Madden was part of their upbringing -- Detroit Lions defensive back Jeff Okudah told ESPN in 2020 that he learned football by playing Madden -- and that was always a prideful point for the game's namesake.

Madden NFL 23 has revealed the cover for the 2022 edition of the game, and it appears that EA Sports has finally gotten its decision right.

Madden NFL 23 John Madden So, it's fitting that he would once again appear on its cover as a tribute to his life, career and impact on the Madden franchise. Why did Madden want to be involved with the game? Madden is the namesake of the long-running video game and helped to found it. The cover art chosen by EA pays tribute to the first John Madden Football game from 1988, which saw the then-blond-haired, 52-year-old coach bursting through a playbook page and holding a football.

EA Sports revealed its cover of this year's Madden NFL 23 by honoring its namesake, Hall of Fame head coach and legendary broadcaster John Madden.

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EA has announced the first set of Madden NFL 23 gameplay details, and this year's Gridiron sim is heavily based on a new mechanic called FieldSense.

“Coach stands for authentic eleven-vs-eleven football,” says senior producer Mike Maher. “That caused us to go back and look at what inspired him, and EA, to partner originally. According to EA, 360-degree cuts offer extra control to running backs, while the option to ‘Hit Everything’ on defense triggers more turnovers and multi-player pile-ups. Developed in response to feedback from fans, the new gameplay system introduces four specific elements to Madden 23.

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EA is also revamping the passing game with a Skill Based Passing, "a new way to pass that offers players the ultimate control to place the ball exactly where they want, with the power they want." The new gameplay system will be coupled with improvements to zone coverage, pass rush and containing mobile quarterbacks. EA Sports announced the implementation of new mechanics the company is calling 360 Cuts, "giving players the ability to change direction on a dime while controlling ball-carriers."

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Will you buy the game this season, given all the changes the Dolphins made offensively? What are your thoughts on legendary HOF head coach John Madden gracing the cover? EA also teased the Madden 23 trailer on their YouTube channel, along with their new ‘Fieldsense’ gameplay system.

Players who pre-order the Madden NFL 23 All Madden Edition by July 22, 2022 will receive an added bonus of an All-Madden Team Elite Player for their Madden ...

- Players who pre-order the Madden NFL 23 All Madden Edition by July 22, 2022 will receive an added bonus of an All-Madden Team Elite Player for their Madden Ultimate Team roster. Madden 23 launches on August 19 for PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X Pre-ordering the Standard edition of Madden 23 nets you the following benefits.

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"There are people on the team here who, until quite recently, used to go to Coach's house annually to review the game," says Maher. "There is a deep connection [among the team] to him as a person. EA Tiburon has built on that not only with the new gameplay mechanics but also a fresh commitment to realism starting with the pre-match build-up, and ending after the post-match handshakes. "The converse of that 'tackle battle' is true as a defender," says Maher. "You can win that battle and pancake or flatten the running back on or behind the line." For the community element that constantly badgers EA to start from scratch, that's likely to trigger a group sigh. "Building and refining top fan requests including staff management, weekly game-planning and scouting, Madden 23 brings more authenticity and realism with new free agency and contract tools and improved trade logic represents the value of star players more accurately for fair and more realistic offers," it says. We'll have more on those other modes between now and the Madden 23 release date of August 19. Some play Ultimate Team, some play Face of the Franchise. Some play competitive online only. As for the running game, FieldSense's aim is to eliminate what Maher calls "tanker turns". Immediate changes of direction are now possible by holding L2/LT and flicking the stick in the direction you want to go. Hitting the pile to assist tackles already in progress further helps to halt a determined ball carrier, and you can blow up blocks and force turnovers with standup tackles. "And if you're someone who just wants to hit the line over and over again, there's a new 'tackle battle' mechanic which enables you to [deliberately] target a single character. There's a new meter to judge power, and an aiming reticle to affect accuracy, which when combined enable you to lead receivers and drop in back-shoulder throws. Way ahead of you, McNulty. "There've been extensive improvements to both run blocking and line play," promises Maher when I ask that exact question.

Madden NFL 23 launches Aug. 19, 2022, for PS5 and Xbox Series X, with versions for PS4, Xbox One, and PC as well. The newest consoles get a game with ...

It gives our defenders another way to think about stopping the offense and breaking up a pass, and not being so reliant on interceptions as a means to get off the field.” As a single-player experience, Madden NFL 23 felt like a breath of fresh air, liberating my players from background calculations and other thumb-on-the-scale gimmicks. The most beautiful example of this new pass-targeting visual aid came in a game where I took the Los Angeles Chargers against their stadium landlords, the Los Angeles Rams. Justin Herbert lofted a 12-yard square out to Keenan Allan that I deliberately threw long and high. It’s best illustrated when a lineman stands up a running back at the line of scrimmage and slows him long enough for a defensive back to swoop in finish him off from the side. Ramsey is probably the best cornerback in the NFL, and in nine out of 10 Maddens before this, it would have been an interception. It has a blue area — meaning completion — that widens or narrows based on the quarterback’s attributes as well as the context of the play (rolling out, throwing across his body, etc.). It sounds like a lot to process, but for most passes from the pocket I didn’t have to mind the meter; still, with a scrambling thrower extending a broken play, the option is there to bullseye any receiver if you’re good (or lucky) enough. And, as I saw in a hands-on demonstration, sometimes the AI cornerback hits a grappled runner from behind and pushes him forward for an extra yard. In a one-on-one stand-up tackle, players will see an A/X button-mash prompt to either fend off the tackle or finish it, somewhat like in Tecmo Super Bowl. Madden NFL 23’s stand-up tackle breakout is more contextualized and dependent on player attribute ratings, but it fulfills the designers’ goal of giving players greater agency over a play’s outcome. To be fair, run-blocking improvements starting in Madden NFL 21 greatly helped players avoid the premature end to a well-called, well-designed play. “I’m sure a lot of you in the room have used [that term]. The outcome of the play feels like it’s almost predetermined. That changes in Madden NFL 23, said McHardy, a senior producer over the core gameplay team. In all my glamour shots of my created Madden NFL running back, only one player is tackling him.

Whether you're a hall-of-famer or a redshirt freshman, 'Madden 23's new FieldSense features will give you more control over every aspect of the game.

This gives you the opportunity to bob and weave the enemy backline and score more points. Previous Madden games haven’t given you much control of your player's movements, but the Three-Sixty Cuts feature in Madden 23 looks to give you an extra edge. And a lot of that comes down to FieldSense, a suite of four new features intended to give players more control over every aspect of the game. A passing meter will help your QB a better pass — if you manage to time right. It takes some getting used to, but once you understand the basics it will allow you to throw fakeout passes and make more precise plays. The team at EA has implemented some fundamental changes to the game’s core mechanics, like better coverage on the field, simplified playbooks, and a reworked franchise mode.

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If Madden NFL 23 can deliver on the myriad promises and potential of this year's game, this could very well be the bounceback entry the series sorely needs. This approach lets you get into the NFL action quicker and gives you more control over the NFL situation you enter as you begin the mode. Not unlike a team going pushing down the field to try for a last-second score with its two-minute offense, Madden NFL 23 feels like a critical drive for the trajectory of the long-running football franchise. While The Yard continues to give players a more backyard, arcade-focused football experience, Madden Ultimate Team and Face of the Franchise bring the most significant changes. This year's career mode is called The League. The story foregoes the high school and college portions of past years, instead opting to tell your story as an established NFL player entering the free agency market. Top that off with better user interface and scouting hub improvements, and scouting joins the rest of the Franchise package as one of the most promising parts of Madden NFL 23. This mechanic lets you gamble on the accuracy of your throw and your receiver's ability for the potential of a pass that isn't remotely defendable by the players on the other side of the ball. These new views and tools are helpful, but you must be more strategic in your interactions, as you can only have five active negotiations in the early stages. During my time with the game, I tried to test out the limits of the skill-based passing; I pulled the left trigger to allow me to move the reticle outside of the targeting area, aimed further downfield and threw a high lob pass with the hopes of giving my receiver enough time to get under it. Running up the middle with my running back afforded me more control over how I could cut through the lanes presented by my blockers, while putting the ball in the hands of Lamar Jackson let me mess around with both the skill-based passing and the 360° cuts mechanics. Coming off a down year that felt indicative of the stagnation that so many longtime players decry when looking at the Madden NFL series, EA Sports has a lot to prove. However, that doesn't mean EA Sports isn't implementing multiple changes in hopes of making Madden NFL 23 transcend the criticism of the game feeling like "just a roster update."

EA Sports has announced the updates coming to Madden 23 Franchise Mode when the game launches this summer.

What are your thoughts on the Madden 23 franchise mode updates? Those who pre-order the All Madden Edition of the game can get access three days early on August 16. There will also be new player tags to influence various offseason activities and overall player progression.

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