Madden NFL 22’s Franchise is a slow — and overdue — burn

Every year, Madden NFL seems to have a glaringly neglected mode. The great news — the best news — about Madden NFL 22: That mode is Madden Ultimate Team. For once, MUT is the mode that goes begging. For once, Madden Ultimate Team is the mode that gets a maintenance-level update from last year. Good! […]

Madden NFL 22 Review-In-Progress

Madden NFL 22 officially launches this Friday, but you may be seeing reviews for the latest football game from EA Sports hitting now as those who pre-ordered the MVP or Dynasty editions get access to the game. We’re not ready to render our final verdict of the latest effort from EA Tiburon, but I have put […]

Madden NFL 22 upgrades Franchise mode and adds home-field advantage

It was a preseason game, Clint Oldenburg said. “Not a regular season game, not a playoff game.” The crowd in Seattle still annihilated his ability to think. “When I was at the line of scrimmage, I couldn’t hear anything. All I could hear was the crowd,” said Oldenburg, today Madden NFL 22’s gameplay producer, back […]

Madden NFL 22 Preview – A New Set Of Downs

While a running joke among sports video game players is about what little innovation takes place in the space, last year’s Madden NFL 21 was a particular target thanks to minimal upgrades to the series’ most played modes. In response to a launch that brought about an unprecedented amount of backlash from the community regarding Franchise […]

Upcoming Madden 21 patch will make drafting QBs more logical

Madden NFL 21’s next big Franchise mode update will fix an area that players have long complained about: AI-controlled teams drafting first-round quarterbacks when the club already has talent, even rookie talent, at that position. The new logic that’s coming says that an AI team in Franchise will “deprioritize drafting a first round QB” if […]

Madden 21 Player Ratings Updated For Week 2

The 2020 NFL season has wrapped up its second week, and with that, EA has adjusted player ratings in Madden NFL 21 based on how the athletes performed on the field. Some of the players who saw their player ratings rise included Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen, who rose from a 77 OVR to a […]

Madden 21 Update Adds Colin Kaepernick

Madden NFL 21 is getting review bombed pretty hard after releasing in August, mostly because it’s just the same game as last year with new bugs. NFL 21 has the same menus, same story, and only adds The Yard as a new game mode, not to mention a litany of bugs and glitches. EA is […]