Madden NFL 21 Getting Backyard Football Mode

Madden NFL 21’s new mode is The Yard, an homage to backyard football featuring fast-paced games with six-man teams. The mode will feature gameplay similar to the NFL Street series and other, more casual sports titles. The Yard will offer trick plays and house rules that can be customized from match-to-match. Players will also create […]

Madden 21 Reveals New X-Factor Abilities For Wide Receivers And Tight Ends

EA has revealed more of the 50 new Superstar X-Factor abilities in Madden NFL 21. After detailing Quarterback abilities yesterday, the latest update focuses on the offensive side of the ball with wide receivers and tight ends like George Kittle, Julio Jones, Tyreek Hill, and more. Superstar X-Factors are powerful abilities designed to mimic the […]

Madden 21's First New X-Factor Abilities Revealed

Madden NFL 21 brings back the X-Factor abilities from last year’s game and introduces more than 50 new ones. EA Sports has begun to announce these, starting with quarterbacks. Six quarterbacks have X-Factor abilities in Madden NFL 21, including cover star Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson, and Aaron Rodgers. Jackson’s […]

Madden 21–See Player Ratings For All 2000+ Players In The Game

After drip-feeding the initial Madden NFL 21 player ratings–including all five 99-rated players–EA Sports has now released the player ratings for every single athlete in the game. You can search through this database on EA’s website to see how your favorite players stack up against the competition. There are more than 2,300 entries on the […]

Madden NFL 21 Starts Naming 99 Club Members, Starting With Former Cover Star

Madden NFL 21 has started naming inductees into its “99 Club” as it continues the rollout of this year’s player rankings. The first inductee is Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes–last year’s cover athlete and Super Bowl MVP. The 99 Club is named after the highest overall rating possible in a Madden game. From the already small […]

Madden NFL 21 Classic And Story Franchise Modes Detailed

Madden NFL 21 is coming this fall, with or without an actual football season, and EA has started to outline features we can expect from this year’s cross-generational entry into the franchise. In a recent blog, the company outlined the two main single-player modes for the gridiron game: Face of the Franchise and Classic Franchise. […]

Madden 21 Shows Off Some Of Its Gameplay Moves

Reveal trailers are just that – they’re meant to debut the game but not necessarily explain it. The other week Madden 21 had its debut, teasing some of this year’s features but not going in more depth to what would be happening. That paves the way for today, with developer EA Tiburon a new trailer covering gameplay […]

Madden NFL 21 trailer reveals new gameplay mechanics, release date

Madden NFL 21’s first gameplay trailer showcases the latest efforts from developer EA Tiburon to make the action more realistic on both sides of the football. The game is set for release Aug. 28 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC (via both Origin and Steam), and Xbox One, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions […]