Sports Games Released This Week: All-Madden Edition

Well it is finally here! Madden 09 is being released this week for every console and hand-held available (yes, even Xbox). Now that Brett Favre is officially a New York Jet, some of you may be wondering what will happen with the cover. According to EA, Favre will remain a Packer on the cover, but you will be able to download a version with him in a Jets jersey (as seen above). I would like to point out my previous post discussing the possiblilty of this coming about as a result of the supposed Madden curse. Let's hope for Brett's sake that is all the curse does to him.

• Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Xbox, DS, PSP)


• Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii)

Madden 09 & Facebreaker Demos Released!

EA dropped two demos this week on Xbox Live and PSN (Playstation Network). Madden 09 and Facebreaker their new boxing game are available for you to test out. Weighing it at roughly 1GB each, be prepared to delete a few older demos or TV shows you have to play these. The Madden demo is a little skimpy, as most of the gameplay takes place determining your skill level. After that, you can play the Giants last drive in the Super Bowl against the Patriots. I would have prefered a 2 min quarter game like the NCAA Football 09 demo offered. Facebreaker on the other hand gives you more facebreaking gameplay with three characters to choose from along with the ability to customize your own.

Free NCAA Football 09 Rosters

If you are planning to buy, or already have NCAA Football 09, you will want to know about freencaa09rosters.com. Instead of paying $30 plus shipping both ways for a memory card filled with rosters from eBay, download them here for free. This would have come in real handy when I was still in college. All of that potential beer money I wasted buying rosters ... but I digress. Get over there and download your free rosters today!

NBA Live 09 Impressions

The key new feature in this years NBA Live is called Dynamic DNA. Now instead of just getting roster updates periodically througout the season, you will get full stat and rating adjustments on a game by game basis. This way when you are finished watching Sportcenter reruns of LeBron dropping 50 on the Warriors, you can boot up NBA Live, download the updated ratings, and relive the magic in the game. But more importantly, this should prevent teams that are pre-season bottom feeders from remaining that way until next years release.

Madden 09 Demo Released Today!

There's just one catch. You have to purchase some lame awesome DVD titled NFL: IN JUST ONE PLAY. Oh and if you want to try it out on the PS3 you're out of luck altogether...Xbox 360 only. Get all of the details over at Sports Gamer.

Madden Curse?

The NFL season is still over a month away and it seems the Madden curse may be wreaking havoc already. This years cover athlete, Brett Favre, seemed to be the perfect subject. Since he retired this past March, would this be the end of the supposed curse? After all how could it impact someone who no longer plays?

Well that answer may have come in the form of Favre potentially un-retiring. With the Packers prepping his successor, Aaron Rodgers, the possibility of him ending up in Green Bay again are slim. The most likely scenario is that he will end up playing for someone else. Thus bringing an all new twist to the now famous curse. Being the first cover athlete wearing a different uniform in the game than depicted on the box.

NCAA Football 09 Stategy Adjustments

When the latest version of any annual sports franchise is released, there are always certain adjustments that you will need to make from the way you played the previous game. Over at Operation Sports they have an article detailing the differences between NCAA Football 09 and NCAA Football 08. Be sure to check it out if you want the upper hand against your opponents in your dynasty, be it online with your buds or just wipping up against the computer.

EA Sports E3'08 Lineup

With E3'08 taking place this week, the video game world will be focused on Los Angeles. While most of the announcements from the big 3 (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) are going to focus on hardware features, or exclusive non-sports games, there are still plenty of sports games to be seen on the show floor. Here is a list of what EA Sports is showing off this year (no major surprises).

• Madden NFL 09
• Facebreaker
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
• NBA Live 09
• NCAA Football 09
• SkateIt - Wii and DS only

Notably absent from this list are NHL 09 and FIFA 09. Check back for more updates and impressions througout the week.

NCAA Football 09 Released

Online dynasty here we come! After many long years, EA is finally implementing online leagues into their games. Although NCAA is not the first game to allow this feature, it is the first football game. The only limitation of the online dynasty is that only 12 human players can participate. But who has 100+ friends that all want to participate anyway. Not to mention this way each person has the opprotunity to select from quality teams and avoid forcing someone to be Duke.