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.