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EA Sports and Playfish have come together to launch Madden Superstars, a flash game for Facebook. Similar to the Madden Ultimate Team card game on the console but with timed elements similar to Farmville and no actual Madden gameplay.  Instead of growing a crop you are practicing to increase your ratings for your next game. [...]

The only way to download the Madden 11 Roster Update is to login to Xbox Live or PSN. This year Madden 11 includes a redemption code for EA Sports Online Pass. Unfortunately, those who purchase a used version of Madden 11 will likely need to pay for an EA Sports Online Pass ($10).
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*UPDATE 2* – EA will officially bring back the old pre-snap controls as an option the player can choose to enable. This patch is estimated to arrive around the first week of the NFL season. Source
The Madden 11 Demo was just released last night on Xbox Marketplace and PSN but it’s already creating [...]

During Drew Brees marketing for Madden 11 in New York’s Times Square this past week, he handed out early copies of Madden 11 to the lucky crowd. However, Madden 11 isn’t due until August 10th. No, those aren’t real copies of the game. They are empty PS3 boxes with vouchers for the game. I wonder [...]

Last year was the first year Madden shared the cover with multiple athletes. Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald reprised their Super Bowl roles on the Madden 10 cover. Unfortunately Troy Polamalu was injured in week one against the Tennessee Titans. He made a spectacular one handed interception and a tackle for a loss on Chris [...]

I haven’t written a Dolfan post for some time now. I even held my tongue when Joey Porter got let go and Karlos Dansby was picked up. This time I can’t resist. The acquisition of Brandon Marshall is the Miami Dolphin’s biggest off-season transaction and arguably the splashiest in the NFL, right up there with [...]

*UPDATE – This roster update is now available (02/20/2010).
To recap, the latest Madden 10 roster update removed this years retiring players from the game completely. This includes Kurt Warner, Bertrand Berry and Junior Seau. The roster update created an uproar in the Madden community being the first time players were removed for retirement in the [...]

The last Madden 10 will be released for Xbox Live and PSN tomorrow (Feb 6th 2010) in time for the big Colts vs Saints game. As you know EA Sports has slacked off this year with their roster updates. In the 20 weeks of NFL football only 12 Roster updates have been released. A couple [...]

In late 2009, Madden Ultimate Team was announced for Madden 10 as an add-on. The good news is that its finally ready and its absolutely free!
So what is Madden Ultimate Team? Basically its Madden 10 fused with Magic The Gathering. Yea that’s right the 1990s card game. Lucky for you, you won’t have to deal [...]

The Madden 10 patch that went live for the PS3 last week is finally available for Xbox 360. Simply start the game while connected to Xbox Live to receive the patch.
Hopefully my players will finally cover the flat zones correctly in online play so people will stop running screen plays and running back dump offs [...]