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*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 [...]

PS3 owners will be able to download the new Madden patch by simply starting their game while connected to PSN. Earlier this year I wrote a post on how the NBA 2K10 patch hit Xbox Live before PSN but this time around it looks like PSN beat out Xbox Live. The Xbox patch will be [...]

An update on the second Madden 10 patch was posted on the EA sports blog so we can only speculate that the patch is now awaiting approval. In addition to the original patch details, they also mentioned a few more updates added in the patch.

Tribute sticker for Steve McNair added to Titans helmets

Tribute sticker [...]

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We don’t have an exact timeline on when the 2nd title update it will be released, only that it won’t be in October.
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The only line that really matters is the most disappointing. So hopefully in November we’ll get the second patch.
Patch #2 Details:

Improvements in covering of the flats
Improved pursuit angles
CPU takes sacks [...]

Fill in your information and you will get your code to download the Madden 10 AFL Legacy Pack for PS3. Sadly this is not offered for Xbox 360.
Get your free PS3 download code here

Start up the game and you should be prompted to download the update if you’re connected to the internet.
General fixes:

Added Super Bowl and Playoff Field conditions for Online Franchise
Fixed False Start Grieving issues with Online games
Fixed video player issue where video would hang on latent connections
Improved uploaded highlight quality
Switched ranked online games to 7 min [...]

*Roster Update #3 is out now, how to download
The third Madden 10 roster update will be out next week following team cuts. All NFL Teams must finalize their 53-man roster by 4pm EST on Saturday September 4th. Most likely the new roster will be released Tuesday before the Thursday night NFL season opener.
The rosters should [...]