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Madden hits 100,000 simultaneus users online, sets record

The Madden NFL franchise only continues to grow stronger already having one of the largest sports game fan bases of all time. Today, Madden NFL 2010 has passed yet another milestone: 100,000 simulatenous users online.

News comes to us from EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore who added that over 5.6 million matches were played during the game’s first week. According to Moore, this compares to about 21,000 NFL seasons, and that sure is a lot.

Yup, Madden is here to stay.

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Madden NFL 2010 demo details

The official EA Sports website reveals some details regarding the upcoming demos for Madden NFL 2010. Fans who reserved the game will be given access to an exclusive demo on July 23rd for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. This pre-order exclusive demo features a Super Bowl XLIII rematch between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals with 5 minute quarters.

As for everyone else, the free demo will be released exactly one week later on July 30th, which features the Giants vs. Cowboys.

This year’s installment will be introducing cooperative gameplay, which is a breath of fresh air for the Madden series. Madden NFL 2010 will be touching down in stores on August 14th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS, and iPhone.

GameStop offers exclusive Madden NFL 10 demo with pre-order

Mega-game-retailer GameStop has recently announced that those who pre-order Madden NFL 10 for either the Xbox 360 or PS3 will get access to an exclusive demo towards the end of July. Regardless of when you pre-order the game the demo codes won’t be made available until July 15th. Said demo will feature 4 5-minute quarters with the Pittsburg Steelers and Arizona Cardinals as the playable teams.

Considering the loyal following of the Madden NFL series, this promotion probably wasn’t necessary but is a welcome one. For those of you who don’t know the latest rendition of the game, Madden NFL 10, will be out for the Playstation 3, Playstation 2, Xbox 360, PSP, iPhone/iPod Touch, Wii and Nintendo DS on August 14th.

EA slaps Dwight Howard on NBA Live 10 cover

EA Sports is in full swing releasing all of the sports games they can, Fight Night Round 4, Madden 10, NHL 10 and now NBA Live 10. However, previous to now EA had kept both the cover and cover athelete under wraps.

As you can see above, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has gotten the honor of gracing the latest installment’s cover. Howard gave the following statement after the announcement:

“It’s an honor to be named as the cover athlete for NBA LIVE 10. This year has been a crazy ride and this is a cool way to cap it off. Of course – there is one more thing I’m on the hunt for that would complete it.”

I wonder what he’s on the hunt for? Maybe a final victory over the Lakers? Oh yeah.

EA releases Madden NFL 10 box cover

EA has today shown off the above box cover for the latest addition to their popular Madden NFL franchise, Madden NFL 10.

For fans of the Madden series, you may notice that this is the first year since the game’s creation that 2 players have been featured on the cover; those two players being Troy Polamalu from the Steelers and Larry Fitzgerald from the Cardinals.

Those two teams sound familiar? Yeah, they just played in the SuperBowl against one another, duh!

The game is due out on August 14th for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS, iPod touch, and iPhone.

Madden NFL 10 Announced

The famous sports series continues, as EA took the veil off of Madden NFL 10, the latest annual entry that will arrive on August 14.

Being developed by EA Tiburon, the game will hit PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360. It will offer “more control over the outcome of the play” and “all-new animation technology.” The Wii version is said to be completely redesigned and sporting a different art style that hopes to “epitomize what fun looks like on the Wii.”

As expected, multiplayer will be enhanced. The developer is focusing on “an immersive broadcast presentation” for the game.

The lucky (or unlucky, if you believe in the whole Madden curse thing) cover athlete for the game will be announced April 24.