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Hey Rams fan, are you tired of having Orlando Pace protect your blind side as you sit back in the pocket picking apart opposing defenses? Well then, good news — the third Madden 08 roster update will have you lying on your back toothless and grasping at your rib cage faster than Chicago’s Lance Briggs can flee the scene of an accident. Read more…

Madden gamers may need to get used to hearing this or come up with a rule amongst friends before starting an online match.

I popped in Madden 08 for the Xbox 360 after just getting it from the midnight release and have already got the defensive end to jump offsides 9 times on one drive basically moving me into scoring position. Curious if anyone else is experiencing this. If so, this could be a huge bug in the game and prove to frustrate many gamers.

The Madden 08 countdown is coming to a close, and whether you are a fan of the game or not, you can not deny that the annual release of Madden has become a holiday of sorts.

Football has tailgating and Madden has it’s share of midnight releases across the country. We here at ripten.com want to hear what you and your buddies have planned for this years release. Read more…

At the 20… 10… 5… oh! Down just short of the goal!

We won’t bother hitting you with a creative intro, because there will surely be enough sites out there filling your head with marketing mumbo jumbo. In other words, you won’t confuse our review with something you may find on the back of the Madden game itself, so let’s get on with it. Read more…

The news is in regarding All-Pro Football 2K8’s initial sales, and the numbers don’t look good. From a business standpoint, the numbers are very important to Take-Two and 2K Sports. The company has come out and said that they realize they are in competition with Madden. This caused many individuals to laugh at the remark, however we ask you this, if you thought you had a superior product that you had busted your butt working on, would you not stand up for it? Read more…

In the process of interviewing a representative from EA Tiburon at this years E3 regarding Madden 08, one of our writers (who is a big Patriot’s fan) jokingly asked if Bill Belichick would again be absent on the sidelines this year.

As the representative began to explain the contractual reasons behind certain coaches being excluded from the game he slipped and mentioned that they are “going through” the same situation with NFL Head Coach. Read more…

In our recent phone conversation with EA Senior Product Manager, Jerrold Smith, regarding the upcoming Madden 08, we asked how a company who built its reputation on being detail oriented, so much so that their slogan “If it’s in the game, it’s in the game” became their claim to fame, now overlooks such things as nets behind goal posts and on field referees. Read more…

Even “Ray Ray” Can’t Help The PS3 Come Back From 30 Frames Down…

It has been confirmed that Madden NFL 08 and NCAA Football 08 will run at 60 frames per second on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and only 30 frames per second on the Sony Playstation 3. Read more…

The Official Madden NFL 2008 Soundtrack has been released. Now that soundtracks for both Madden and 2K Sport’s All-Pro Football 2K8 have been released comparisons are bound to be made. Who do you think has the best soundtrack between the two? If you could only pick one song that makes you want to strap on a helmet and hit someone which would it be? Read more…

In this interview David Ortiz talks about the new features in Madden 08. He explains that one of the biggest additions to this years release are the player icons which rank players based on their key “play making” abilities. While some players can make amazing one handed catches, shut down big play receivers, or turn the quarterback into a crash test dummy, others will inevitably have deep rooted splinters in their butts from riding the bench. Read more…

There is a new Madden 08 video trailer that lasts about 20 seconds. For all the fans of the game that have felt let down over the past two years, this probably won’t do much in terms of giving you hope but at this point…it’s better than nothing. Enjoy. Read more…