It’s been 2010 for just about 3 days now. This of course means that EA will be closing down the servers for a whole host of games soon (February 2), including the recently released Madden 09, and NBA 09. So much for games lasting long into the future. Hit the jump for the full list [...]

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. Behind the scenes wheeling and dealing can generate tasty bargains, but sometimes those bargains come with a nasty aftertaste. In this case, it appears that EA and the NFLPA along with Players Inc. struck a deal for retired NFL player rights that was significantly below fair market value. [...]

If ever you wanted proof that Brett Favre was considered a God in GreenBay, this has got to be it. What seemed like a lock to break the Madden cover curse, has turned into one of the ugliest aftermaths yet. Sure Favre may not be suffering the effects of any on the field physical damage [...]

The EA Sports Madden 09 cover update we mentioned would be happening a few days ago appears to be complete — as you can see above. The site which first came into possession of the box art, is also claiming that Walmart will be updating the cover in their stores as early as noon tomorrow. [...]

Football season has finally arrived as Madden NFL 09 hits almost every game console including the original Xbox, but not the GameCube. The highly anticipated Bionic Commando: Rearmed also comes out this week hitting both the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. A few other notable games are coming out too, but with Madden 09 [...]

Farve is a Green Bay Packer no more. The veteran QB has been traded to the NY Jets, and NFL Network’s Adam Schefter confirmed that Brett will report to camp for the team. I am pretty certain that this will mark the first time a Madden cover will feature a player who is no longer [...]

Sure, the blogging community makes its share of mistakes, but as you can see above (and previously here), so do the “real journalists”, even the ones “real” enough to work for big publications like The Washington Post. Now, I’m not saying that incorporating features from a 1970s German film about mining wouldn’t make a nice [...]

The 7-Eleven chain of min-marts have begun busting out marketing collateral for their “Sack Madden Meal” deal. I haven’t personally stepped foot into a 7-Eleven in years, but according to Joystiq, the $5.97 deal buys you a “Madden sub” (turkey and cheese is the mini mart equivalent to a turducken sandwich), your choice of Doritos, [...]

Playable demos for Madden NFL 09 and Facebreaker have hit Xbox Live and the Playstation Network today. Madden NFL 09 is due to hit stores on August 12 and Facebreaker just a few weeks later on September 5. Check out our hands-on previews of Madden NFL 09 and Facebreaker from E3 to see how impressed [...]

Summer is a slow time. And I don’t mean just for video games. Summer is also that special time of year when nothing exciting happens in sports. Ever. Screw baseball, it’s slow and monotonous, even if you do happen to like the sport. And NASCAR is just a contest to see who can turn left [...]

Could this be the year Madden shuts up critics, and takes it to the house? Those who have been following Ripten since its inception just over a year ago, know that I have not been the biggest EA Sports/Madden supporter. I have compared their in-game animations and player control features to “constipation”, and openly bashed [...]