I reported earlier that Madden 2010 received an update which included an extremely intrusive pop-up advertisement that reared its ugly head before each snap in the game. After banging my head against the wall in frustration, I decided it would be better to reach out for a comment on the matter from EA Sports/Tiburon. While [...]

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. [...]

The Madden Curse has struck again, and this time it hit a man thought untouchable. Every year since Madden 2000, the athlete featured on the game’s cover has fallen from grace, usually due to injury. It happened to Faulk, Vick, and Culpepper. It laid low Ray Lewis, Donovan McNabb and Shaun Alexander. It even gave [...]

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 [...]

Last year at E3, we were able to unearth information about a yet to be released NFL Head Coach game which ended up being confirmed several months later. This year’s conference has its share of surprises as well. It has been confirmed to me that the chain gang and on field referees will in fact [...]

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 [...]

EA has announced the University of Arkansas star running back, Darren McFadden, as one of four athletes set to appear on the cover of NCAA Football 09 — EA’s latest edition of videogame collegiate brand football.

The news out of Redwood, CA is in, and it doesn’t look good for fans of NFL branded videogame football. The contract end date that many of us had been counting down to, has been extended through the 2012 season.

You catch the ball with your hands. These are called hands. You follow? We posted some news a while back about the possibility that EA was secretly working on another NFL Head Coach game. It generated a buzz, and today we received a message from someone regarding the story. A gentleman by the name of [...]

Bad boys Randy Moss & Terrell Owens ratings rise. Look who’s laughing now. 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 [...]

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 [...]

Videogame football doesn’t reschedule for no stinkin’ tornado… It’s been a feature long imagined since consoles first connected to the Internet, but now the latest version of NCAA football from EA Sports will actually change the virtual field conditions according to the real-world weather outside.

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 [...]