Madden NFL 12 is still a couple of weeks from launch, but fans can get their taste early on by playing in last year's NFC Championship between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears by downloading the demo that dropped this morning, courtesy of EA Sports. Read my Forbes blog here.It is anticipated every single year by every football fan who owns a game system. It will be interesting to see how sales of this game compare across systems.įollow me on Twitter or Facebook. Last year's Madden NFL 13 sold over 1.65 million units in its first week, making it a record-breaking release for EA Sports. (Update: It should be live now.) Look for our full review of the game as the August 27th release date approaches. You can download the demo on Xbox Live or the PlayStation Store today. There's also the new Skills Trainer which allows you to test out the new running mechanics, drilling one-on-one and three-on-three and so forth.
Today's demo lets you play two match-ups tailored specifically to great games from last year: Green Bay vs. Interestingly, no real changes are coming to the next-gen Kinect and no real use is being made of next-gen cloud computing. "The way the game looks and the way the game moves is vastly improved" on next-gen systems, says Young.īeyond better animations and graphics, next-gen systems will have improved AI. That means less degradation and better looking animations in the final product.
One nice thing about the next-gen systems, Young tells me, is the fact that everything can fit on the disc without compression. Today's demo is for the Xbox 360 and PS3, but Madden NFL 25 is coming out on both Xbox One and PS4 later this year.įor the next-gen version of the game, gamers can expect "around ten times more detail in the textures, lighting," according to Young.įaces look better and more realistic and the whole game looks better in general, but Young emphasizes the increased level of animation fidelity.
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