MADDEN NFL 25

Madden NFL 25 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League and published by EA Sports for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as a launch title. The game is one of the first to run on EA Sports's Ignite game engine. It is also planned to be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Gameplay

In Connected Franchise career mode, players own and manage a National Football League (NFL) team. Players can also move teams to new cities, including international markets like Toronto, Mexico City, and London, or revive historic teams like the Houston Oilers or the London Monarchs from the NFL Europe League. It will be the first time this has happened since Madden NFL 12 for the franchise and Team Relocation since Madden NFL 09.

Development

The game was announced in early 2013. It was shown in conjunction with EA Sports's Ignite game engine announcement at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal as one of four upcoming games to use the engine. Electronic Arts confirmed the game as an Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launch title at its E3 2013 press conference.
Improvements over the previous Madden titles include upgraded graphics, better real-time physics, new running controls, and a reactive environment, including a playing field that wears out in high-activity areas. The next-gen console versions are better equipped to handle these updates due to their extra processing power. Player-character foot tracking is five times as accurate on the newer consoles. The debuting Ignite game engine tracks all on-field players simultaneously in order to predict path collisions for more realistic impacts. The game can also store more animations to make player movement more realistic. The next-gen versions will also include exclusive features, such as an improvement to pass blocking where increased computer player awareness lets the artificial intelligence change priorities mid-play and double-team players, new to the Madden series. These choices are designed to let the player think more like the quarterback instead of retreating every play to evade the rushing defensive players.

The game will be released August 27, 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and as launch titles for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. An announced Anniversary Edition available only at Amazon.com includes a code for NFL Sunday Ticket access.

Cover player selection

Hall of Fame Running back Barry Sanders, who played for the Detroit Lions from 1989 until 1999, won the contest to be featured on the video game's cover over Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, with 58 percent of the vote. Sanders becomes the 1st player to appear on the cover of Madden NFL Football more than once (he appeared in the background of the Madden NFL 2000 cover). Electronic Arts later announced that Peterson would be on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game covers, while Sanders will remain on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 covers.