Madden 10 Cover Athlete
The official cover announcement was made on Friday, April 24th at the NFL Draft. Two athletes are on the cover for the first time in series history. The cover athletes are Larry Fitzgerald, Wide Receiver of the Arizona Cardinals and Troy Polamalu, Safety of the
Pittsburgh Steelers. The cover athletes embrace the motto of
Madden NFL 10: "Fight For Every Yard."
The candidates for Madden NFL 10 cover athlete were:
- Adrian Peterson, Running Back (Minnesota Vikings)
- Ed Reed, Safety (Baltimore Ravens)
- Ben Roethlisberger, Quarter Back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Brandon Jacobs, Running Back (New York Giants)
- DeMarcus Ware, Line Backer (Dallas Cowboys)
- Matt Cassel, Quarter Back (Kansas City Chiefs)
- Larry Fitzgerald, Wide Receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
- Peyton Manning, Quarter Back (Indianapolis Colts)
- Troy Polamalu, Safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Developer Interaction
Super Bowl 43 Lead Designer of
Madden NFL 10 Ian Cummings posted the first in a series of blogs during the halftime show of Super Bowl 43. Throughout the development cycle, news on various updates and improvements such as Procedural Awareness and changes to the speed of the game. The first screen-shot of
Madden NFL 10, revealed by EA Sports president Peter Moore, displays a number of changes to the game.
- A chain gang runs on the field to measure first downs.
- Super Bowl patches on uniforms.
- Super Bowl sidelines display team colors.
- Single-digit numbers sit on the yellow line of the Steelers' helmets. Last year, the number was incorrectly to the right of the stripe.
- Enhanced secondary team colors.
- Big Ben is now equipped with a towel. Towels are one of the most requested enhancements. Gamers are demanding!
Make the call, coach Injuries have been revamped in Madden NFL 10 to be more realistic. The outcome of an injury's severity is delayed rather than immediate. Trainers will run out onto the field and in serious cases, the injury cart. The user is prompted when a player can return to the field, but with the risk of re-injury.
Presentation has received a much needed upgrade as well, both on the field and off. Franchise mode now has The Extra Point, a week summarizing highlight show similar to the one found in
ESPN NFL 2k5. Players are shown warming up before the game as well tailgating fans. Finally, the USAF Thunderbirds will fly over the Super Bowl.
Madden Ultimate Team
In January, EA released a new gameplay mode, Madden Ultimate Team, that was downloaded as a patch for free. The mode is played like a card game, the player is given a large deck of bronze cards to begin with. Four levels of card packs can be purchased through the store, either with "coins" that you make through the mode, or they can be purchased with real money over Xbox Live/Playstation Network. The games are played with every player that you have in your deck of cards in either CPU matches against real football teams, or other users online against their Ultimate Team card deck. Each card can suffer from an injury or run out of games for their contract, both can be healed with an injury card or contract card. Other ways to find players for your team include an auction house and a deals of the week section.
Team Ratings
| Team | Offense | Defense | Overall |
|---|
| Bears | 84 | 85 | 85 |
| Bengals | 84 | 77 | 81 |
| Bills | 81 | 83 | 83 |
| Broncos | 81 | 78 | 82 |
| Browns | 80 | 82 | 82 |
| Buccaneers | 79 | 80 | 80 |
| Cardinals | 89 | 85 | 88 |
| Chargers | 89 | 85 | 86 |
| Chiefs | 84 | 75 | 80 |
| Colts | 91 | 82 | 87 |
| Cowboys | 87 | 83 | 86 |
| Dolphins | 85 | 78 | 82 |
| Eagles | 88 | 84 | 86 |
| Falcons | 89 | 77 | 81 |
| 49ers | 79 | 81 | 81 |
| Giants | 85 | 86 | 86 |
| Jaguars | 82 | 82 | 83 |
| Jets | 81 | 87 | 85 |
| Lions | 78 | 77 | 78 |
| Packers | 86 | 84 | 85 |
| Panthers | 87 | 82 | 85 |
| Patriots | 90 | 86 | 89 |
| Raiders | 75 | 83 | 81 |
| Rams | 81 | 80 | 80 |
| Ravens | 83 | 84 | 84 |
| Redskins | 85 | 86 | 85 |
| Saints | 89 | 80 | 84 |
| Seahawks | 83 | 85 | 85 |
| Steelers | 89 | 89 | 90 |
| Texans | 84 | 82 | 83 |
| Titans | 83 | 84 | 84 |
| Vikings | 80 | 86 | 84 |
Ratings: Top 10 by Position
Quarterback
Peyton Manning 99
Tom Brady 98
Drew Brees 97
Kurt Warner 94
Ben Roethlisberger 93
Donovan McNabb 91
Philip Rivers 88
Carson Palmer 87
Jay Cutler 87
Tony Romo 87
Running Backs
Adrian Peterson 97
Michael Turner 95
LaDainian Tomlinson 94
Brian Westbrook 94
DeAngelo Williams 94
Clinton Portis 93
Steven Jackson 92
Frank Gore 91
Brandon Jacobs 90
Thomas Jones 90
Wide Receivers
Larry Fitzgerald 99
Andre Johnson 98
Steve Smith 97
Randy Moss 96
Reggie Wayne 95
Anquan Boldin 94
Roddy White 94
Brandon Marshall 92
Calvin Johnson 92
Terrell Owens 91
Tight End
Tony Gonzalez 98
Jason Witten 97
Antonio Gates 95
Chris Cooley 91
Kellen Winslow 90
Heath Miller 88
John Carlson 87
Zach Miller 86
Owen Daniels 86
Defensive Players
Nnamdi Asomugha (CB) 99
Albert Haynesworth (DT) 99
Ed Reed (S) 99
Troy Polamalu (S) 99
Patrick Willis (LB) 98
Jared Allen (DE) 98
DeMarcus Ware (LB) 98
Kevin Williams (DT) 97
Ray Lewis (LB) 97
Julius Peppers (DE) 97
Soundtrack
- The Soundtrack consists of 25 songs from a variety of different artists:
- 2Pac - Can't C Me
- Airbourne - Heads Are Gonna Roll
- Alice In Chains - Them Bones
- B.o.B - Created A Monster
- Bang Camaro - Revolution
- Beastie Boys - Sabotage
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Cypress Hill - Get 'Em Up
- Helmet - Unsung
- Iron Maiden - Aces High
- Judas Priest - Painkiller
- Kid Rock - I Am The Bullgod
- Killswitch Engage - Reckoning
- KoRn - Blind
- Mastadon - Divinations
- Nas feat. Puff Daddy - Hate Me Now
- Nirvana - Breed
- Pantera - Walk
- Public Enemy - Shut Em Down
- Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
- Set Your Goals - Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man)
- Slipknot - Duality
- System Of A Down - Sugar
- The Vanity Plan - Before I Die
- Young Dre The Truth - Cheah Beah
Xbox 360 Hard Drive Install
Installing Madden 10 takes up about 5.7 GB of space on the hard drive.
Links for Madden 10
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