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Gus Johnson Tapped For Madden 11 Commentary

EA Sports has announced that Gus Johnson will replace Tom Hammond for Madden 11 play-by-play announcer. Chris Collinsworth, who provided color commentary for Madden 10 will continue to provide his services for the next iteration. Tom Hammond was not a favorite of hardcore Madden-heads, who complained that he was wooden in his delivery. The developers [...]

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Facebook Sports Games Leave the Field Wide Open for FIFA Superstars, Madden

On Facebook, anyone can virtually raise pets, run theme parks, own restaurants, plow farms, head up a gang, and, well, if you think of it — there’s probably a game for it. However, there is one huge game genre that Facebook game developers seem to have difficulty tackling — sports. We’ve seen merely a handful [...]

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Madden Experience Coming to Facebook

As reported by Bloomberg.com, EA Sports president Peter Moore has announced that Playfish, which EA purchased for $400 million last year, will be creating a version of Madden that will be playable on Facebook. Moore confirmed that whatever the Facebook version of Madden ends up including, that it will be a “simpler experience” than the [...]

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