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1. Video game industry halts downward spiral

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   ... "Madden NFL 10" for the Xbox 360 captured third place with a respectable 289,000 copies sold. See Also PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200 ...

2. August game sales caught in downward spiral

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 11 September 2009

   ... that Madden NFL 10 captured the top spot for the month, selling nearly 1.9 million units across its five SKU's.  ...

3. Steve Jobs rocks San Francisco with iTunes 9

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   ... including Riddim Ribbon, Madden '10 and Nova (FPS). According to Schiller, Apple was proud to support OpenGL ES 2.0 for next-generation games. Schiller also announced new price points for the iPod and ...

4. Exclusive content boosts game sales

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 08 September 2009

   ... of the Xbox 360, a large improvement for Sony over the average 66/34 split for multi-platform release titles in North America."Divnich also explained that sales of Madden NFL 10 were expected to decline ...

5. Catfight on catwalk as Google ordered to name Skanks of New York blogger

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 19 August 2009

   ... the "Skanks in NYC" blog on its Blogger.com service. Now Justice Joan Madden of the New York State Supreme Court has rejected the blogger's argument that blogs serve as a modern day forum for conveying ...

6. Sony eyes massive PS3 price cut as EA preps Madden NFL 10

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 09 June 2009

   Sony is reportedly eyeing a $100 price cut for its high-end Playstation 3. According to Industy Gamers, the price cut could be timed to coincide with EA's (Electronic Arts) release of Madden NFL 10 ...

7. UPDATED: Nvidia takes gaming into full-3D with stereoscopic glasses

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 08 January 2009

   ... Domus, Madden NFL 2007, Madden NFL 2008, Mafia, Mage Knight Apocalypse, Manhunt, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor Airborne, Medieval 2 - Total War, Meet the Robinsons, Mirror's Edge, Monster Jam, Monster Madness ...

8. Barack Obama’s Top 5 technology promises

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Friday, 07 November 2008

   ... to call nearby friends. His team even allocated ads in games like Burnout Paradise and Madden NFL 09 to connect with a younger audience. So what can we expect from this tech-savvy President-elect? Here ...

9. Madden NFL 09 can’t save August game console sales

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Thursday, 11 September 2008

     Analysis & Charts – Victory and defeat in the monthly unit shipments battle of the three major game consoles are closely tied to the availability of blockbuster games. Madden NFL 09 had a ...

10. Madden NFL 09 in stores

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 12 August 2008

    Video game stores have begun selling Madden NFL 09 today, as teh franchise celebrates its 20th anniversary.    Publsiher Electronic Arts said that teh game will continuously assess gamerc ...

11. Xbox 360 hits 10 million unit sales in the U.S.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

    ... is the 16th Xbox 360 game to sell more than one million units. Previous “platinum” titles include Halo 3, Madden NFL 07, Madden NFL 08, Gears of War, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty 4. ...

12. Electronic Arts extends license of Unreal Engine 3

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 10 April 2008

    ... the next Need for Speed will head into a more realistic direction. FIFA/Madden/NHL could also use some graphic and physics improvements. Titles based on the engine will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation ...

13. EA announces 20th anniversary Madden 09

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Thursday, 27 March 2008

    Redwood City (CA) - EA announced today the details of its upcoming Madden NFL 09 game, which will mark the 20th anniversary for the Madden game series. Madden 09 will have new online functionality, deeper ...

14. Xbox 360 gets in the game with ESPN content

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 05 November 2007

    ... as complete coverage of X Games.  ESPN's video game-centric "Madden Nation" series, as well as other original ESPN programming are also being delivered to the Xbox Live Video Marketplace. ...

15. Xbox 360 sales dominate September figures

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 19 October 2007

    ... than a week.  The next-best-selling game was Wii Play, with 282,000 copies sold. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS was third (224,000), followed by the PS2 version of Madden NFL 08 (205,000) and ...

16. EA sends out four games for Macs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 20 August 2007

    ... Madden NFL 08 simultaneously on the PC and Mac.  The Mac version is nowhere to be found.  The same promise was made about Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, which is slated to come out later this month. ...

17. Madden 08 kicks its way to stores

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 14 August 2007

    Redwood City (CA) - Madden NFL 08 was released today, making its usual fanfare among fans of the popular football franchise. EA's second next-gen Madden game features several improvements, including ...

18. Microsoft cuts price of Xbox 360

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 06 August 2007

    ... The Halo 3 edition of the console will sell for $400. Coinciding with the release of Madden NFL 08 on August 14, Microsoft will drop the price of its game console. The core system without a hard drive ...

19. EA to pull down servers with older online game titles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 03 August 2007

    Gamers still logging onto older versions of Madden, FIFA, Tiger Woods, and others don't have much more time until EA suspends all online gaming features for dozens of titles. Redwood City (CA) - ...

20. EA says it made a mistake by not paying more attention to Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 27 July 2007

    ... 3, which competed with the Wii for launch sales last year. EA's list of Wii launch titles was short, consisting of sports game ports Madden NFL 07 and Need For Speed Carbon.  After Nintendo's ...

21. Massive scores big in-game ad deal with EA

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    ... deal with Electronic Arts.  Starting in the fall, select EA sports games like Madden NFL 08 and NASCAR 08 on the Xbox 360 will feature streaming ads on virtual billboards and posters. The ads will ...

22. E3: Sony, Microsoft stuck in the now, Nintendo already in the future

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ... is directing all of its firepower at three gaming franchises - Grand Theft Auto, Madden NFL, and Halo 3. Yes, there was the announcement that the company will be offering more movie downloads and there ...

23. E3 media briefing: Nintendo innovates but stays the course

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ... Nintendo said Mario Kart Wii, Madden 08, FIFA 08, and Guitar Hero III will all carry online functionality.  That adds to Pokemon Battle Revolution, which came out last month, and Mario Strikers Charged, ...

24. Update 3: E3 2007 game announcements and lineup

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ...      Electronic Arts Madden NFL 08 Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii Aug 2007   Crysis PC Christmas 2007  ...

25. EA to bring "Family Play" to Wii sports titles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 05 July 2007

    ... that will make its way to the Wii versions of upcoming EA Sports titles. Family Play is the name of the feature that EA says will make Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, and FIFA 08 easy to play for the whole ...

26. Microsoft announces game lineup for E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    ... Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, Assassin’s Creed, BioShock, Blue Dragon¸ Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, FIFA Soccer 08, Guitar Hero III, Lost Odyssey, Madden NFL 08, NCAA ...

27. EA to revamp Mac games library

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 12 June 2007

    ... GamesIndustry.biz quote. EA said it will bring more catalog PC titles to the Mac in the months to come.  In addition, the upcoming releases of EA's Madden NFL 08 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 will ...

28. EA sells 22 million copies of The Sims in FY2007

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 08 May 2007

    ... 2007 were Madden NFL 07, Need for Speed Carbon, FIFA 07, The Sims 2 Pets, The Sims 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted and 2006 FIFA World Cup. Especially the franchise “The Sims” was selling like ...

29. Electronic Arts establishes Artwerk music label

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    ... previously worked with EA on Madden NFL ’07 and Need for Speed: Carbon. EA intends to push Artwerks new talent via its games, something the publisher has been doing until now, but without having ...

30. EA adds video game music to iTunes

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 March 2007

    ... discovery experience," said Stever Schnur, music and marketing executive at EA. The initial set of music available on iTunes includes songs from EA's Madden, FIFA, and Tiger Woods franchises, ...

31. Indianapolis Colts 38, Chicago Bears 27, says EA

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 31 January 2007

    ... Super Bowl predictions trains and says that its automated simulation of the Super Bowl favors the Indianapolis Colts. The game developer said it ran the game through its title Madden NFL 07 and compared ...

32. Madden NFL 07 best selling game of 2006, says EA

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 26 December 2006

    Electronic Arts (EA) claims that Madden NFL 07 will top the charts of the best selling video games of 2006. According to the game publisher, the EA Sports title has sold more than five million times on ...

33. EA sets up Wii development studio

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 01 December 2006

    ... and Madden NFL titles for the EA Sports franchise. EA is showing much stronger support for the Wii than in the final years of the Gamecube. The software maker released several games for the PS2 and Xbox, ...

34. More people are tuning into podcasts

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 27 November 2006

    ... is still an emerging activity primarily enjoyed by early adopters, the range of content now available speaks to both mainstream and niche audiences," says Mary Madden, senior researcher at The Pew Internet ...

35. Fry's to sell $1080 PS3 bundle, Circuit City schedules midnight launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 15 November 2006

    ... FatWallet forums, Fry's will require PS3 buyers to buy at least eight games with their new console. The bundle, consisting of a 60 GB PS3, and the games Ultimate Alliance, Madden NFL 07, NBA 2007, Gundam, ...

36. 62 titles announced for Wii by year end

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 01 November 2006

    ... Cry, Madden NFL 07, Need For Speed: Carbon, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and Red Steel. With the younger demographic targeted for the Wii more than the other consoles, several ...

37. Sony unveils details of PS3 online services

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 20 October 2006

    ... several games were confirmed to include the controller tilting functionality. Madden NFL 07, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, Blazing Angels, and multiple games from 2K Sports will all incorporate motion sensing ...

38. Need for Speed Carbon, Madden NFL 07 available for launch of Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 28 September 2006

    Electronic Arts today announced that Madden NFL 07 and Need for Speed Carbon will both be available for the Nintendo Wii when it is released on 19 November. Electronic Arts today announced that Madden ...

39. Xbox Live downloads top 50 million

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 01 September 2006

    ... the 50 million mark. Just three months ago, that number was 25 million. The wildly popular Madden NFL 07 headlines this achievement, with more than 600,000 downloads for that game recorded in the first ...

40. EA's Madden NFL scores $100 million in revenues in first week.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 31 August 2006

    More than two million boxes of Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 07 were sold within the first weeks after launch. More than two million boxes of Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 07 were sold within the first weeks ...

41. Small Mississippi town goes crazy for EA's Madden '07 football game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 22 August 2006

    The new Madden '07 NFL video football game is making one small Mississippi town crazy enough to declare a holiday. Madden, Mississippi officials declared Tuesday "Madden NFL Day' in celebration of the ...

42. EA unveils six games for the Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Friday, 14 July 2006

    ... murky. Earlier in the year, EA and Nintendo showed off how the "Madden NFL" title would play with the new innovative motion-sensing Wii remote. But aside from "Need for Speed: Carbon," we didn't know what ...

43. Nintendo prices Wii game console "below" $250

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 25 May 2006

    ... as Red Steel which is not your fathers PG-13 type of game and official sports titles like EA's Madden NFL 07. From Tony Hawk to Final Fantasy, of which there will be an exclusive Wii iteration, the software ...

44. E3 2006 First Impressions: Gundam: Mobile Suit for PS3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 10 May 2006

    ... featuring four systems on two sides, for a total of ten games. Every one of them was in playable condition, although none of them represented their completed state - a bug in the corner of EA's Madden ...

45. EA launches Madden NFL 07 on mobile phones

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 10 May 2006

    EA has announced that they will be launching a mobile version of Madden NFL 07 on mobile phones on the same day as the console version, on 22 August. EA has announced that they will be launching a mobile ...

46. E3 2006: Nintendo blows a big chance as Sony proves PS3 games do exist

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 10 May 2006

    ... only playable PS3 game thus far using the 4D control), Gran Turismo HD, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Madden NFL '07. There, reporters who had the feeling that Monday's Sony press conference was mainly ...

47. Nintendo is coming for Sony and Microsoft gamers with a vengeance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 09 May 2006

    ... PG-13 type of game, to official sports titles like EA's Madden NFL 07. From Tony Hawks to Final Fantasy, of which there will be an exclusive Wii iteration, the software portfolio for Nintendo's upcoming ...

48. EA to show successor of FarCry at E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 04 May 2006

    ... technology that delivers authentic athletic performance" about certain titles - such as NBA Live, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, FIFA Soccer and Madden NFL '07 - will only be demonstrated behind closed doors. But ...

49. Nintendo, portables make up for slump in US game console market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 17 January 2006

    ... list for the year. EA's Madden NFL '06, released last August, was the only Xbox title to make the list, at #4. Meanwhile, Nintendo's own Pokemon Emerald for Game Boy Advance made #2. Madden NFL '06 for ...

50. Console video games post continued sales declines in October; lackluster titles a key factor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 14 November 2005

    ... entries in the Grand Theft Auto, Star Wars: Battlefront, and Halo series; whereas this year, there are few, if any, counterparts. Last month, Electronic Arts' Madden NFL '06 fell to third place on both ...