Worldwide PS3 releases for the week of August 10th
by Jem Alexander 
{ Aug 10th 2008 at 10:15AM }
US Games
- Madden NFL 09 [amazon.com offers $10 gift card with purchase]
- Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Asian Games
Release dates are constantly subject to change based on the whims of the gods. Check with your local retailer, just to make sure.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Breese @ Aug 10th 2008 10:45AM
Lame
bvhj @ Aug 10th 2008 11:03AM
I'm not really a fan of running around a field patting other men on the butt, I think I'll give it a miss again this year.
DrunkRaba @ Aug 10th 2008 5:09PM
i'm not 100% positive but I think Madden has yet to at least let us control the rampant ass-slapping. I don't even recall if they do that in the game. I'll not be picking this up like i've not ever bought a madden game. What's on the PSN this week PSF?
Chris @ Aug 10th 2008 11:57AM
Do people here in Europe actually buy American Football games?
Seriously, the Superbowl is probably the single most interrupted-by-adverts programme to be shown annually on TVs outside the USA. There's not even enough time to make tea! How anyone could get into it is beyond me. (Humorous, *nudge, nudge*)
Anyway, no, here, mostly people are into (humour again ->) real football. I just thought it'd be interesting to know I wrong I am.
Chris @ Aug 10th 2008 11:58AM
typo reads: "...how wrong I am."
bvhj @ Aug 10th 2008 12:44PM
My brother bought one for the x-box maybe in 2004 or something, I don't know why, I think it was pre-owned and cheap so he got it as a joke and played it like twice with some sort of apparent enthusiasm, but since then I haven't met anyone who actually likes it because they prefer the football you actually use your feet for :I
kevin @ Aug 10th 2008 4:25PM
no its cool movie adds interupted by american football
Nineteen88 @ Aug 10th 2008 12:12PM
I'm barely interested in Soccer (as our fellow Americans call it) to even get interested in American football.
I don't understand the rules of American football, it puzzles me.
SteveX @ Aug 10th 2008 12:25PM
I already have it... XBL gamertag: KRUZ8ER, ive had it since saturday aug. 9th.
Niko @ Aug 10th 2008 3:51PM
How did you get a copy that early?
Tristan @ Aug 10th 2008 12:38PM
This quite interesting, cause it is worldwide debut and this 1 looks amazingly detailed and packed with groundbreaking features, cant wait to see review of it.
kansanpoker @ Aug 10th 2008 1:06PM
i can’t wait , i love American football , I’m a huge fantasy football type of guy and I’m thinking about the whole fantasy football team thing which is awesome. But im not so much into soccer , when I was really really young I played it and when I got older I watched my friends play it in high school , never in college , due to the fact both colleges I have been to are just women’s soccer. Soccer its just not that exiting to me
Nathanical @ Aug 10th 2008 1:09PM
the thing is, over in europe we have the same sport, only we call it rugby.
American football = rugby for wimps :)
John C @ Aug 10th 2008 10:00PM
Right, and I'm sure 350 lb+ american football players who can run like hell are scared to play rugby...
FrodoTBaggins @ Aug 10th 2008 11:55PM
I watch American Football (Go Chargers!!!) and used to play Madden until the 2K series blew it out of the water, now I can't go back to Madden even though it's the only option.
I'm from New Zealand, and even though we get schooled in every Rugby World Cup, we're considered to be a rugby nation, basically if you know anything about Rugby you would have heard about our national team the All Blacks....
I wouldn't say American Football is for wimps, they hit pretty hard. But they hit hard in rugby to.....only without pads :P
Nathanical @ Aug 11th 2008 6:03AM
lol it was a joke :) based on the observation that A-Footballers require big protective gear to play rugby :)
Senecal @ Aug 10th 2008 1:57PM
Anyone, heard of Bionic Commando Re-Armed? It comes out the 14th...
johnnyknockuup @ Aug 10th 2008 2:37PM
Lets be honest sports fans dont post in forums like this its a bunch of high pitched voice virgins or fantasy sci fi loving people. Except for me im super cool and play sports in real life too
Haohmaru @ Aug 10th 2008 6:48PM
Right..
realityzero @ Aug 10th 2008 5:05PM
Haven't played any of the madden games since they were on super nintendo (madden 94 I believe). Quite a bit has changed since then but I'm still going to pass on this one and wait for NHL 09 instead.
maxpontiac @ Aug 10th 2008 3:38PM
I will be picking this up, but I am very disappointed in the lack of Trophy support.
EA needs to patch this one quickly, or I will be trading it in for Blitz.
Paul @ Aug 10th 2008 4:14PM
I'm mildly curious about playing an American Football game, but I wouldn't lay down £40 to satisfy that curiosity.
Mind you, if someone remade Cyberball that'd be another matter entirely.
black4pres @ Aug 12th 2008 4:15PM
I've had it since Thursday on ps3 tamer tag is black4press hit me up I'll be on all day
Riley Freeman @ Aug 10th 2008 4:56PM
hmmm does madden support custom soundtracks or will this have to be patched?
MooNinja @ Aug 10th 2008 7:03PM
This one I am actually some what interested in. I loved the Snes installments. I haven't been able to get into them since then. The training modes might help that in this one.
BTW Unless you've played American Football with full pads, you cannot compare Rugby with it. While Rugby is a game for men, Football hitting is in a different stratosphere than it. The addition of a hard plastic helmet makes it much more devastating. We also have a football with out pads, its called 6 on 6.
jack_frust @ Aug 10th 2008 8:02PM
American Football is ".45ACP" .
it is accepted only by people of USA,
european loves "9mm Parabellum" = soccer,
I think.
NoRedRingsForMe @ Aug 11th 2008 1:16AM
I normally hate Madden football games. I am a 2k football fan but I actually can't wait to get this Madden version. Still no refs in screenshots. no chaingangs, etc. But it's the NFL. I crave to play as my fave NFL team instead of a ficticious, made up team. I can't wait. and I am much, much older than the average gamer on this site. EA sports seems to be trying to do better...just in baby steps,
maxpontiac @ Aug 11th 2008 5:56PM
I am curious.
How much does a professional Rugby player get paid as compared to an NFL player???