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Madden NFL 13 News Post


The official Playstation Blogcast (roughly at the 18:18 point) announced the Madden NFL 13 demo arrives on Tuesday, August 14th for PS3 and Vita, which means 360 owners should see the demo that morning.

No details have been announced, but at least we know the release date.

Thanks to iloveparkmin for the earlier link.

UPDATE: Madden NFL 13 demo details

The Madden NFL 13 demo includes the New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins.

UPDATE #2: You can choose difficulty settings. 5 min quarters and it's an entire game. It will also have full commentary. No sliders this year. You can change play style between game flow and conventional.

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The Madden NFL 13 demo offers two Play Now matchups. One features the Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants visiting the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship game. The other involves the Seattle Seahawks traveling to the Washington Redskins, who are of course led by rookie QB Robert Griffin III. And before you step onto the field for either of these matchups, you’ll get to check out the redesigned pregame presentation. That includes a broadcast TV-inspired segment that features some top players in the upcoming game you’re about to play, and is followed by Jim Nantz and Phil Simms in the booth talking about the story of the game.

On the field, you have access to everything that’s new in Madden NFL 13. This includes Total Control Passing to accurately place the ball anywhere on the field as the QB; the Ball Hawk mechanic to aggressively play the ball in the air as a defender; play action abort to cancel out of a play action when sensing pressure as a QB; use of Kinect (Xbox 360 only) to control pre-play audibles and adjustments with your voice; and of course the Infinity Engine that brings physics you can feel on every play.

We also encourage you to use the Madden NFL 13 demo to create yourself with a Game Face for use in the full version of the game on August 28th. This year marks the first time you will be able to put yourself in the game as a player or coach using your Game Face before leading a virtual version of yourself to gridiron glory. Visit http://www.easports.com/gameface for details.

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# 101 seasprite @ 08/12/12 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DookieMowf
Why did you post this? That's my post from Friday before we knew the details.
You famous now DM lol

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
 
# 102 speedy9386 @ 08/13/12 11:53 AM
Does anyone know the exact time of the demo for 360?
 
# 103 STLRams @ 08/13/12 12:02 PM
So Demo will allow us to play a full game and have commentary, nice
 
# 104 MarcDub @ 08/13/12 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy9386
Does anyone know the exact time of the demo for 360?
I've been trying to figure out that exact same thing.
 
# 105 shavane @ 08/13/12 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ
Hey guys, this is AJ. I'm a Community Manager at EA SPORTS (you may have heard me on the Madden or NCAA Podcasts.) I was gonna hop on and explain what the Ball Hawk mechanic is, since I see some questions.

Basically, it's kind of like the Defensive Assist button (A/X), but for making a play on a ball in the air.

When the ball is in the air, you click onto the defender - hold Y/Triangle - and it will take you to the highest point (aggressive point) and attempt to make a pick.

This does NOT replace the old use of timing your picks by tapping Y, just as defensive assist didn't replace making tackles for yourself. You can still control your player and move him to a spot exactly as you could before. This just helps the people who struggle to get their defensive players in the right spot before attempting a pick. You can still swat the ball with LB/L1.

Hope this helps clarify things a bit.
This can end up being one of the better additions or quite possibly the greatest nightmare to hit Madden ever. I say this because there are some user pick jedi's out there and I love playing them because you have to absolutely read the defense and find your passing windows and lanes. Personally I suck at user picking..I can break up a lot of passes but picking them is another thing.

I have a cousin who picks everything in the air...once the ball is released he basically runs the route for you and picks the ball. This was further complicated by the LBers with super vertical leaping abilities so that you couldn't place the ball behind the LBs and in front of the safeties. Playing him with the current controls is a absolute nightmare...the thought of him having an assist makes it even more daunting. I'm a really good passer so I can beat him with play calling, design, and running the ball but it is a serious struggle.lol

I'm just hoping that the improvements to the total control passing ball trajectory, and elimination of the super LBs balances the passing and defensive passing game nicely.
 
# 106 Brandwin @ 08/13/12 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MarcDub
I've been trying to figure out that exact same thing.
Usually early morning on 360. By 7 am EST
 
# 107 XplosiveRunna26 @ 08/13/12 02:03 PM
ITS...ABOUT..TIMEEE!!!
 
# 108 gRiNz @ 08/13/12 03:05 PM
Can't wait to play this tomorrow! Looks amazing.
 
# 109 greenegt @ 08/13/12 03:24 PM
Nice job on the demo features, EA. Can't wait to get back on the field!
 
# 110 o Cpt ViDeO o @ 08/13/12 04:28 PM
Ok...7am EST for XBL? I'll be camping out the dashboard at 12am EST...Just to make sure I don't miss anything

Honestly I would really like EA to implement vs online play in the demo for players on our friends list.

*madden gods please hear my prayer for the future*
 
# 111 Td1984 @ 08/13/12 04:50 PM
Definitely looking forward to the demo coming out tomorrow. I really hope I like it as the new CC mode has my interest piqued.
 
# 112 videlsports @ 08/13/12 04:50 PM
can't wait, once I'm off of work, I'm home to play. This should hold me off until Season Pass
 
# 113 gator3guy @ 08/13/12 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperNoVa27
Really hope we can play around with the Depth Chart.

Russell Wilson made me a believer.
In years past you couldn't change the depth chart but you can make formation subs on the fly which is nice for trying out different players.
 
# 114 engrishbwudd @ 08/13/12 05:17 PM
For those on-the-fence with this year's installment, what will you need to see from the demo to sway your opinion? Understandably several of the issues stem from the lack of customization, but is there anything that you must get out of the gameplay to justify a purchase?
 
# 115 37 @ 08/13/12 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by engrishbwudd
For those on-the-fence with this year's installment, what will you need to see from the demo to sway your opinion? Understandably several of the issues stem from the lack of customization, but is there anything that you must get out of the gameplay to justify a purchase?
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-out-demo.html
 
# 116 engrishbwudd @ 08/13/12 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NoFatGirlz4Me37
Touche, sir.
 
# 117 jmurphy31 @ 08/13/12 06:03 PM
Can you start to download a demo and leave your Xbox on. Or does it stop downloading once it hibernates. If there is a way to do this please let me know. I have to bring my son to the hospital tomorrow morning and I wanted to have it ready to go for him when he gets home. Thanks
 
# 118 bukktown @ 08/13/12 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jmurphy31
Can you start to download a demo and leave your Xbox on. Or does it stop downloading once it hibernates. If there is a way to do this please let me know. I have to bring my son to the hospital tomorrow morning and I wanted to have it ready to go for him when he gets home. Thanks
Yes you can
 
# 119 ckarlic @ 08/13/12 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jmurphy31
Can you start to download a demo and leave your Xbox on. Or does it stop downloading once it hibernates. If there is a way to do this please let me know. I have to bring my son to the hospital tomorrow morning and I wanted to have it ready to go for him when he gets home. Thanks
Yes. There is an option in the system settings (background download) and you can start the download and turn off the 360. You should see a green light on the power button of the 360 blink every 10 seconds or so

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3091720AArArKh
 
# 120 jmurphy31 @ 08/13/12 06:12 PM
Thanks for the responses. My son will be excited
 


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