Xbox One Owners Can Play Madden 16 Before Everybody Else

EA Sports' upcoming professional football game Madden NFL 16, which features Odell Beckham Jr. on the cover, will be playable first on Xbox One by way of EA Access. Subscribers typically get to play upcoming EA games five days before their public launch, but EA has not announced specifics around Madden yet.

The news comes by way of Microsoft marketing executive Aaron Greenberg, who wrote on Twitter: "Hot new @EAMaddenNFL 16 announced, play it early with @EAAccess, only on #XboxOne"

http://news.yahoo.com/xbox-one-owners-play-madden-114200823.html

Cool EA. So what about NHL

Ka-pi96 said: Slade6alpha said: Cool EA. So what about NHL eh, that will obviously be there. Same with FIFA and NBA Live (if they still make it anymore?).

I'm more wondering if one owners get it first. 

And I hope they improve aspects of NHL 15. Loading screens, gameplay AI, and modes. NHL 15 was dry af in that regard. 

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EA revealed the new Madden NFL 16 cover and new Madden NFL 16 trailer in dual posts late last night on it’s Madden blog. Who’ll be on the Madden NFL 16 cover is almost attracting more attention than the video game itself is. Even when faced against Rob Gronkowski, Odell Beckham Jr. was able to eek out enough votes and fan response to become the cover athlete for Madden NFL 16 when it launches on August 25th.In the cover photo for Madden NFL 16 you can see Beckham Jr. with his hand out, completing what had to be a pretty long pass. Beckham Jr. plays for the New York Giants as a wide receiver, which is why his stance on the cover makes sense.

The new Madden NFL 16 trailer doesn’t exactly reveal a lot about the upcoming game that we didn’t know already. Madden is a full-on football simulation and the video doesn’t do much to change your perception of what that means. Amongst a sea of black, different players slowly step forward to reveal their helmet numbers and jerseys. Spread through the video are wide receivers pulling off major plays in the game, which looks amazing thanks to what appears to be another serious graphics update. The Madden NFL 16trailer highlights catches because passing plays are a big part of the reason EA hopes franchise lovers will pick up Madden NFL 16. It is worth noting that the in-game footage for Madden NFL 16 in this trailer is running on Microsoft’s Xbox One console.

For Madden NFL 16 EA Sports is keeping a narrow focus, improving the core experience in areas where it makes the most sense. The developer is encouraging players to push their skills to new heights and “be the playmaker.” There are new tools to assist with that, detailed in a separate blog post’ this week.

Quarterbacks touch and roll out passes allow players to be more precise with their throws than they ever could before. Also added are what EA describes as “body-relative throws.” To make those throws worth while Madden NFL 16 has a new system that rewards or punishes players for the risks they take with each pass. Those on defense will appreciate the new Madden NFL 16 pass-defend system.

Recording yourself pulling off seriously ambitious gameplay has become something of a pass time for current-generation console owners. Everyone wants to be the hero and they need video footage of them being a hero to share with their friends. Both the Xbox One and PS4 have built-in video recording systems and it looks like EA Sports is planning to build on top of them both with what it calls Playmaker Broadcasts.Madden NFL 16 buyers are able to stitch together a reel of all of their highlights using all the game’s camera angles.

Connected Franchise mode is back and so are the granular controls for General Managers. So Is Ultimate Team. This year Ultimate Team players get access to both current and former football legends, team playbooks and Head to Head seasons using online servers.

Madden NFL 16 will come in two flavors. Those who pre-order the basic $60 with no extras get an extra $15 in credit to use with the Madden Ultimate Team game mode. That $15 credit includes access to the Playmaker Pack and Elite Packs that are filled with advanced players. A Madden NFL 16 Deluxe Edition is coming for $69.99. It’ll include 36 Pro Packs and a single Playmaker Pack

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Completely misread that tweet as Gears announcement coming later this morning. not sure why. I wonder what the news is though.

poll: Tomb Raider.

Tomb raider confirmed then.

Nothing exiting about the news.

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Wasn't MS E3 last year 1.5 hours long? 1hr seems a bit short. Although it should be fine if there's no CoD showing (hopefully).

Voted for Mass Effect 4, I just love ME too much. Probably my favorite franchise from last gen.