Everything You Need to Know About Madden 25

Madden 25 is approaching, and while a lot of players are more interested in College Football 25 this year, there is still plenty of excitement around this year's NFL title.

With the cover athlete confirmed and a solidified release date, fans have already started to map out their path to the Super Bowl and Ultimate Team strategies.

Madden 25 Gameplay Deep Dive Showcases Big Improvements

The Madden 25 Gameplay Deep Dive was a ray of hope for the Madden community, as it showcased some good new features and significant improvements to already existing ones.

With the BOOM Tech feature promising to make gameplay physics more realistic, the Hit Stick, Ball Carrier, and Pass Blocking features being all revamped, and great changes to the catching controls being introduced, fans are wondering if Madden 25 can actually be good.

With the successful release of College Football 25 and now this great Madden 25 Gameplay Deep Dive, the hype surrounding Madden 25 has reached a new level, as the community now believes Madden 25 can be a good game.

If that's true or not, only time will tell.

Madden 25 Release Date

Madden games are traditionally released in August ahead of the new season, and this is a pattern EA will continue with this year's release, with the official Madden 25 release date now set for Friday 16 August 2024.

There will also be three days of early access for players who buy the Madden 25 Deluxe Edition. This will allow players to start their Super Bowl run and start building their Ultimate Team on Tuesday 13 August 2024.

Madden 25 Platforms & Price

Madden 25 will have a Standard and Deluxe edition. The standard edition will cost £59.99/$69.99, is available for the Xbox One & Series X|S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and PC, and includes the following pre-order bonuses:

As for the Deluxe Edition, it's slightly more expensive at £89.99/$99.99, it's also available for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but has many more perks.

Here are all the perks of the Madden 25 Deluxe Edition:

There is also an MVP bundle, which is quite expensive at £139.99/$149.99, but that includes the Deluxe Edition of both Madden 25 and EA Sports College Football 25.

The MVP bundle has the following exclusive rewards for Madden 25:

Furthermore, it also has these perks for EA Sports College Football 25:

After nearly four years in the Xbox Series X|S & PS5 era, and with EA Sports College Football being released only on current-gen consoles, players thought this was the year Madden 25 would finally leave the old-gen platforms behind.

However, that is not the case, as the product listings for Madden 25 indicate the game is also coming to Xbox One, and PS4.

Sports games have previously been released on the Xbox One and PS4, so this isn't anything new, but with EA Sports seemingly moving away from old-gen platforms in College Football 25, it does send a mixed message.

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Even though it didn't happen this year, it seems the Madden franchise is destined to leave behind old-gen platforms sooner rather than later.

Madden 25 Cover Athlete

The Madden 25 cover athlete has finally been revealed, and it's no other than the 49ers superstar running back Christian McCaffrey. This choice was a little surprising and left the Madden community divided. It's hard to say McCaffrey doesn't deserve it though as one of the most consistent and devastating offensive players in the league.

This marks the first time a non-quarterback has been on the cover since Antonio Brown graced the cover of Madden 19. It also means that McCaffrey will almost certainly start the game as part of the Madden 25 99 Club.

New Features

Every year, fans have a wishlist for Madden, and most of the time, it doesn't match what EA puts in the game.

Last year's hype was around an upgrade to the player motion in the Frostbite engine, AI logic (especially in blocking), mini-games in Franchise Mode, and upgraded animations.

This year the title will focus on improving the FieldSense technology by introducing the BOOM Tech feature. This feature makes tackles, stiff arms, and dives, more realistic, and it does so by using the player's ratings to calculate and generate "authentic physical outcomes" for every tackle.

New ball-carrier, passing, catching, and blocking animations will be introduced, as well as more control over all of these features, which aims to deliver "dynamic and realistic playmaking".

Franchise will receive a lot of changes, even if minimal. The NFL Draft Night will receive some updates to make it as authentic and immersive as possible. Dynamic storylines will be added to the mode, as well as a new HUB for the mode.

Crossplay will be coming to the Franchise mode, and that is also the case for the highly requested Team Builder feature. This feature will allow players to create their team from scratch, using custom badges, uniforms, fields, helmets, and much more.

New commentary and presentation features will also be introduced. The commentary team of Mike Tirico and Greg Olsen, arguably the best commentary duo in the sport right now, as well as Kate Scott and Brock Huard, will be added to the game.

The game's presentation will be improved, but we expect the core gameplay to be very similar to last year, as is usually the case with sports games.

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