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NFC West Madden 13 Cover Candidates

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The 8 Madden 13 cover candidates from the NFC West have been announced!  If you are planning on voting in the cover tournament starting on March 7th you will have to decide which teammate should advance to the round of 32.

The early favorites to come out of the NFC West are Marshawn “Beastmode” Lynch, Larry Fitzgerald, and Patrick Willis although all of them are longshots to actually win the Madden 13 cover vote.  Below you can see the breakdown of all 8 players that are eligible.  Who will you vote for?

Seattle Seahawks: Earl Thomas, Marshawn Lynch
Arizona Cardinals: Larry Fitzgerald, Patrick Peterson
St. Louis Rams: Brandon Lloyd, Chris Long
San Franciso 49ers: Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis

Official NCAA Football 13 Website Launched

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EA Sports has transitioned their website from NCAA Football 12 to NCAA Football 13 signaling a focus shift onto this year’s game.  The only news up on it so far is that Robert Griffin III will be featured on the cover and he will share it with a former Heisman trophy winner who will be decided in a tournament style vote starting on March 12th.

It is worth noting (although in all likelyhood just an error) that the title of their new website is “NCAA Football 13 | In Stores Now.”  The NCAA Football 13 release date was announced for July 10th.  You can check out the official NCAA Football 13 website at http://www.ea.com/ncaa-football.

NHL 12 Top 5 Plays of The Week

Since it’s release back in September, NHL 12 hasn’t had too much in the way of news but the guys at EA Sports have done a great job of keeping the community engaged in other ways like their top 5 plays of the week videos.  In this week’s highlight tape you will see a some fancy stick work, a diving save, and even a goalie getting embarrassed.  If you would like to enter your top plays for consideration, just follow the instructions on the video below.

FIFA Street Demo Available

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The demo for FIFA Street hit both PlayStation Network and XBOX Live this morning.  The demo is fairly large at 1.89 GB but has a lot of features including 5-a-side mode, create-a-player,  practice mode, and a friendly match. You can choose from four teams: Manchester City, Milan, Adidas All-Stars, and Street Swirl.

FIFA Street hits stores on March 13th in the United States and March 16th in the U.K. What are your impressions of the demo so far?

Madden NFL 13 AFC West Cover Candidates Revealed

The cover candidates for the upcoming Madden 13 tournament started making their way out. Today EA Sports released the 8 players that are eligible from the AFC West. One division will be announced every day until the…

afc west cover candidates for Madden NFL 13The cover candidates for the upcoming Madden 13 tournament started making their way out.  Today EA Sports released the 8 players that are eligible from the AFC West.  One division will be announced every day until  the start of the tournament on March 7th.

The Oakland Raiders have the 2 most unique players up for selection in kicker Sebastian Janikowski and punter Shane Lechler.  I can already see some fans with a great sense of humor going all out to get a special teams player on the cover.  Whether EA Sports allows that to happen is another story entirely.

Tim Tebow and Von Miller represent the Denver Broncos.  Tebow is the odds on favorite to run away with the competition but no one expected Peyton Hillis to pull off an upset in every round on his way to the Madden 12 cover so Tebow is far from a sure thing.

Below is the full list of all 8 AFC West candidates for the Madden 13 Cover:

Oakland Raiders: Sebastian Janikowski, Shane Lechler
San Diego Chargers: Philip Rivers, Antonio Gates
Denver Broncos: Tim Tebow, Von Miller
Kansas City Chiefs: Dwayne Bowe, Derrick Johnson

NBA Live 13 Advisory Council

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The developers of NBA Live 13 announced one of the coolest promotions the sports video games community has seen in a long time.  Starting February 27th and ending March 9th, you can apply to be on the NBA Live 13 advisory council.  If you are selected as part of the council, you will be able to work with and provide feedback to the EA NBA Live team in Florida.  If you are interested, send an email to easportsnba_adcouncil@ea.com with 100 words or less about why you should be a part of the advisory council.  The winners will be selected by the NBA Live 13 development team.  This type of fan feedback is a giant step in the right direction for the NBA Live franchise in it’s quest to overtake NBA 2K.