No Superbowl Halftime Blog For Madden 13

Over the last 3 years, the development team in charge of the Madden franchise has done an excellent job of getting information out early to the fans of the Madden video game. During halftime of every Superbowl

madden 13 stadiumOver the last 3 years, the development team in charge of the Madden franchise has done an excellent job of getting information out early to the fans of the Madden video game.  During halftime of every Superbowl, a blog post would be put up detailing some new features or cool additions that we could look forward too.  Unfortunately, there will be no news released about the upcoming Madden 13 game during this year’s Superbowl.  There is a new team in charge of developing Madden 13 which likely wants to spend more time making the best football video game on the market and less time communicating with the fans 6 months before the new game is released.  There is still no word yet on when the first information on Madden 13 will come out but it will not be before the Superbowl.

What would you like to see in Madden 13?  Are you dissappointed that you will not get a sneak peek into the development of the game this year?

NHL 12 Top 5 Plays of The Week

The NHL 12 community has submitted their best plays for this week and the guys at EA Sports put together a great highlight clip of the 5 most deserving plays.  You will not believe how insane the top play is.  You can view the full video below or submit your own highlight for a chance of being included into next week’s top 5 plays.

MLB 12 The Show Debut Trailer

The first official trailer for MLB 12 The Show has now been released.  It features the new TruBroadcast feature, full PlayStation Move controls, enhanced realism, and diamond dynasty.  The game will be released on March 6th, 2012 on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita.  Watch the trailer and leave your impressions below.

UFC Undisputed 3 Demo Now Out!

ufc undisputed 3 demo

The UFC Undisputed 3 demo is now live on XBOX live and PSN.  After a long wait without any new UFC games, mixed martial arts gamers finally have a new game to try out.  The demo includes 4 playable fighters; Wanderlei Silva, Jon Jones, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Anderson Silva.  You will be able to compete in the standard exhibition mode as well as the much anticipated PRIDE mode.

Leave your thoughts and impressions on the UFC Undisputed 3 demo in our comments section below.

Madden 12 PA Slot Drag

Tight formations have been popular in football video games since Madden 05.  They are just as effective in Madden 12 so we decided to breakdown a great play to call out of the singleback tight slots formation when you need a few yards.

Formation: Singleback Tight Slots

Play: PA Slot Drag

Setup:

  1. Hot route your L1/LB receiver to a streak
  2. Hot route your square/X receiver to a slant out
  3. Block your running back

Reads:

  1. Your first read is a quick pass to your O/B receiver
  2. If he is covered, immediately look to your square/X receiver on the slant out
  3. Your last read is your X/A receiver on the shallow drag route

Now I want to get into reading the defense as it relates to this play.

You can see that the cornerback covering your wide receiver is on the right side of him.  This instantly signals that you should look to your square/X receiver because when this receiver breaks to the sideline, he will be covered.

You can see that the square/X receiver on the slant towards the sideline is wide open.  The receiver running the drag route takes the defenders in shallow zones, while your L1/LB receiver on the streak route takes the deep zones downfield.

Now let’s run this play another time.  Now the defense is in a different coverage.  In this play, you can see that the defender covering our circle/B receiver is on the left side of him.  This should instantly signal to you that once your wide receiver makes his break to the sideline, you should throw it to him with precision pass to the right.

If anything is unclear drop a note in the comments section, and I will get back to you.

NHL 12 Passing Tips

Hockey is a team sport and like most team sports, passing is the key to success.  For those of you who are new to the franchise you can check out the video in this post produced by the guys at EA Sports.  They go over the short/slow pass, the long/hard pass, and the popular drop pass.  If you are still struggling in NHL 12, some of these passing tips will help you become a better player.