Considered to be the "greatest Madden cover of all time", since both players had the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) status, with Brady as the all-time "GOAT" and Mahomes as the "Kid" or "Baby GOAT", Madden 22 is the second time in the franchise's history two NFL players shared the cover of the game, after Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald were on the cover of Madden NFL 10. Cover art īoth Tom Brady ( Madden NFL 18) and Patrick Mahomes ( Madden NFL 20), who both participated in Super Bowl LV, were announced as co-cover athletes in June 2021, the second time for both players. This was the last Madden game released before the death of John Madden, the franchise's namesake. Like recent previous installments of the series, the game received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the attempts to improve Franchise mode but criticism at glitches and the lack of innovation elsewhere. NFL quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who played against each other the previous season in Super Bowl LV, were both featured on the cover of the game, the first joint cover since Madden NFL 10. It is an installment of the long-running Madden NFL series, and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Stadia. At least we can look forward to its bone-crunching pile-ups, although we're still waiting for a final word on the Madden 23 cross-platform situation.Madden NFL 22 is an American football video game based on the National Football League (NFL), developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. As one of EA’s mainline sports games, it will continue to draw in players despite the high upgrade costs. But a free upgrade was later given to everyone who owned a standard digital edition of the shooter.ĭon’t expect a similar story with Madden 23, though. Similarly, the next-gen upgrade for Battlefield 2042 was initially only offered to those who bought the Gold Edition of the game.
FIFA 21 included a free PS5 and Xbox Series X update right out of the box. It’s not unknown for EA to offer free next-gen upgrades, however. When the native PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of Cyberpunk 2077 released earlier this year, the upgrade was given away to all players in a free, automatic update. Activision offers a cross-gen version of Call of Duty: Vanguard at $10 / £10 / AU$10 extra, and Elden Ring also includes a free upgrade.
Ubisoft released free next-gen upgrades for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, and Watch Dogs: Legion when the new consoles launched in 2020.
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