Madden 23

Play your way into the history books.

EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 23 on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC, features all-new ways
to control your impact with every decision. Call the shots in Franchise with free agency and
trade logic updates, play your way into the history books in Face of the Franchise:
The League, and assemble the most powerful roster in all of Madden Ultimate Team™.

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  • Choice of 2 Elite Players (1 Offensive & 1 Defensive)
  • All Madden Gear
  • Madden Strategy Item
  • Exclusive LIMITED Steelbook

Franchise
Call the shots from the front office.

Plan and strategize like an NFL head coach with refined scouting, staff management, and weekly
strategy features to take your Franchise to the top. New athlete motivations like team location and
salary demand factor into contract negotiations and add to the drama of NFL free agency within the
Franchise. Updated Trade Logic AI represents the value of star players more accurately for fair and
more realistic offers.


Face of the Franchise: The League
Play your way into the history books.

The League drops you into your fifth NFL season at a skill position of your choice (QB, WR, RB, CB,
MLB) and you’re seeking a fresh start with a new team. Negotiate a one-year “prove-it” contract with
one of 32 NFL teams and show out with great on-field performance to earn rewards and level up.
The addition of New Drive Goals and Drive Summaries allow you to tweak your experience throughout
a game and get feedback and rewards based on how well you play. Get performance boosts from
weekly activities and training between games while Madden Ratings Adjustor Chad Johnson guides
your career development by providing ratings updates as you strive for the highest level of prestige
on your Road to 99. Will your NFL career rank among the all-time greats? It’s up to you.


Madden Ultimate Team

Simplified team-building, and convenient competition.

Develop your dream fantasy roster of current NFL superstars, Hall of Fame legends, and more.
Always have something to play for with the first-ever Field Pass challenge and reward tracker in
Madden Ultimate Team. Play to earn MUT Champions entry tokens and choose to compete at your
convenience. Simplified Set building lets you navigate your content binder more effectively so you
can focus on improving your Ultimate Team roster all season.


The Yard
Become the world’s greatest in this tricked-out, backyard-inspired 6v6 gameplay set in fantastical
locations around the globe. Do it in style with the hottest gear in the game. Fully integrated into
Face of the Franchise, access more opportunities for Avatar progression by playing in The Yard.


Superstar KO
Squad up and feel like an NFL superstar in Madden NFL 23’s fast co-op eliminator mode where
Superstar X-Factor abilities are always on. Play short games in unique stadiums with dynamic
rules and icons of football culture.


Play With Friends
Play Like Mad with the squad and show off in multiplayer modes like the tricked-out 6v6 The Yard
ranked, feel like an NFL superstar with always-on Superstar X-Factor abilities in Superstar KO, or
test your skills in online head-to-head.


Play Now
Compete in head-to-head online and offline games (single and multiplayer) or single-player offline
against the CPU. Play your way with settings including quarter length, rules, stadiums, and uniforms.





Quit Gaming? Why?!

It sounds bad, but I can agree that video game addiction isn't a good thing... but before you try to come at me (and force me to go all Bruce Leroy), I don't think that quitting gaming is the answer either. Woosah people... woosah!

A hobby doesn't have to be an addiction, there are casual gamers, hardcore gamers, professional gamers, and I guess the people who do more than their healthy share of gaming. Getting the addicts to game less and do other things might require cold turkey for some of the poor souls out there, but you can actually start with a timer.



I remember one of my friends was put on a game-timer by his mom. She didn't play, she had the system plugged into a timer and it would shut off. Imagine you're doing great in a game and everything just shuts off. (Momma no!) That sucked so bad, but... if you feel like you need to put a timer on that's an option. If you decide to put your children on a time, be fair and let it be a simple egg timer so they can save their progression, or... the money spent on the game will go to waste.

I think I was addicted at one point in my life. I know I was... but I found a happy medium with friends who motivated me to put down the controller and enjoy other things. We (well... Blu) talked about this already but the post was a year or two ago and I just feel like people like the Well Being Chief may have to pull it back some. If you game in moderation and you love it, why can't you play a video game?

One thing we promote is playing the types of games that work with your lifestyle. A busy bee can't work all the time and dedicated hours to Final Fantasy, but the busy bee has the right to dedicate an hour or two per week to enjoy his or her favorite game if they want. What's a life full of work without play? Grace mentioned that it's a break from reality for her.


What's the other side of not having time to smell the roses? That's straight-up depression in my opinion, and I believe that some people run into a midlife crisis because they didn't stop and enjoy once in a while. Being a grown-up doesn't mean a life of working every hour with no fulfillment. That's cap though because some adults aren't working all the time, some sleep in a lot when they aren't at work but a crap ton of people are on their phones too flipping through social media.


I call cap because (come on) it's not like that time is going to anything that's comparatively better than gaming. If we aren't playing single-player games (offline), we're playing multiplayer games interacting with other people doing something we enjoy doing while socializing. My idea of socializing isn't taking pictures of myself with filters to show my good side on camera just to wait around and see who likes and comments on them. We're enjoying some game time. I was thinking about this and I was going to add it to the top 10, but I wanted it to be separate. 

Yes, you can put too much time into something, but just eliminating it isn't always good. You can eat too much fruit, but that doesn't mean you should stop eating fruit. Exercise your options, there are different types of games and some have hundreds of hours in gameplay but sports games are limited to a time clock. Fighting games are on a time clock. Racing games are based on the length of the track. Casual games can be picked up and played on your phone and when you close it, you can pick up where you left off if it's like Candy Crush.

It's up to you if you want to quit... that's up to you, but if you want to game on... you have the right to.
I don't think that some people realize they're gaming when they play Wordle, but... they are (ha).



          

First 30: Mighty Goose... the second coming of Metal Slug?!


Mighty Goose is like the second coming of Metal Slug... except with a goose. My first game on the Neo Geo Pocket Color was a Metal Slug game... and it looked and played beautifully. I don't want to make a 1st 30 of Mighty Goose an overall discussion about Metal Slug, but... it's hard not to. Everything about the game reminds me of Metal Slug and I honestly felt that there was a missed opportunity to bring back Metal Slug when the Nintendo 3DS was on fie.

Metal Slug fell into that hole where the only new installments that followed were actually just the same old titles released on new systems. I don't mind diving back in, but if they took another approach and increased the replay value... Metal Slug could've been a whole new animal powered up. Maybe one day we'll see it but in the meantime... I have to give Playism props for bringing this action arcade platformer to light. It's awesome.


Mighty Goose

Assume the role of Mighty Goose and bring the fight to the Void King. This galaxy conquering monarch commands a vast army of minions and mechanised monsters. Dealing with these baddies means traveling to distant worlds and facing all kinds of dangers. But not to worry, this is no problem for the legendary Mighty Goose!

Mighty Goose is a fast paced run & gun shooter starring a bounty hunter Goose. Use epic weapons and devastating warmachines to battle against screen filling bosses and hordes of enemies! Apart from that solid arcade formula, the game has a ton of crazy weapons, companions, upgrades and secrets for you to discover.

・Fast-paced run-and-gun experience with tight controls.
・Battle against screen filling bosses that will test your skill, timing, and dodging
・Customize your playing style using a combination of upgrade chips, secondary weapons and assist characters.
・Pilot devastating war-machine vehicles to decimate large groups of enemies.
・Beautifully crafted vibrant pixel art worlds, vehicles and characters.
・An amazing soundtrack featuring crunchy synth-rock and funky jazz-fusion melodies. Composed by Dominic Ninmark (Moonrider, Blazing Chrome, Gravity Circuit).




Top Audiences Last Week + PC Shipment Slump + PlayStation Tournaments!

Blu wanted to provide gameplay for this week's list, but he's down for the count after two days of helping a friend prep and move. I'll eat gummies in his honor... because it was brutally hot outside (momma no!). Before we just into the list of the top audiences, let's talk about the PC market's shipments from Gartner's list. 

The PC market is going through some challenges right about now... with its sharpest decline in product shipments in about 9 years. While that may be true, it's nothing I believe anyone should (seriously) be... shocked about. When you have a pandemic + lockdowns + supply chain issues + resignations through the roof + sky-high gas prices + inflation + recession fears... I think it's safe to expect that to happen.

According to Gartner, Inc... HP had the biggest decline at -27.5%, Acer had a sizeable decline at -18.7%, and Lenovo was also down at -12.5% for their shipments. Apple was the only one up at 9.3%. I might be wrong, but... they gave manufacturing another chance in the US... which may have helped avoid one of the current issues. I believe this because Lenovo grew 2% partly because they improved their supply chain/access. Keep your eyes peeled for deals & discounts from these brands (Dell included).

The one listed here... isn't a joke, you can get a Lenovo Chromebook + headset for $89.

Now... it's Top 10-time baby, let's go!



USA

Germany

United Kingdom

Netherlands (the Netherlands has been on it)

Hong Kong

Canada

Australia

Japan

France

China


So Close:
South Korea
Switzerland
Ireland


In the spirit of competition... here's the FGC Arcade: Summer Community Series from Playstation! 
If we can game together, we should be able to coexist a little easier each and every day.