We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Madden will continue to be the one and only NFL-approved football game series.
Electronic Arts and the National Football League have renewed the exclusivity contract that gives the game publisher exclusive rights to make so-called simulation football games, which is the classification used for photorealistic football games featuring licensed team names and real players. The contract now extends to May , although financial terms of the deal, like past contracts between EA and the NFL, were not disclosed.
While some football fans may have been hoping for the NFL to expand its licensing to other sports game franchises like 2K, EA and its Madden series will remain the only way to play simulation football for the foreseeable future. Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.
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NFL owners are a conservative-minded group, and not necessarily just in the political sense. Once again, they were unwilling to pass up a known quantity — tens of millions in guaranteed revenue from EA — in favor of an uncertain future. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. For more information, see our ethics policy. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Before losing its previous NFL license which was held from to , 2K Games did produce such a game with arcade-style play and over-the-top action like wrestling-style body slam tackles , titled NFL Blitz.
Thanks to dannyryry for setting us straight. So what sorts of NFL games should we expect to see here? Skills challenge types of formats? If real players could be used, how about something like J. Watt in Pitfall? Is that going back too far?
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