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I was looking for great deals on games a few days ago and ran into this one. Seriously, grab Madden NHL 09 for just £14.99 in the UK, i ordered my copy last night, it should be here tomorrow.

Gameplay.co.uk are selling Madden NFL 09 for just £14.99 while other online retailers such as Game.co.uk are selling it for £17.99.

Some of the big boys still have full price whacked on this beauty. These include Play.com and Amazon.

I managed to get my copy in before it sold out at Gameplay but Game still have the game in stock by the looks of it.

For those playing Madden 2009, here are the details of the upcoming patch for the sports game. The patch is expected to be released around the 12th of August 2008.

Now for the details from Madden 09 producer Phil Frazier.

Patch #1 (currently with MS/Sony for certification)
1. Changed default quarter length of online leagues to 5 minutes.
2. Solved a very rare stability issue that occured when using a couple of playbooks.
3. Eliminated a button mashing glitch during high latency online games.
4. Eliminated a stability issue that sometimes occured while viewing the player HUB in online leagues.
5. Fixed a tricky disc eject glitch that occured at specific points of online games.
6. Kick Return Tuning – made improvements to help reduce frequent long kick returns.
7. Safety Tuning – eliminated issue where safeties in deep zone coverage would sometimes not react to a run to their side.
8. The game skill slider for interceptions was tuned to amplify it’s affect.

Patch #2 Possibilities
1. Ghost Juking OOB fix – aka CPU players running out of bounds
2. CPU Accuracy tuning
3. Amplify the field degredation effect (the system is currently working but is hidden by some of our late added post effects)
4. Other post-release community feedback

DLC Possibilities
1. Accelerated Clock
2. CPU Sliders (you would have the all new human sliders as well as a brand new screen of CPU sliders)
3. Legacy Gen Controller Config
4. Madden Community Gamerpics

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The Madden NFL 09 demo will be released in this weeks Playstation Store update. EA has confirmed the demo and here’s what they have to say:

The Madden NFL 09 Demo showcases some of the new and exciting features in Madden NFL 09.  The demo begins with the user being loaded into the all new Virtual Trainer to begin the Madden Test. The Madden Test is a Madden aptitude test of sorts, that is used to assess your Madden IQ, which drives the users custom difficulty and play settings. The Madden Test consists of 4 core game play mechanics: Passing, Rushing, Pass Defense, and Rush Defense. Gamers will be taken through the entirety of the Madden test and then given their final Madden IQ.

Once the Madden Test is completed and with the your Madden IQ decided, gamers are then brought into yet another all new feature, Madden Moments. Madden Moments allows for users to replay a team’s key moment from the 2007 season. Upon entry into this mode, you’ll see a brief overview of the moment, which is the Giants final Super Bowl-winning drive. With about 2 minutes to go, you will take over the reins of Eli and the Giants and begin their march to victory. Once the moment has been completed, users will be allowed to restart the moment as many times as they want.

The demo will not contain any audio commentary to keep the file size at the lowest possible.

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