It isn’t too early to start thinking about Madden 17. The game may still be months away but the team at EA Sports is already hard at work. Below, we have compiled every possible piece of information regarding the upcoming Madden NFL 17 game.
Madden 17 First Trailer
Madden 17 Pre Order Options
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Madden NFL 17 Standard Edition ($59.99)
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Madden NFL 17 Deluxe Edition ($79.99)
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Madden 17 Release Date
EA Sports has confirmed that Madden 17 will be released on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016. EA Access subscribers will get to play early as usual.
Madden 17 Cover Athlete
The Madden 17 cover athlete was announced on Thursday, May 12, on ESPN on the 3 PM PST/6 PM EST edition of SportCenter. Rob Gronkowski will be on the cover.
Madden 17 Features
Madden 17 Offense Improvements
We’ve added a tiered system to the types of special moves different players are able to pull off – depending on their attributes, ratings and speed. So now, expect your bigger bruising backs to be more effective with truck moves and stiff arms, while smaller, shiftier backs have more effective jukes and spins. Now don’t worry if you’re not a magician yet on the sticks.
New Ball Carrier UI Prompts help teach moves available to you, while the new Path Assist helps you navigate and anticipate down field. Additionally on lower skill levels, you can put the work on us and we will pick the appropriate moves for you, unlocking the fun for all of our players.
Madden 17 Defense Improvements
While the new tools on offense make you a better, more creative ball carrier, the New Defensive AI System is built on up to date NFL Strategies – such as Gap Play, Force Defenders and improved Zone Coverages. It’s time to force your opponents to stop being so one dimensional.
New Gap Play AI brings a new level of NFL authenticity and strategy to your defensive teammates. Each of your teammates has a gap assignment on run defense that puts them in position to better defend the run. Force defenders protect the outside of the field, pushing the ball carrier back inside allowing cut back defenders to make the big play. Finally Zone Coverage has been completely overhauled, with the addition of 8 new zone concepts never before seen in Madden.
Defenders have more awareness of threats to each zone and can pattern match receivers, creating defensive counters to stop virtually every passing concept. It’s our most realistic AI to date and it’s across the entire field.
Madden 17 Special Teams Improvements
Special Teams, the 3rd phase of football, is where big games are often won and lost. For the first time years we’re bringing the excitement back to special teams. A New Kick Meter is designed to increase the challenge of the kicking game like we see in today’s NFL.
Additionally, the ability to ice the kicker allows you to turn up the pressure on those late game winning field goal attempts. New trick plays and a new block kick mechanic add new elements to the risk and reward of Special Teams.
New Madden 17 Ground Game
Experience the most balanced gameplay to date on offense making you a better, more creative ball carrier, while new defensive AI puts your teammates into position to stop the run or passing game.
Madden 17 Franchise Mode
Take your team all the way in the deepest Franchise mode to-date, putting you at the center of your team’s Championship run.
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Special Teams Improvements
Special teams finally being addressed with Madden 17. New more difficult kick meter, icing the kicker, trick plays, and block kick mechanic
Madden 17 Resources
- Madden 17 Ball Carrier Special Moves
- Madden NFL 17 Defense Changes
- 5 Best Madden 17 Teams
- 3 Madden 17 Sleeper Teams You Will Want To Use
- Madden 17 Offense Tips (Coming August 2016)
- Madden 17 Defense Tips (Coming August 2016)
- Madden 17 Strategy Guides and eBooks (Coming August 2016)
Madden NFL 17 Screenshots
The first Madden 17 screenshots can be seen below.
Console Availability
Madden 17 will be available on the XBOX One, PlayStation 4, XBOX 360, and PlayStation 3.
Madden 17 Wishlist
Join hundreds of other Madden fans by leaving your comments below on what you’d like to see in Madden 17. Whether it is the return of an old game mode, cleaning up a specific problem you have with gameplay, or improvements to an existing feature, let the community know what you want to see.
Bring back player controls over every team, c.p.u vs c.p.u in game mode,let weather be a factor in games,home field advantage and add more uniforms.
Hey I would like to see a storyline like nba 2k it will make the game a lot better
they should have a legends pool like nba 2k and you can put them on your current team without having to buy all those cards.
Madden 17 should be were you can crates a team with your own name & colors uniforms
Crates your own team name & colors uniforms
Don’t force a storyline that everyone must follow!
Franchise mode: Be able to change through out your career. I should be able to retire from playing and start coaching. Or retire from coaching and be a owner. Or hire myself as the coach when I’m the owner. Bring in coordinators BUT you should be able to hire yourself as the coordinator too. I don’t want the league giving credit to my coordinator when when I’m the one with the one calling the crushing offense.
Legends: Bring back legends for Franchise for those people that like that BUT people would really enjoy a league roster full of CPU legends.
Playbooks: *To be able to create your own plays would pretty much clear it all up. But that means give people the ability to make it however they want by the rules of course. That means formations should be able to be done ANY way by the rules. So old formations that no NFL team uses anymore should be able to be made. Of course let people use their playbooks in all modes.
Strongly Suggested:
-PLAYBOOKS
Bring back Legend playbooks. That was actually amazing. People running the Lombardi Sweep, Landry’s exotic offense, or Walsh’s original West Coast offense. Add more coaches though. Some suggestions could be George Halas, Chuck Noll, Don Shula, Sid Gillman, or Marty Schottenheimer, ect..
-FRANCHISE
In some online leagues people still use the same PlayStation. Maybe you could give the commissioner the power to allow 2 people to play each other in person together in a league game and only permitted by the commissioner the ability to control a CPU game certain weeks. Ability to play the pro bowl if your a player would be cool. Also 2 or more players on the same team would be great. Maybe a coach and player. That would be awesome.
-LEGENDS
A league of every 32 teams best years rosters, coaches and MAYBE owners. So Lombardi’s Packers, Walsh’s 49ers, Noll’s Steelers, 72 Dolphins, so on. People would really like that. Still allow people the ability to create a play within that.
:OF COURSE:
Of course improve the mechanics and graphics. Every year this improves a little bit but imagine the potential these do with new or returning features. The 2 biggest things to improve at the moment I think is blocking mechanics. With the very best 5 linemen they should be amazing. Not missing blocks or getting in the way. But blocking mechanics means every position. Fullbacks, Tight ends, sometimes running backs, and receivers. They all need new blocking mechanics BUT if they’re blocking stat suck then they are going to suck I get that. But if blocking is 99 and awareness is 99 they should never fail you on the block. Also way to often do defensive players drop interceptions. I understand that they maybe won’t catch every single pick BUT when it touches directly in their hands and they are wide open and the quarterback just messed up it SHOULD for sure be a pick but way to often in falls to the floor.
Now imagine the Lombardi Sweep with his own team in legends rosters with better blocking mechanics. Pure Fire! And maybe the 85 Bears defense in legend rosters pressuring quarterbacks so much that they are just throwing the ball and the defense actually picking it off.
So much potential in Madden. So my Top 3 things to start making this come true that seems reasonable.
3. Blocking Mechanics- This is reasonable. Do some tweaking. Maybe not perfect but better.
2. Interceptions. This is reasonable. Improve the likeliness of defenders to intercept. That should be easy I hope.
1. This is the number ONE thing to do to start heading in the direction of the perfect Madden game. Legend playbooks. Making your own plays is great but maybe not reasonable for this years game but maybe the next year. Legend playbooks are reasonable since they had them in Madden 15. They can bring those back and hopefully add more. Also this will guide madden in the direction of legend rosters and teams that are desperately wanted.
These 3 things will make a good, improved game.
3.Blocking
2.Interceptions
1.Legend Playbooks
Talk about all these things mentioned to get Madden’s attention. I believe in them. Tell us what you think.
Updated graphics? I mean after a while playing Madden the graphic models seem stagnant. Also I’d like Madden to have a more natural unpredictable talking physic. Last year was solid but I think they could do better. And maybe add v edit draft class since college is gone and all
Please give us the ability to edit our players. Why do the draft class always suck? That is not right for Madden Gamers please give us the right to edit players so the game can feel more realistic please. 2K is doing it so why can’t you do it what’s wrong with you guys you make me feel like you’re so lazy at making games. Madden 15 it’s like you just passed a couple things and then put it on Madden 16. That’s crazy as hell
Can we take away that crazy x (Ps4) tackle? Fastest running backs in the game get caught from five yards behind by lineman.