As we all know by now, Brett Favre is a New York Jet. And if you believe the simulation we ran using the Madden NFL 09 engine, Jets fans should get ready for the playoffs. Our prediction has the Jets winning 11 games, their most since the 1998 season, and New York earning a wild card berth in the playoffs. It’s going to be fun to see Favre in the AFC East, but I’m sure my fellow Patriots brethren will tell you that we’re still not scared of the Jets.
Get a look at #4 in green and white. Going to take a while to get used to this, huh?
Meanwhile, our team is in LA making final preparations for Maddenpalooza. We can hardly wait to get down to the Rose Bowl for next week’s launch.
Chris Erb, our director of marketing for Madden and the brains behind the incredible flurry of launch activities, checked in earlier today with these pictures to give us a sneak peak from the Rose Bowl, where we’re expecting thousands of fans to turn out on Monday to see Good Charlotte, Busta Rhymes and buy their first copies of the game. Most importantly – admission is free. Get there early.
A couple of other important announcements we made today:
• An online roster patch featuring Brett as the Jets starting QB will be available by launch day, and hopefully even Monday Aug. 11. As we’ve said before, the final packaged version of the game that you can buy in stores beginning next week will feature Brett on an “NFL Greats†roster. In Franchise Mode, players can transfer Favre to the free agent roster pool, and pick him up on any of the 32 NFL teams for the 2008 season. Or, go online and download new rosters (that include other changes as well) after you buy the game on Tuesday.
• As we’ve previously confirmed, Madden will hit stores on Aug. 12 with Brett in his Green Bay Packers uniform. We don’t plan to re-issue the game with new packaging, but will offer a free downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com featuring Brett Favre in a Jets uniform. Fans can print this new cover out and insert it into the case of Madden NFL 09. Look for it by Tuesday.
• The Madden demo is now available. We’ve been reading lots of feedback on it. Make sure you download it and preview the new Virtual Training Center and Madden IQ test. Our producers are in the forums answering your questions, and they’ve posted this story for anyone wanting more about the demo.
See you next week in Pasadena.
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