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Madden NFL 08

Madden NFL 08, 2007's ode to NFL football on videogame consoles, fits like an old glove. Gamers will be familiar with how the game plays and feels. But as usual, updated team rosters (with their inherent…

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Madden NFL 08 is a simulator developed by EA Orlando, released 14 August 2007 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Madden NFL 08 is

Madden NFL 08 is a simulator game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2007. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Madden NFL 08 is a 2007 American football sports video game developed primarily by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports. Based on the National Football League (NFL), it is the 2007 entry in the Madden NFL series. EA marketed the game around a new "Read and React" system, which used on-field skill icons—called "weapons"—to identify individual player strengths and possible matchups; the game also added Hit Stick 2.0 and a branching animation system for tackles and catches.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Madden series

Madden NFL 08 is the 59th of 122 entries we hold in the Madden series. The next entry was Madden NFL 08 in 2007. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Madden NFL 11 at 86.

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How it was received

Madden NFL 08 holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Madden NFL 08 launched on 14 August 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Rome: Total War - Collection and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Rome: Total War - Collection, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.

Cheats and codes

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When did Madden NFL 08 come out?
Madden NFL 08 was released on 14 August 2007 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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