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Those who love playing football on their console as much (or maybe even more) than watching the real deal on TV can rejoice. Despite the current labor strife, which has seen the NFL Player's Association decertified and the owners lockout the players, Madden NFL 12 will hit stores in August.

For those curious how this is possible, the licensing arm of the NFLPA still exists. Though it's no longer a labor union, the NFLPA isn't dissolved. So the contract EA signed with the NFLPA continues unhindered, as does the agreement with all 32 NFL teams.

EA Sports provided this statement: "Fans of Madden NFL will not have their seasons interrupted regardless of when the labor issues are resolved. EA Sports will release Madden NFL 12 in August, complete with exciting new features and product innovation that will allow NFL fans to fill their desire for football. NFL players will continue to be featured, as always, in Madden NFL 12."

Every team, every current player, will remain. And rookies, drafted in April, will appear with the teams who drafted them.

EA is set to make a major Madden announcement Monday, March 21. Stay tuned.

Will you still buy it?

i stoped reading @ the 2nd paragraph can you just tell me the main deal of this ?

Basically, even tho there will not be another NFL season this year, they will still make a new Madden. And in April there is a draft so it'll be like a new season without REAL games so that's how they will rearrange the players in the VIDEO GAME. Understand?

Well you cant really say theres not going to be a NFL next year because there might be. not all players are going on the strike. and if the NFL did cut their pay and some players leave there just going to bring in seniors in college who will settle for that salery.

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Oh yea and HELL YEA ima buy madden 12 lol

Great, another year of shitty football games produced by EA =/

Madden 11 blew major stuff.
That gameflow thing is terrible.

I agree ...I really hope this year they turn this game around...madden 06 superstar was good but now these days its just bad... they need to fix some stuff!

all they ever do is a roster changes, it seems.
and add little stuff that no one cares about....

only thing I have heard of so far for this game is that they put surprise onside kick....... you press like ABB or somthing ...I can see this being over used online..

BUT!!! today the 21 there is announcement later in the day about the game...

that'd be good, and annoying too aha
but we'll see then...