Madden NFL 17 Releases on August 23, Cover Athlete & Gameplay Trailer on May 12

[jpdavis82]

Madden NFL 17 is scheduled to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on August 23. EA Sports and ESPN will announce the cover athlete on May 12 at 6:00 PM ET on SportsCenter (no cover vote this year). Along with the cover athlete announcement, they also plan to show off the first gameplay trailer from the game.

Read the full press release below.

EA SPORTS Football Franchise Warms up for Its Return to the Gridiron

Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced that the Madden NFL 17 cover athlete will be revealed Thurs, May 12 live during the 6pm ET/3pm PT edition of ESPN SportsCenter. Fans can tune-in to check out which NFL phenom has earned cover honors this year, and also get their first look at an all-new gameplay trailer.

EA Access* members can try Madden NFL 17 before it’s released for a limited time as part of a Play First Trial, only on Xbox One.

Madden NFL 17 is developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon and will be available for Xbox One, Xbox 360®, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 on August 23. To learn more about Madden NFL 17, visit http://www.easports.com/madden-nfl.

All player participation has been facilitated by NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Yesssssssssssss

[Find_the_Door]

Last gen too? When will they fully break away?

We almost have a new PS4 here soon....

[SolidSquid]

Madden and ESPN it's like a match made in heaven. I don't suspect we will anything significant, probably a bunch of "highlight" over the top plays to get the hype train chugging. Can't wait to see where they spent resources this year.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by Find_the_Door

Last gen too? When will they fully break away? We almost have a new PS4 here soon....

Where does it say last gen? I must have missed that.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Where does it say last gen? I must have missed that.

1st sentence 2nd paragraph

[roadman]

SS, your sarcasm meter lost it's shield.

I'm sure if there is new equipment spotted, the DVR's will be rewinding a lot.

Maybe Steven A. and Skipper will have a debate about any new equipment in the game.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Find_the_Door

Last gen too? When will they fully break away? We almost have a new PS4 here soon....

I'd guess within the next three years, given that the XBOX 360 was only very recently discontinued. Until then, there are still 160 million combined 360s and PS3s to sell to, as opposed to 50 million combined PS4s and XBOX Ones. Economics.

I am going to guess that the vast majority of the game's media coverage will focus on the current-generation version, similar to how Madden NFL 15 and 16 were handled.