Madden NFL 12 Has Twice as Many People Working on Core Gameplay

[Steve_OS]

Kotaku has posted an article featuring another interview with new EA Sports Football GM Cam Weber discussing Madden NFL 12 and beyond.

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"Weber showed up in February, halfway through Madden 12's build. What a three-year plan is, Weber says, is a comprehensive focus on football gameplay - "whistle to whistle" as he says - that's meant to keep each year from being purely reactive, so that future editions going forward all have identifiable long-term development behind them. In so doing, he offered that Tiburon's core football gameplay team would double in size. Though this crew works on the engine used by both Madden and NCAA, that became "Madden's team is doubling." Weber reiterates: Twice as many people will be working on core gameplay for both games. Madden and NCAA retain their own teams of designers, producers and animators, focusing on the features that differentiate them."

Source: EA Sports' "Football Czar" Opens With A Two-Month Drill

[sniperhare]

I've moved from wait and see to buy it on launch. Gonna be a fun year.

[PVarck31]

Excellent news.

[slideez]

every year with this......every damn year.

[Thinking Out Loud]

HELLZ YEAH! This is one of the best things I have read about EA football in 6 years. A 37y/o former QB as the EA football Czar that actually confesses a "love" of REAL football. Time will tell if this all pans out but I really enjoyed reading this interview. Now if Weber can get the EA ratings Czar on the same page, maybe I can finally get back to enjoying football video games again after 6 years, instead of posting on football video game forums! LOL

[roadman]

Wowsers, just wowsers.


Before I came down here, I spent hours combing through forums and reading what people say. There's a lot of negative response to a lot of things," Weber says. "But when you think about it, you've got a really engaged community there. Maybe they're angry about certain things, maybe they're frustrated about certain things, but they're out there, they're passionate, and those are the people you want to build a game for.

"I'd rather deal with a passionate fanbase than one that doesn't care," Weber said.

[goravens2052]

Just glad to hear that Gameplay is getting a good amount of Focus, now if only they could improve Franchise Mode, it would be a great game.

[scottyo60]

The fact he called out the hardcore community gives me incredible hope that we might get more than gameflow...