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Madden NFL 12 Cover Art Revealed With Hall of Fame Edition Details with Video

11:26 AM - May 31, 2011 by RaychelSnr

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EA SPORTS revealed today the official pack art for Madden NFL 12, featuring Cleveland Browns running back, Peyton Hillis on the cover. Hillis was chosen by fans as the Madden NFL 12 cover athlete through a five week voting campaign anchored by ESPN SportsNation. The Madden NFL 12 Cover Vote was the most successful fan engagement campaign in EA and ESPN history with more than 12 million votes in total.

For the first time in franchise history, EA SPORTS invited fans and media to take part in the live cover shoot of Madden NFL 12. A staged set was built on Military Island in the heart of Times Square, on Thursday, April 28th, hosting both football fans and media alike.

EA SPORTS also announced today the limited Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame Edition, featuring former St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk on the cover. Available on August 30th for the retail price of $89.99, a limited run of 125,000 copies of the Hall of Fame Edition will be available exclusively in the United States* for the PlayStation�3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360�. Marshall Faulk will be the first Madden NFL cover athlete to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame later this year. The limited Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame Edition will include:

� Premium bronze, foil embossed cover featuring Marshall Faulk

� Full version of Madden NFL 12 video game

� Autographed Panini Card � Madden NFL and Panini, the world leader in published collectables, have teamed up to create the ultimate Madden NFL trading card featuring 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Marshall Faulk. Each copy of the Hall of Fame Edition will include one of four exclusive Marshall Faulk trading cards, each hand-signed by Faulk. One solid, 18k gold autographed card will be randomly inserted into one Xbox 360� and one PlayStation�3 copy of the Hall of Fame Edition. The lucky recipients of these two cards will have one of the most valuable cards in Panini history.

� Exclusive Madden Ultimate Team Platinum Pack �The perfect combination of Madden NFL, fantasy football, and trading cards comes to life in Madden NFL Ultimate Team. The Hall of Fame Edition provides a Madden Ultimate Team experience like never before with the most prestigious Platinum Pack yet, featuring a combination of 13 NFL Hall of Famers and former Madden NFL cover athletes, including: Marshall Faulk, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson, Eddie George, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Ray Lewis, Shaun Alexander, Vince Young, Larry Fitzgerald, Troy Polamalu and Drew Brees. All cards feature ratings from each player�s most productive season in the NFL and are fully renewable with contract extensions, which is sure to make them some of the most sought after cards in Ultimate Team history.

*The Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame Edition is only for sale in the United States.

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# 81 cubsfan203 @ 06/01/11 09:46 PM

I was going to say that Faulk's signed cards are actually worth quite a bit of money ($25 to $45 on eBay), but then I saw that there were 125,000 of these so that kind of kills that.

# 82 Skyboxer @ 06/01/11 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cubsfan203


	I was going to say that Faulk's signed cards are actually worth quite a bit of money ($25 to $45 on eBay), but then I saw that there were 125,000 of these so that kind of kills that.

Collectors aren't worried about what it is worth right now.

# 83 acreyman @ 06/01/11 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sarlndr


	They did? Where can I hear the new voice?

thats what I noticed more than anything else....the end when the dude says " EA SPORTS, ITS in the GAME!" its a different dude! WHOA! I was wondering when or if that would ever happen.

# 84 Iceman87GT @ 06/02/11 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jmurphy31


	I asked this in the other thread but it got closed... Do you think it means anything when they bullet Full Version of Madden 12? Could it mean it will include all the DLC stuff (some that we don't know know about). That statement makes me a little nervous about having to purchase parts of the game...but I could be reading way too much into it and if so I appologize

I think you're reading to far into it, most special editions of games have that notice.

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Originally Posted by Scooby803


	They should have put a HOFer from the Cleveland Browns

If they did that then this HOF edition would be completely pointless (Faulk being the first cover athlete to make it into the hall of fame), also people didn't vote for the Browns they voted for Hillis, he's the only guy from the Browns who could have won the cover (there are no other white RBs playing for the Browns)

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Originally Posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ


	So, you can pay 90 bucks to get an unfair boost in Ultimate Team? It is this type of stuff that really pisses me off as a video gamer who buys more games than 99% of the world population. SMFH.

Unfair? $30 for 13 players?... Some people that play Ultimate Team take it waaaaay to seriously. Its a way of making money first a foremost(it was a $10 DLC for FIFA 09, and FIFA 10, I believe FIFA 11 introduced the purchase points feature and eliminated the original purchase). You can certainly have fun with it without paying a dime (if you treat your team as an ever-changing entity and only keep a few of your superstars. This is much more fulfilling in my opinion as if you just maintain the same team you might as well edit a roster and play franchise mode).

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Originally Posted by sarlndr


	They did? Where can I hear the new voice?

I think it may be the same guy but they got him to do a new version of the tagline (its sounds different from the normal one but the guy sounds similar).

# 85 PSRusse83 @ 06/02/11 02:06 PM

That is the most unnatural looking pose for a cover. Especially since hes looking right at you. The shot that maddens twitter account uses looks better than this.

# 86 elgreazy1 @ 06/02/11 05:33 PM

I like the treatment of the image but really hate the image itself. Hillis is a hard-nosed player and runs like a bull and I feel the pose/photo doesn't convey that. He simply looks far too passive. This doesn't reflect the style that endeared him enough to win the first-ever Madden fan-cover-athlete promotion.

# 87 Skyboxer @ 06/02/11 08:37 PM

Well despite what it is or isn't.... I'm getting the HOF edition.
Screw it.

# 88 moemoe24 @ 06/03/11 05:52 PM

Seriously, Peyton Hillis is maddens cover?? That's strange.

# 89 Shinyhubcaps @ 06/04/11 06:20 PM

The Hillis cover almost looks like they're trying to obscure his face, perhaps due to the fact he's a lesser-known player. It looks more like "generic football player" with that pose and with the straps and bars of his helmet in front of 90% of his face.

# 90 FlyBri @ 06/06/11 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mirrored32


	custom cover here i go. Aaron Rodgers. He Earned it.

I'm right with ya man. More people need to say this. I know it was a vote and everything, but Rodgers EARNED the Madden cover, and anyone who thinks otherwise obviously doesn't know or watch football. And to those out there who may question me -- no, I'm not a Green Bay fan, just someone who recognizes greatness when greatness is displayed.

# 91 ccrimson @ 06/27/11 11:26 AM

Yea you both are right. Congrats to Hillis but i seriously dont understand how he got the cover shoot. It should of been either Vick because of his massive comeback into the NFL, or Rodgers just because he won the super bowl and he is an elite QB

# 92 donutthepink @ 08/12/11 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mestevo


	I'd probably get it if it contained a points card or a voucher for some of the inevitable DLC, otherwise HOF edition doesn't offer anything I'd want other than the spiffy cover.

Actually the hof edition come with a faulk autographed football and cards for ultimate team of every cover player of all madden games with stats of their greatest season

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