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Madden NFL 13 Arrives on EA Sports Season Ticket Tomorrow, August 24th at 6:00 PM EST

02:57 PM - August 23, 2012 by Steve_OS

EARLY ACCESS TO MADDEN NFL 13 KICKS OFF 2012-2013 EA SPORTS SEASON TICKET BENEFITS

Bigger, Better Season Ticket Offers Early Access and Includes More Than $100 of Consumer Value

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) outlined today the 2012 – 2013 benefits to the EA SPORTS™ Season Ticket program. The second year of the program is bigger and better with even more value accessible to EA SPORTS consumers with the addition of more than $100 of paid downloadable content (DLC) across the five participating franchises* – Madden NFL, NHL®, FIFA Soccer, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NCAA® Football. In addition to the $100 of paid downloadable content included, the program will continue to offer three day early access to all participating titles and 20 percent off any additional paid downloadable content purchased for the participating titles.* A one-year EA SPORTS Season Ticket subscription is available now for $24.99.

EA SPORTS Season Ticket is available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 consoles in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and North America.* Subscribers in North America will see the first benefit of the program tomorrow (August 24, 2012), as Madden NFL 13 is made available to them three days before the game’s retail release.* Three day early access to Madden NFL 13 for subscribers outside of North America will be available on August 27, 2012.*

“We’re excited to be expanding EA SPORTS Season Ticket to add more value for our fans,” says Dan Garzia, Senior Director, Digital marketing, EA SPORTS. “With more downloadable content and three-day early access, this is a great new offer for anyone who regularly plays even one EA SPORTS game.”

EA SPORTS Season Ticket Benefits Outlined by Title*

Madden NFL 13

North America and Mexico Early access date – Friday, August 24, 2012 (6:00pm EST)
Europe, Australia and New Zealand Early access date – Monday, August 27, 2012 (6:00pm CEST)
Included paid DLC – One Legendary and 24 Pro Madden packs – one per week for 24 consecutive weeks - for use in Madden Ultimate Team
20% off additional DLC content purchased for Madden NFL 13

NHL 13

North America and Mexico Early access date – Friday, September 7, 2012 (6:00pm EST)
Europe, Australia and New Zealand Early access date – Saturday, September 8, 2012 (6:00pm CEST)
Included paid DLC – 24 NHL Gold Premium packs for use in Hockey Ultimate Team – one per week for 24 consecutive weeks
20% off additional DLC content purchased for NHL 13

FIFA Soccer 13

North America and Mexico Early access date – Friday, September 21, 2012 (6:00pm EST)
Europe, Australia and New Zealand Early access date – Saturday, September 22, 2012 (6:00pm CEST)
Included paid DLC – 24 FIFA Ultimate Team Gold Premium packs —one per week for 24 consecutive weeks—to help build an ultimate team of soccer superstars
20% off additional DLC content purchased for FIFA Soccer 13

EA SPORTS Season Ticket benefits for Tiger Woods PGA TOUR and NCAA Football to be confirmed at a future date.

For more information, or to subscribe, please visit www.easports.com/seasonticket.

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# 161 Mister_G @ 08/24/12 07:17 PM

Ugh, completely caved and got season ticket.

Also upgraded to Live Gold, which I was planning on doing anyway.

Oh well, better get my 3 days worth and play some ultimate team now that I shelled out 25 bones.

29%, I'm gonna make myself some dinner then hopefully I can play some Madden!

# 162 Skyboxer @ 08/24/12 07:17 PM

22%....................................

# 163 PioneerRaptor @ 08/24/12 07:18 PM

19%. Probably should turn off my wife's downloads.

# 164 Gorilla Glass @ 08/24/12 07:20 PM

Hey, if you are over 40%, you might have a corrupted file. You guys might want to start the download over. Lol

# 165 chris33cc @ 08/24/12 07:21 PM

I don't know if this is the same for anyone else, but once i hit background download for Ps3, my speed jumped up big time. I'm up to about 1% every 40 seconds or so. If your speeds are terrible like mine were, maybe give background a try?

# 166 TheBMarshall15 @ 08/24/12 07:22 PM

im at 15% after 21 minutes,lol i must have a 56k modem....

# 167 bcruise @ 08/24/12 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chris33cc


	I don't know if this is the same for anyone else, but once i hit background download for Ps3, my speed jumped up big time. I'm up to about 1% every 40 seconds or so. If your speeds are terrible like mine were, maybe give background a try?

Background is the way to go on PS3 regardless of whether it seems faster (or actually is). It allows you to resume the download should it get cut off for some reason. Not to mention lets you do some other stuff on the PS3 in the meantime (anything that doesn't change the download status to "pending")

# 168 TreyIM2 @ 08/24/12 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by chris33cc


	I don't know if this is the same for anyone else, but once i hit background download for Ps3, my speed jumped up big time. I'm up to about 1% every 40 seconds or so. If your speeds are terrible like mine were, maybe give background a try?

Yea, I immediately switched over to that but then it was still slow so I rebooted and it started "flying" but then hung on 17% for the longest. I rebooted again then it sped up again but now, it's stuck on 22%...23%, now. I use a wireless connection but, remember, this is a big boy download. Almost 5.5GBs....24%...

To be honest, I want to play some more of the NHL demo but THAT would be a d-load murder to do. Sucks how if u game while downloading, the d-loads stall something terrible. 26%

# 169 Gorilla Glass @ 08/24/12 07:26 PM

I dare someone on the Xbox, hit the X or the Y button repeatedly. Lol

# 170 bodymore @ 08/24/12 07:27 PM

50% half way there!

# 171 ZoneKIller @ 08/24/12 07:28 PM

WHen do we pay for the game?

# 172 chris33cc @ 08/24/12 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TreyIM2


	Yea, I immediately switched over to that but then it was still slow so I rebooted and it started "flying" but then hung on 17% for the longest. I rebooted again then it sped up again but now, it's stuck on 22%...23%, now. I use a wireless connection but, remember, this is a big boy download. Almost 5.5GBs....24%... To be honest, I want to play some more of the NHL demo but THAT would be a d-load murder to do. Sucks how if u game while downloading, the d-loads stall something terrible. 26%

I hear ya man, that NHL Demo has got me really psyched for that too. Me and my roommate played way too many games of NHL12 to be considered healthy. 13 is shaping up to be even better in my opinion.

Back on topic...I thought about going with a wired connection for the DL, but then i'd be bored out of my mind. oh well, 30%.

bcruise: I usually only background DL stuff that i don't really care about. I always thought it would make it dl slower (but hindsight has me thinking it's just because my ps3 is usually just an expensive netflix player this time of year). I'll have to do it more consistently, thanks for the tip.

# 173 speedy9386 @ 08/24/12 07:37 PM

At 43% after about 16 minutes. Going faster than expected

# 174 PioneerRaptor @ 08/24/12 07:38 PM

42% so far. I estimate it to be done around 7:20-7:30 EST for me.

# 175 tj_609 @ 08/24/12 07:38 PM

70% I love fios quantum. Btw started the download about 6:10

# 176 The Bimmer @ 08/24/12 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SECElit3


	33% downloaded c'mon baby

What is going to be your approach? Use your sliders from last year or go with default sliders in your first game?

# 177 bodymore @ 08/24/12 07:40 PM

81% complete!

# 178 Mister_G @ 08/24/12 07:41 PM

Started exactly 40 minutes ago...78%

# 179 willIam9387 @ 08/24/12 07:41 PM

Anyone getting no free space when you have like 12 GB of free space....kind of frustrating lol.

# 180 bcruise @ 08/24/12 07:43 PM

This thread makes me feel like I'm driving a tractor down the side of the highway while everybody zooms past.

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