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[DMczaf]

Welcome back to Madden NFL 06 for the Xbox 360. By now, you have probably seen a handful of screens released at the X05 event (where a recent build of Madden is playable by the way). Those four shots were taken from the game in various stages of development, but they are all screens from the game engine, and as you can see we're making great progress with the game, especially with lighting, time of day and weather. We still have some tuning to do and some bugs to fix, but the game is looking really amazing now. We are also very hard at work on the game play, and each day I play it and see dozens of new animations in the game. We wanted to release a few more screens to you, the fan sites, and this time we released one exclusive screen to three different sites. As before, these are ultra-high resolution, so I encourage you to download them in their full glory.

This shot of Ahman Green and his Packers visiting the Broncos and Invesco Field was picked because as I selected these, I am sitting here watching the Packers on Monday Night Football in my office. The lighting and uniforms are identical to what I am watching on TV. You get a nice look at the night lighting and how it really makes the players (especially the helmets). We actually have further tuned some of the lighting effects since this shot was taken, so the stadium lights look even better than this now. Also, this shot was from a cold game in Denver, so you are seeing some of the breath effects.

Enjoy the new screen, and look for more assets in the weeks to come. I've got to get back to work and help get this game complete, see you on the Xbox 360 with Madden NFL 06.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

is that Ahman Green or is cuba gooding playing a retard again?

 

[Kleegamefan]

meh

 

[Timo]

i'll wait for nfl 2k16.

 

[KingJ2002]

shit... im impressed.

 

[Striek]

Whats with taking screens at a resolution the game will never run at?

 

[truffleshuffle83]

this still doesnt match the harrison , brooks pics that were released earlier in the week???

 

[Reilly]

that's a lot of nice product placement.

 

[Zep]

One thing nobody has talked about is dirty uniforms....are they gonna be put in this year?

 

[Mooreberg]

:lol @ "Champions of the Community"

 

[Smilebit]

 

[DMczaf]

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[Matrix]

The pic is blown up way too much,its hot anyway.

 

[Zep]

Now that looks good.

 

[Kangu]

Last gen developers were releaing screenshots at absurd resolutions way beyond the consoles capabilities.

Some things never change.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

fuck the screenshots EA im tired of the waiting game. direct feed in game play is what we want

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Geez EA, couldn't get the pics any bigger?

 

[ManaByte]

Last gen developers were releaing screenshots at absurd resolutions way beyond the consoles capabilities.

Some things never change.

Uh, screenshots need to be a certain size for print to include in their magazines.

 

[jett]

Whats with taking screens at a resolution the game will never run at?

I thought that was going to end next-gen...apparently not.

 

[Mrbob]

fuck the screenshots EA im tired of the waiting game. direct feed in game play is what we want

Midnight, tonight. Pacific time. Embargo is up.

I'll be watching Madden vids in the morning.

 

[ManaByte]

I thought that was going to end next-gen...apparently not.

As long as magazines exist, it will never end.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Uh, screenshots need to be a certain size for print to include in their magazines.

Sizes sure, but what the hell is with 3000 x 1688 pixels resolution?! It doesn't even fit my damn monitor let alone a magazine page!!

1080p, eat your heart out!!!

 

[Kangu]

Uh, screenshots need to be a certain size for print to include in their magazines.

Let me BLOW your mind: they had magazines last gen too!

 

[DMczaf]

Sizes sure, but what the hell is with 3000 x 1688 pixels resolution?! It doesn't even fit my damn monitor let alone a magazine page!!

It was actually 5000x3000 or something, but I made it a little smaller so it wouldnt be 8MB.

 

[Juice]

Still looks like shit.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

It was actually 5000x3000 or something, but I made it a little smaller so it wouldnt be 8MB.

Jeez man.

 

[ManaByte]

Sizes sure, but what the hell is with 3000 x 1688 pixels resolution?! It doesn't even fit my damn monitor let alone a magazine page!!

...

That's a common resolution for an image intended for print.

It's not so much the screen resolution, but the DPI.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Reirom plays for the Packers?

 

[dorio]

Just open the picture in a browser and it will downscale. Geez people like to bitch.

 

[shpankey]

can't say i'm impressed. they still need to work on the player models.

at least they got rid of the rubber suit uniforms.

 

[Ben Sones]

...

That's a common resolution for an image intended for print.

No, it isn't. Not for a screenshot.

It's not so much the screen resolution, but the DPI.

DPI is whatever you set it to be--it has nothing to do with the pixel size of an image. If that shot were just a regular screenshot enlarged to that size in Photoshop, the pixels would be the size of your thumb. It looks like it was actually captured at a resolution far, far beyond what the game will play at. I suspect they did it to show off the textures (which are indeed very nice).

 

[Smilebit]

Some gameplay footage!!
Gamespot

 

[newsguy]

Some gameplay footage!!
Gamespot

The quality of gamespot's vid is poor, but the presentation is certainly different. I need high quality gameplay vids!

 

[Fatalah]

Why's the ref look like a manoquin?

 

[ZootedGranny]

What are you gonna do, brother, when a slightly deformed Ed Hochuli runs wild on you?!

 

[Kleegamefan]

Looks like a different (and much improved) build in the videos......probably very close to final....

 

[belgurdo]

I believe in good graphics

 

[Archaix]

Ed Hochuli is going to crush their throats for giving him such puny and girl-like arms.

edit: And so people don't think I'm bashing the game for one of the most ridiculous reasons imaginable...I did just recognize which official that is from a screenshot, so...you know...damn.

 

[Carton]

Looks like the ref left a little DNA sample on his pants.

 

[Bluecondor]

Damn - Ed is packing some serious heat in this picture.

I apologize for noticing and bringing this to your attention, but, it is a rather prominent feature in this pic.....

 

[Iceman]

cue the screenshot of kung fu ref from gameday.

PS.. that does NOT look like Favre.