Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown is one of the best players in the NFL, capable of catching ridiculous passes and outrunning even the most skilled secondaries. He’s being rewarded for his skills with a cover spot on Electronic Arts’Madden NFL 19this year, and we’re crossing our fingers that the infamousMadden Cursestays away.
The announcement video highlighted not just Brown’s inhuman ability to make big plays and score touchdowns, but also his dance moves. They’ve become quite popular since he entered the league, and he has even beendisciplined by the NFLfor apparently violatingKey & Peele‘s “three pump” rule.
Thecover artfor the standard edition of the game actually leaked before the official announcement. It’s very Steelers-focused, with a bright cold background behind Antonio Brown. It’s not exactly the prettiest thing in the world, but neither is watching the Steelers claw their way to victory.
Brown will be one of seven players inMadden NFL 19with a 99 player-rating when the game launches. He’s joined by quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, defensive end Aaron Donald, linebackers Luke Kuechly and Von Miller, and tight end Rob Gronkowski. Brown’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has an 88 rating in the game, making him the seventh-best at the position.
EA Sports aimed to makeMadden NFL 19the most realistic game in the series, with changes to artificial intelligence and player-motion better replicating the action we see in real football games.Other featuresinclude solo battles in Ultimate Team — one of the game’s most popular modes — and the return of the story-based Longshot, once again focusing on rising star Devin Wade. The mode will include more actual football gameplay than last year’s mode.
Madden NFL 19comes to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and for the first time in a decade, PC on August 10, with the game available on August 7 for those who buy the Hall of Fame edition. Though the FIFA series has been released on the Nintendo Switch in the past, it doesn’t appear Madden plans to follow suit, though the possibility of Madden eventually coming to the console isstill on the table.
