Madden 09, Facebreaker demos rush onto Xbox Live, PSN [update]

by Ross Miller { Jul 31st 2008 at 10:35AM }

Electronic Arts has today released the one-two punch of both Madden 09 and Facebreaker demos on Xbox Live [update: and PlayStation Network] (via Major Nelson). Both downloads are approximately 1 GB apiece, and Facebreaker has the added benefit of a character creation feature that lets you transfer your created fighters to the full game. PlayStation 3 owners can expect the Madden 09 demo today, ~~but face breaking will have to wait until August 7.~~

[Update: A Sony rep called to let us know that both demos will be coming to PSN today, as well]

Tags: demo, demos, facebreaker, madden, madden-09, xbox-live

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nate @ Jul 31st 2008 10:39AM

what teams are available to play in madden demo? im hoping its a winter game, but unlikely

deaftly @ Jul 31st 2008 10:45AM

Oilers and Phillies I believe.

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 31st 2008 11:27AM

"Oilers"

...

*sniff sniff :(::::

vidGuy @ Jul 31st 2008 11:43AM

Can only play as the Giants facing the Patriots in a 1:30 minute Madden Moment. Pretty lame demo.

EliteBeatsAgent08 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:43AM

Time to test out some Madden. Hell yes.

koehler83 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:45AM

There EA goes.. shirking the PS3 again.

deaftly @ Jul 31st 2008 10:48AM

yeah hence why I preordered madden for the 360 and not my ps3

j.howlett @ Jul 31st 2008 11:24AM

funny since they made the most money from the ps3

baby sea tuna @ Jul 31st 2008 11:26AM

I think you mean the PS2.

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 31st 2008 11:28AM

Nice one Tuna ;) +1

j.howlett @ Jul 31st 2008 11:32AM

no ps3. it was in the last quarter or whatever the last financial report was. all the publishes just put out reports.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 31st 2008 11:52AM

Yup the PS3 made EA the most money over the last year. I'll give you guys a few moments to let it sink in because I know I needed it to figure out how it happened (Still don't know btw)

http://kotaku.com/5030788/ps3-now-eas-single-biggest-bread+winner

j.howlett @ Jul 31st 2008 11:56AM

nice one, tuna, fenix

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 31st 2008 12:00PM

o_O EA snafu???

Deric Lee @ Jul 31st 2008 12:49PM

The PS3 made the most money because they include the development/marketing costs against profit to come up with those numbers.
And since every game except Burnout was developed on the 360 then ported to PS3 the financial hit to 360's profit margin is greater.
Developing from the ground up is much more expensive then to do the port.
In all reality they made more money on 360, but they also spent more in game development cost's compared to the port costs on PS3.

j.howlett @ Jul 31st 2008 1:36PM

spin it how you want but they made money. so they have little excuse not to give the ps3 owners what they want and are willing to buy.

DangerMouse @ Jul 31st 2008 10:45AM

Nice. I was hoping there would be a demo for this.

Word Up, North Korea! @ Jul 31st 2008 10:52AM

"PlayStation 3 owners can expect the Madden 09 demo today, but Face-breaking will have to wait until August 7."

so why not put a fucking PLAYSTATION 3 tag on this post....you guys are a fucking joke. Whatever you're being paid, it's too mcuh

DangerMouse @ Jul 31st 2008 10:55AM

Maybe they'll add when they make their usual post of what's new on the PSN network today. And I just checked, the demo isn't even on PSN yet.

Dirty @ Jul 31st 2008 10:59AM

Whoa, who shit in your corn flakes this morning?

Word Up, North Korea! @ Jul 31st 2008 11:02AM

wanna bet?

baby sea tuna @ Jul 31st 2008 11:24AM

Dang, dude be Il'in!

Dirty @ Jul 31st 2008 11:27AM

So why not put a fucking BRETT FAVRE tag on this post....Everyone knows that every time you talk about Madden you have to bring up Favre. Do your job!

deaftly @ Jul 31st 2008 11:39AM

Sorry I was running late this morning and HAD to go, sorry about your cornflakes. Pretend its a huge chocolate chip North Korea :(

Jody Anthony (gamertag and psn: JodyAnthony) @ Jul 31st 2008 11:55AM

i thought we were done with "Joystiq is Tobias!" type comments

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 31st 2008 2:39PM

Whatever kind of trolling--er, job you do during the day is obviously paying too much...please tell me you're not at "work", because flying off the handle at people who don't write what you want to see doesn't count as work.

Word Up, North Korea! @ Jul 31st 2008 2:47PM

you guys can get pissed, but this is not an isolated incident, and it's not some amorphous bias I'm complaining about. IT's black and white, clear as day, & eminently provable.

This story concerns the PS3, (FACT) and its not tagged as such (FACT). If you want to waste your time, go back and look through the past few weeks, I promise you'll find at least anotehr 2-3 examples of this happening

It's just laziness

Dirty @ Jul 31st 2008 10:52AM

Anyone played the face breaker demo? Seems like its for little kids? Do I have to wait for fight night for a good boxing title?

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 31st 2008 11:30AM

Affirmative.

koehler83 @ Jul 31st 2008 12:27PM

Unfortunately, Facebreaker is the replacement of Fight Night.

Fight Night apparently didnt work well for the Wii Wii youngins, so we real people gotta deal with this. At least you can virtually break Peter Moore's face to relieve some of that angst.

Dirty @ Jul 31st 2008 12:35PM

I am pretty sure they said a new fight night was in the works. Probably looking at fall 09

x silence x @ Jul 31st 2008 12:50PM

@koehler83

You don't read much do you?

danny. @ Jul 31st 2008 10:55AM

I have a soft spot for cartoon boxing games so I'll give Facebreaker a whirl. I even liked Black & Bruised.

Deric Lee @ Jul 31st 2008 10:58AM

The demo only lets you run the final drive with the Giants against the Pat's from the Superbowl.

You start with the 4th and short, if don't get it then demo over.

If you score, demo over.

Only offense, only with the Giants, and only finishing that one drive.

Nate @ Jul 31st 2008 11:31AM

seriously? weak

SkyTurnsRed @ Jul 31st 2008 12:43PM

Le sigh... hooray for short demos.

Rollins @ Jul 31st 2008 11:41AM

Well, that's not too bad. As a New England fan who lived 10 minutes from Gillette Stadium not too long ago, I can change history over and over again.

Sigh.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 31st 2008 11:54AM

Wow that sounds like the most half assed demo ever. Oh wait it's from EA and we're talking about madden here. It makes complete sense now.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Jul 31st 2008 12:54PM

and THAT weighs in a 1GB? god i hate Madden.

matt @ Jul 31st 2008 3:26PM

well it also introduces you to the ea IQ or whatever they call it and I found it very interesting they was they have the game a.i. that is tailored to you skill set. I would like to see this implemented in their other games as well

j.howlett @ Jul 31st 2008 11:22AM

i confused facebreaker with backbreaker and thought to myself thats alot of football

baby sea tuna @ Jul 31st 2008 11:30AM

Facebreakers, for real.

http://www.actionfigure.com/punches/

Totally worth it.

vidGuy @ Jul 31st 2008 11:45AM

I'm pretty disappointed with this demo. I was going to buy the CE with Madden 93 and Head Coach 09, but I think I'll wait and rent it. The demo doesn't give you enough to really go on... this could be a turd with a lot of pretty colors on top.

giggas2 @ Jul 31st 2008 12:11PM

It probably is a turd with pretty colors on top given what the last 3 games have been.

darkandlong @ Jul 31st 2008 1:55PM

Madden 08 wasn't bad at all. A lot better then 06 and 07.

Spartacus @ Jul 31st 2008 12:28PM

Hey, everyone shut up about Madden. It's another iteration of a crappy sports game. Let's move on to the real news here...

Someone tell me about Facebreaker! I've been looking forward to another slug fest game since Fight Night Round 3 came out for crying out loud...

vidGuy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:35PM

Madden will sell about ten times as much as Facebreaker, so shouldn't the comments represent that ratio?

darkandlong @ Jul 31st 2008 1:51PM

Facebreaker is garbage. Don't bother. Think 3D fighter from 10 years ago minus any sort of special moves aside from punching and blocking. It screams "originally designed for Wii gamers".

Really bad way to make a demo for Madden also.

Squirrel3D @ Jul 31st 2008 2:04PM

And here I was gonna finally button down and give madden a chance (has been a supporter of 2K Sports with Football and Basketball). But based on what some of you are saying about the short demo, and how big it is, I think I'll pass.

FSK405K @ Jul 31st 2008 6:40PM

I'm way too frustrated with Madden to download it myself, so can someone please tell me whether the following features from the GCN/PS2/PC versions are finally being put into the X360/PS3 versions?

1. Dynamic audibles: ability to do "generic run play," "generic play-action play," etc. from every formation. Or do you only have five precanned audibles no matter which formation you're in?

2. Accelerated playclock: playclock that ticks far more time off the clock when the ball stays inbounds. Without it, the teams return to the line of scrimmage with more than 30 seconds on the playclock after every play, and the game clock ticks away very slowly when compared to a real game.

Thanks, anyone who can let me know about these, these things that without them makes Madden play horribly for me.