Madden NFL 10: AFL Legacy Pack

The gridiron calls once again.

Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition has officially launched on Apple Arcade. Get ready to enjoy football with no ads, no in-app purchases, no currencies, and no paywalls.

EA announces EA Advertising, enabling deeper brand integration for its portfolio of sports titles, such as Madden NFL and EA Sports FC.

This prequel spinoff takes some interesting chances, only some of which pay off.

Putting 'legacy' in the title of your game naturally encourages considerations about what that legacy might be – and that, in turn, invites thoughts about its identity. (And perhaps 'supremacy' and 'ultimatum' if you're a big Jason Bourne fan.) It might sound silly to say of a game with some of the most impressive faces and places you'll see this – or any – year. But to me, A Plague Tale is spiritually double-A, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. I find myself instinctively rooting for this series: there is still something of a scrappy outsider quality to it, even as