EA reveals Madden 11 screenshots, soundtrack - featuring Gary Glitter
Who the what now?
Last week Pocket Gamer’s very own Tracy Erickson dropped a few Madden 11 nuggets onto these pages.
Alongside the news that three versions (iPhone, iPhone 4 ‘HD’, and iPad) of EA’s venerable sporting franchise will be hitting the iOS platform in the not-too-distant future, a few fresh features were outed.
My personal favourite, Hot Routes, has been expanded, allowing greater impromptu control over defensive and offensive lines.
Also on the list is Total Defense Control, which assigns a specific action on the fly to all of your linebackers, say, at once.
GameFlow is the third in the holy trinity of new features for Madden 11 on iPhone and iPad, and should speed up matches by as much as 50 per cent.
Naturally enough, the graphics have been updated from last season’s incarnation, with the bespoke iPhone 4 version receiving Retina display support.
EA was kind enough to share some new screenies of the iPad edition on a site called Facebook, so check them out in the gallery to your right.
Oh, and there's something else.
Those in control of such things have decided to include a cover of the song Rock N Roll Part 2 on the game's official soundtrack. This song was originally popularised by paedophile musician Gary Glitter.
[Editor's note: the previous paragraph originally and erroneously suggested that Rock N Roll Part 2 is performed by Gary Glitter on Madden 11, rather than being a cover. Thanks, GlamSlam.]
It's not unknown for Glitter's music to reach international airwaves, but his presence on the Madden 11 soundtrack may raise eyebrows among UK gamers, for whom he's an almost unrivalled figure of hatred.
Glitter most recently made headlines because of a controversial fictional documentary called 'The Execution of Gary Glitter'.
Madden 11 for iPad and iPhone should be available soon after the console version lands on August 10th.
[Editor's note: EA has contacted Pocket Gamer to say that none of the licensed songs from the tracklist on its site (reproduced at the bottom of this article) - including the Gary Glitter cover 'Rock N Roll Part 2' - are in the iPhone or iPad versions of Madden 11. The iPhone and iPad tracklist is immediately below.]
NFL Films Tracks
“A Chilling Championship (Da Riffs Madden Mix)”
Written by Eric Goldman, Sam Spence and Zedrick Eugene Kelley
Remixed by Da Riffs
© NFL River Music (BMI) / EA Lane Music (ASCAP) / Pure Butter Productions (ASCAP)/ AK Thunderfunk Music (ASCAP) administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.
“A New Game (Da Riffs Madden Mix)”
Written by Eric Goldman, Tom Hedden and Zedrick Eugene Kelley
Remixed by Da Riffs
© NFL River Music (BMI) / EA Lane Music (ASCAP) / Pure Butter Productions (ASCAP)/ AK Thunderfunk Music (ASCAP) administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.
“Madden Theme”
Written by Audrey Hodges and Peter Lehman (ASCAP)
Published by Cherry Lane Music Publishing/Electronic Arts Music Inc. (ASCAP)
“Roundup (Da Riffs Madden Mix)”
Written by Eric Goldman, Sam Spence and Zedrick Eugene Kelley
Remixed by Da Riffs
© NFL River Music (BMI) / EA Lane Music (ASCAP) / Pure Butter Productions (ASCAP)/ AK Thunderfunk Music (ASCAP) administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.
“Magnificent Eleven”
“Ramblin’ Man from Gramblin”
“Salute To Courage”
“The Equalizer”
All written by Sam Spence (BMI)
Published by Cherry River Music/NFL River Music (BMI)
AC/DC – Thunderstruck
Archie Eversole – We Ready
Blur – Song 2
Bush – Machinehead
Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil’ Wayne – Let It Rock
Kiss – Rock and Roll All Nite
Ozzy Osbourne – Let Me Hear You Scream
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
The Hives – Tick Tick Boom
Todd Rundgren – Bang the Drum
Ying Yang Twins featuring Homebwoi – Halftime
Rock N Roll Part 2 – as made famous by Gary Glitter
We Will Rock You – as made famous by Queen
Crowd Chant – as made famous by Joe Satriani
Kernkraft 400 – as made famous by Zombie Nation
Chicago Bears – Bear Down Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions – Gridiron Heroes
Green Bay Packers – Go Packers Go!
Miami Dolphins – Miami Dolphins #1
Minnesota Vikings – Skol Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles – Fly Eagles Fly
Washington Redskins – Hail to the Redskins
