Madden NFL 08
| Madden NFL 08 | |
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North American cover art featuring Vince Young.
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| Developer(s) |
EA Tiburon Exient Entertainment (DS) |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | Madden NFL |
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| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) |
Single-player multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | ||||||||
| DS | GC | PC | PS2 | PS3 | PSP | Wii | Xbox | Xbox 360 | |
| EGM | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.83/10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.83/10 |
| Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/10 |
| Game Informer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 | N/A | 7.5/10 | N/A | 8/10 |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.5/5 | N/A | 4.75/5 |
| Game Revolution | N/A | N/A | N/A | C+ | B− | N/A | B− | N/A | B+ |
| GameSpot | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 6.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.5/10 |
| GameSpy | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4/5 | N/A | 4/5 | N/A | 4.5/5 |
| GameTrailers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10 |
| GameZone | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 | 7.7/10 | 8.4/10 | N/A | 8.6/10 |
| IGN | 7.4/10 | 7.6/10 | N/A | 7.9/10 | 7.7/10 | 7.7/10 | 8.5/10 | 7.9/10 | 8.7/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 7.5/10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 | N/A | N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/10 | 8.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | N/A | N/A | 75% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PSM | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 | 8/10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| The A.V. Club | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | A− | N/A | N/A | N/A | A− |
| The New York Times | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | (positive) | N/A | N/A |
| Aggregate scores | |||||||||
| GameRankings | 72.75% | 77% | 76.17% | 78.60% | 81.46% | 74.37% | 78.23% | 76% | 82.72% |
| Metacritic | 71/100 | 75/100 | 75/100 | 78/100 | 81/100 | 75/100 | 76/100 | 76/100 | 85/100 |
Madden NFL 08 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It was the 19th installment in the Madden NFL video game franchise. It features the former Titans star quarterback Vince Young on the cover. San Diego Chargers defensive end Luis Castillo was the cover athlete for the Spanish-language version. This was the first Madden game released (on August 14, 2007) for eleven different platforms, including Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Mobile phone. This is the last version of Madden to be released for the Microsoft Windows, and Madden NFL 08 would also eventually become the last video game for the GameCube produced and released in North America.
EA and Apple Inc. had announced in June 2007 that a version for Mac OS X would be released at the same time as the other versions. After the August 14 release date came and went without a Mac release, however, EA said it would be delayed until September or October 2007. A Spanish-language version of the game was released on December 11, 2007 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 platforms. As of December 31, 2015, the Xbox 360 version has sold 1,169,587 copies in the United States.Madden NFL 08 has sold 4.5 million copies. It is also the last of the games in the Madden series to include all 6 NFL Europa teams.
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