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HHW Gaming: SpongeBob, Rugrats, College Teams & More Arrive In Latest ‘Madden NFL 22’ Content Update

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA / Madden NFL 22 With the NFL Playoffs starting this weekend and Super Bowl LVI on the horizon, it only makes sense we get some new Madden NFL 22 content. Starting Friday (Jan.14), Madden NFL 22 players can enjoy the ‘Play To LA’ content update during the weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles EA announced. Players can look forward to completing challenges across three “new flavor-related events” in Madden NFL 22’s popular game modes, The Yard and Superstar KO. The Yard will see two new content updates with the arrival of the Gatorade’ Road to the Dunk’ experience and the return of  Nickelodeon to The Yard, which will allow players to earn swag related (pictured above and below) to the popular cable television channel. In the ‘Road To Th...

HHW Gaming: ‘Madden NFL 22’s Title Update Celebrates The Return of Raiders’ Legend Bo Jackson

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was removed from the game, but legendary Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson is back! Bo Jackson, one of professional sports most decorated athletes is finally back in Madden. EA Sports announced the return of Bo Jackson by revealing the game’s new digital cover featuring the two-sport athlete. Along with the announcement of the return of Jackson in the game and the new cover, Madden NFL 22 players can also look forward to new in-game content as well. Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Related Stories “It’s great to be back in the game with Madden NFL and to appear on my first cover,” said Bo Jackson. “The Nike Bo Knows campaign brings back a lot of nostalgia for me and many others. ...

HHW Gaming: EA Sports Announces It Will Remove Jon Gruden From ‘Madden NFL 22’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Any scent of Jon Gruden is being scrubbed away, even virtually. The fallout continues after emails exposed racist, misogynistic, and homophobic comments former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden made over the years. In a tweet on Wednesday (Oct.13), EA Sports confirmed that it would be removing the embattled coach from its Madden NFL 22 video game. The iconic video game developer announced in a statement Gruden will be swapped out on the virtual sideline with a “generic character,” and gamers can expect to see this change when the next title update rolls out in the “coming weeks.” Per EA: “EA Sports is committed to taking action in maintaining a culture of inclusion and equity. Due to the circumstances of Jon Gruden’s resignation...

HHW Gaming: EA Finally Brings College Football Back… To ‘Madden NFL 22’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 “Campus Legends” Superstar KO Event Rejoice fans of EA Sports classic college football games. This is the news you have been waiting for… well, sort of. Tuesday (Aug.31), EA Sports announced it’s celebrating the return of college football and at the same time throwing confetti following the release of Madden NFL 22 in a very interesting way. The game studio announced that it would be allowing Madden players to play with college football teams, 10 to be exact in the Superstar KO mode, in a limited event called Campus Legends. Starting Tuesday, players will be able to pick up sticks and play with Clemson, Miami, LSU, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, Oregon, Nebraska, and Michigan State, plus those teams classic alumni players like Vi...

Electronic Arts Collabs With Interscope To Drop First EA Sports Madden NFL Album

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / EA Sports On Friday, August 13, video game publisher Electronic Arts announced its collaboration with Interscope Records to release a proper EA Sports Madden NFL album. Considering gamers and motivational music go hand in hand, what took so long? The Madden NFL 22 Soundtrack features 11 exclusive songs made just for the game and appearances from Hip-Hop stars including Swae Lee, J.I.D., Tierra Whack, Moneybagg Yo and more. The project is out now. “Over the past decades, Madden NFL has become a platform for fans to discover new music, launching new stars and establishing trends that have changed the way players play the game and how they experience NFL football itself,” said Steve Schnur, President of EA Music via statement. “Wor...

HHW Gaming: Xbox Teaming Up With The Special Olympics For First Inclusion Esports Tournament

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Microsoft / Xbox Microsoft and the Special Olympics formed a unique bond in 2014 with the goal to help empower Special Olympics athletes and programs through technology. Seven years later, that partnership continues with a new Esports tournament. The Special Olympics Games and Xbox Gaming began working together back in 2018 with an Xbox Gaming Tournament, a first in the world of competitive gaming. In 2020 during the height of the pandemic, Xbox partnered with the Special Olympics USA Games “to find innovative ways to support Special Olympics athletes” while stay-at-home orders were being implemented with the 2020 Special Olympics Xbox Virtual Gaming Event. Now, Xbox and the Special Olympics are going global with their latest effort with the inaugural esp...

HHW Gaming: EA Sports x ESPN Teaming Up ‘Madden 22’ Ratings Week

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 EA Sports and ESPN are teaming up once again to announce player ratings in Madden NFL 22. Player ratings in sports games have become a pretty huge deal. EA Sports and Madden saw that in 2020 when it first teamed up with ESPN to announce the ratings for NFL superstars. So, of course, it makes perfect sense they are doing it again leading up to the August 20 launch of Madden NFL 22.  ESPN announced that it would be hosting a Madden Ratings Week from July 25 to 30. The player ratings for the latest edition of the iconic football video game franchise, plus players in the illustrious 99 overall ratings (the highest rating possible in the game) club, will be revealed. The week will kick off with a SportsCenter speci...

HHW Gaming: ‘Madden NFL 22’ Will Introduce New Dynamic Gameday Feature On Next-Gen Consoles

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Madden NFL 22’s cover will feature two goats, and the game will have some dope new features. Thursday (Jun.17), EA Sports announced the next installment in its iconic football video game franchise Madden NFL 22. Madden NFL 21 didn’t really impress anyone, including us, on the PS4 and Xbox One. However, the game found its footing when the next-gen version landed on the PS5 and Xbox Series X console giving Madden fans the true experience they were hoping for. EA Sports is looking to keep that momentum going with Madden NFL 22. Based on the improvements they announced, we don’t see why that won’t be the case. So what’s new this year? EA Sports is on a mission to deliver Madden fans the most authentic virtual football experience to d...