As of Friday, fans of pro football and video games get to indulge in an annual pastime: the release of the latest Madden NFL video game. Madden NFL 22 is available for PlayStation and Xbox video game consoles. It not only gets football fans hyped for the new season, but helps kick off an assortment of major video game launches ahead of the holiday. I've spent about a week playing Madden NFL 22. Here's a look at what else you need to know about this year's Madden release: The future is here:Meet Tesla Bot, Elon Musk's humanoid robot Most notable when you first hit the field is the Momentum Meter, which attempts to imitate the ebb and flow of a Sunday football game. Whenever a big play happens, the meter will shift toward one team or another to provide a unique perk.

Are you ready for some football? On Friday, fans of the National Football League can jump in the digital gridiron with the launch of Madden NFL 22. The release of the pro football video game from Electronic Arts not only drums up excitement for the upcoming NFL season, but the annual launch of Madden has served as an unofficial marker for the beginning of the holiday video game season, the most important time of year for the industry. Football at all levels has had a rich history in the video game space, dating back to days of the arcade. Here's a look at the best football video games ever made: Fortnite meets Among Us?:New Impostors mode rolling out This classic started in the arcades in the 1980s before making the leap to the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The quarterbacks who competed in Super Bowl 2021 are facing off again – on the cover of the upcoming "Madden NFL 22" video game. Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady and the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes both appear on the cover of the game, due out Aug. 20 ($69.99, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/SX; $59.99, for PS4, Xbox One, PCs and Google Stadia). They are the most-recent two Super Bowl MVPs, though Brady won the big game in February. It's a rarity for Madden NFL to have two players on the cover, though in 2010, the video game series featured Super Bowl XLIII participants Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers as co-cover athletes. Brady and Mahomes have each appeared previously on the Madden NFL cover; Brady in 2018, Mahomes in 2020.