Earlier today EA Sports revealed that Tom Brady will soon stand alone as the only quarterback to ever win five Super Bowls as the prediction calls for the New England Patriots to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 27 – 24 in Houston. Brady is also expected to once again earn Super Bowl MVP honors making him the most decorated player in Super Bowl history. Today we also learned an interesting little nugget regarding what engine Madden NFL 18 will use.
During the recent Electronic Arts Q3 2017 earnings conference call it was announced that Madden NFL 18 will make a significant transition. The Frostbite Engine which is used in games like Battlefield 1 and Star Wars: Battlefront will be the new graphical engine used by Madden going forward.
It appears EA is ditching the Ignite Engine and will be going with an engine that allows better detail especially when it comes to physics. FIFA 17 used this same engine and so has Rory McIllroy PGA Tour. There is a lot of potential to be unlocked using Frostbite.
It's official: Madden 18 will be powered by the Frostbite engine. The announcement was made by EA Sports CEO Andrew Wilson during an earnings call on Tuesday.
An official release date for Madden 18 wasn't announced but if things hold to form it's not too difficult to guess when the next version will be released.
Madden 18: Release date prediction
Madden 17 was released on Aug. 23 and Madden 16 hit stores on Aug. 25 2015. The game is routinely released on the last or next-to-last Tuesday in August. So we can expect to see this year's Madden release on Aug. 22 or Aug. 29.
Madden 18: What is Frostbite?
Frostbite is a gaming engine developed by DICE. It has powered a number of exciting titles released over the past three years.
Per the official website "The entire world is alive in Frostbite games immersing players into deep and dynamic worlds with always changing wind water and weather."
Madden 18: How Frostbite might affect the series
Most recently EA Sports used the engine to create FIFA 17. The enhanced visuals and animations were apparent–especially as it pertains to its new single-player campaign mode "The Journey."
This is similar to the first year of a rebuilding sports franchise. There will be growing pains as the company's developers try to meld the product's identity with the new engine. As a result we might see some seemingly egregious glitches early on and some other eyebrow-raising moments during gameplay.
One might also worry about other features of the game being omitted due to the lack of development time allotted to handle such a large undertaking. Because the game releases on a 12-month cycle there often isn't enough time to work out all of the kinks in every version even when developers aren't also dealing with the transition to a new engine.
That dynamic could have an even more drastic effect as Madden takes on Frostbite but we're still excited to see how Madden 18 turns out.
It appears EA is ditching the Ignite Engine and will be going with an engine that allows better detail especially when it comes to physics. FIFA 17 used this same engine and so has Rory McIllroy PGA Tour. There is a lot of potential to be unlocked using Frostbite.
It's official: Madden 18 will be powered by the Frostbite engine. The announcement was made by EA Sports CEO Andrew Wilson during an earnings call on Tuesday.
An official release date for Madden 18 wasn't announced but if things hold to form it's not too difficult to guess when the next version will be released.
Madden 18: Release date prediction
Madden 17 was released on Aug. 23 and Madden 16 hit stores on Aug. 25 2015. The game is routinely released on the last or next-to-last Tuesday in August. So we can expect to see this year's Madden release on Aug. 22 or Aug. 29.
Madden 18: What is Frostbite?
Frostbite is a gaming engine developed by DICE. It has powered a number of exciting titles released over the past three years.
Per the official website "The entire world is alive in Frostbite games immersing players into deep and dynamic worlds with always changing wind water and weather."
Madden 18: How Frostbite might affect the series
Most recently EA Sports used the engine to create FIFA 17. The enhanced visuals and animations were apparent–especially as it pertains to its new single-player campaign mode "The Journey."
This is similar to the first year of a rebuilding sports franchise. There will be growing pains as the company's developers try to meld the product's identity with the new engine. As a result we might see some seemingly egregious glitches early on and some other eyebrow-raising moments during gameplay.
One might also worry about other features of the game being omitted due to the lack of development time allotted to handle such a large undertaking. Because the game releases on a 12-month cycle there often isn't enough time to work out all of the kinks in every version even when developers aren't also dealing with the transition to a new engine.
That dynamic could have an even more drastic effect as Madden takes on Frostbite but we're still excited to see how Madden 18 turns out.
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