flash technology: Madden NFL 12 Unveils Online Communities | PS3

PS3, Videos, Xbox360 | Brandon Hofer | July 26, 2011 at 3:35 pm

EA Sports has announced its latest feature reveal for Madden 12, Online Communities, which provides an all-new way for Madden NFL gamers to meet and play. ?Users can create and join Communities of up to 2,000 like-minded players, competing on their own leaderboards based on customized game styles with more than 50 variables including: game length, gameplay sliders, game speed, penalties and more.?Gamers will also be able to play head-to-head games within their community or team up with fellow members to play ranked Team Play against other communities. Users can join up to five?communities at once to meet varying play styles.

Some highlights for this new feature include:

The Community creator can give members ?Manager Permissions? that allow them to promote other members to Manager, kick out members, and change Community options and sliders
All Online Community games will be ranked on a Community Leaderboard
Individual stats will be tracked and ranked
Recent game results will be displayed for the entire community to see
Online Communities works with Online Team Play (OTP)
You will be able to team up?with members of your Community to play 3 vs. 3 games against other Communities
Each Community will have its own private lobby room where you can chat with your fellow members and gather teammates to take on other Communities.
From the lobby, you can view a box score and participants of games in progress
Every Community will be ranked against the rest of the world on the Community Team Play Leaderboard
Squads are back, boosts are gone, and all of your stats for all six squads will be recorded and ranked in the Squad Stats Leaderboard
Your individual Team Play squad stats in one Community will carry over into all your other Communities
Grieving rules will be in place ? individuals who cause excessive delay of game or encroachment penalties will get kicked out of the game
The classic Madden NFL camera is back on both sides of the ball

In addition to this announcement, EA Sports has released a new ?Game On? trailer to celebrate the end of the NFL lockout. ?Take a look at the video below and tell us what you think about Madden NFL 12.

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