Noting soccer’s worldwide appeal and its vast array of talent, EA Sports has promoted a variety of different athletes on its annual FIFA covers depending on location. We already knew many of the players to be featured on international FIFA 12 covers, and we now have the North American version to discuss. For that, EA [...]

The guys at 2K Sports have revealed the NBA 2K12 cover, and they’ve gone with multiple legends to fill that role this year. Michael Jordan is back after gracing the front of NBA 2K11, joined by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Instead of one version, 2K will release three different covers, each featuring one of [...]

It’s official – Peyton Hillis will be the cover athlete for Madden 12, beating Michael Vick in the final vote

Just two players remain in the Madden 12 cover tournament, as Michael Vick and Peyton Hillis have made the final and will square off for the right to grace the front of the upcoming release. Each team was represented in the original days of the contest, before the field was whittled down week-by-week over the [...]

Just two weeks remain in the Madden 12 cover athlete contest, with four contestants left in the field and voting happening now on ESPN. The current round of voting will go until next Monday morning, and the winners will then battle one-on-one for the right to grace the cover of Madden 12. Much of the [...]

The Madden 12 cover voting has reached its third week, which means only eight players remain and we’re close to declaring a winner in the race to grace the front of the upcoming release. Round 2 produced some incredibly close matchups, and it would be no surprise to see more of the same this time [...]

EA Sports has decided to let the fans pick the cover athlete for Madden 12, in a March Madness-style bracket with 32 choices – one for each team. In most cases, it’s a recognizable player, while the Seattle Seahawks have their “12th man” as the choice. The seeds have been set up so that each [...]