Madden NFL 15

Overview

Madden NFL 15 is an American football sports video game based on the National Football League and published by EA Sports. The game was announced for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on April 28, 2014. It was released on August 26, 2014, in the United States and three days later in Europe. As in previous years, EA Sports conducted a fan vote via ESPN to elect the cover athlete for the game. Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman won the cover vote and the rest of the Legion of Boom defense was featured on the game's start menu.

The game was announced in late April 2014. It was shown in a release video featuring Carolina Panthers linebacker and Defensive Player of the Year Luke Kuechly. The game was further detailed at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014; a particular emphasis was placed on improvements to defensive play. Creative director Rex Dickson noted that many players had difficulties with the pass rush and tackling. The "player lock" camera from NCAA Football 14 was added, along with a cone (similar to the controversial "QB Vision" cone from Madden NFL 06) to determine whether or not a player can make a non-aggressive tackle against a player from their current location.

The game was released in North America on August 26, 2014, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Madden NFL 15 was met with mostly positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game has scores of 80 and 82 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively (both score higher than the respective scores of 73 and 74 that Madden NFL 25 received). IGN gave the game a score of 8.7/10, praising the graphics and improved gameplay, while noting the mediocre commentary, but said that it is both "exciting and reassuring" that EA Sports is not wasting opportunities to improve the series.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Simulator, Sport

Developer

EA Orlando

Publisher

EA Sports

Series

Madden NFL

Engine

Ignite Engine

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

CLASS IND

L

ESRB

E

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies39

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

4

Silver

9

Bronze

25

Total

39

Points

1305

• Madden NFL 15 Master
• Read Your Keys
• Offense 101 Earn at least a bronze medal in all 5 Basic Offense drills inside of Skills Trainer
• Getting Defensive Earn at least a bronze medal in all 5 Basic Defense drills inside of Skills Trainer
• Prepared for Anything
• Verizon Offensive MVP Score 55+ points in a game (No SuperSim or Co-Op)
• Yoink! Download a piece of content from Madden Share.
• Let 'Em Know Rate a piece of content you've downloaded from Madden Share.
• No Better Feeling Win an Online Ranked H2H game
• Fitty Score 50+ total points in online ranked head to head games
• Hundo Score 100+ total points in online ranked head to head games
• Seasoned Veteran Win a MUT Seasons game.
• Seasons Postseason Make the playoffs in Ultimate Team Seasons.
• Take a Week Off Earn a first round bye in Ultimate Team Seasons.
• The Bright Lights
• Accomplished Complete a MUT set.
• You Have Your Own Style
• Making It Work For You
• Double Trouble
• Master Negotiator Win a MUT auction.
• Makin' A Livin' Win a MUT Solo Challenge.
• This Team Is Going Places
• Easy Peasy Create a MUT team.
• Ryan Tannehill Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 40
• CJ Spiller Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 400
• John Harbaugh Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 1150
• Pete Carroll Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 2150
• Larry Fitzgerald Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 4500
• Dan Rooney Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 6075
• John Madden Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 10,100
• Otto Graham Legacy Award Using a created player, coach, or owner - surpass a legacy score of 14,400
• Reggie White Legacy Award
• Vince Lombardi Legacy Award
• Ahead of the Curve
• An Online Force
• Feeling Strong
• Quick Off the Block Successfully perform the off the line mechanic (No SuperSim, Co-Op, Practice or Skills Trainer)
• Snickers You're Not You When You're Losing Comeback and win when trailing by 17+ points at halftime. (No SuperSim or Co-Op)
• Ran the Gauntlet

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 15.4 GB

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

EA Sports

Developer

EA Orlando

Released

2014-08-26

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 23.4 hours