Madden NFL was a common sight on Nintendo platforms, but we haven’t seen it nearly a decade later Madden NFL 13 on the Wii U. EA still brings us annual updates FIFA (even if they are ‘legacy editions’), EA previously said they had no plans to release it on Switch in 2018, but a recent job posting indicated Madden might finally arrive.
This discovery comes from YouTuber Doctre81, who found an entry titled “Online Software Engineer – (C ++) – Madden”, dating back to November 2020. Among the job requirements, a section asks for 2 years of experience with work on “Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo game consoles”. That may not sound like much, but previous EA job openings didn’t include Nintendo in their criteria.
EA could at least investigate a possible release. It’s worth bearing in mind that EA confirmed in June 2020 that it would release seven Switch games in that 12-month period. June 2021 is just a few months away and we’ve confirmed six matches since then, including Apex Legends earlier this week.
That leaves one more to go, but given Madden’s annual release schedule, EA could potentially wait until the inevitable Madden NFL 22 – as opposed to one Madden NFL 21 harbor – as they traditionally launch in August. Anyway, let’s hope it’s not another legacy edition, right?
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