Madden 22 Franchise Mode: All Access Deep Dive Video Shows Upcoming Features and Updates
When it comes to EA’s popular football simulation game, Madden 22 Franchise mode will be under the spotlight for many gamers upon release. Based on the overview of details provided to start All Access week, the mode appears to have some new features that fans will welcome. Among them will be the new Franchise/Franchise Staff Points, weekly strategy, an enhanced Season Engine, and the updated Franchise Hub.
Madden 22 Franchise Mode video previews Season Engine, updated Hub, and more
With a five-minute video on Tuesday, June 22, Connor Dougan, Madden NFL 22 Senior Design Director, talked to fans about some of the upcoming additions to Franchise mode. The video also includes screens from the mode, including a look at some of the Coach/Staff/Player scenario screens, and the updated Franchise Hub.
Based on details in the video below, there will be a new Season Engine for Franchise which brings over 35 different scenarios at the game’s launch. There will be more added after the game’s release to keep things fresh. The video below shows some of these such as Seahawks coach Pete Carroll talking with QB Russell Wilson and Chiefs’ head coach Andy Reid at a press conference.
The new Franchise Hub is shown and spotlighted around 4:15 into the Deep Dive video. It now includes a new Activities list on the left side of the screen which outlines what’s needed to be done each week. On the right side is a list of goals for the week, helping Franchise gamers keep an eye on what to do to get rewards.
There’s an updated News screen that provides the top stories or reactions from around the league. In addition, there’s faster access to roster management screens, among other nice changes to the Franchise Hub.
Check out the video below, which also shows Staff Management, Staff Points, and the Weekly/Halftime Strategy features. The latter of these will integrate the new Dynamic Gameday feature.
Scouting update will arrive later for mode
The team behind Madden 22 Franchise mode will also be bringing a Scouting feature sometime in September. This will allow for placing scouts nationally and in different regions to maximize their abilities to find the best talent for your franchise.
A screen for the Scout Assignments appeared in the video, showing off National, West, Central, North East, and South East regions. Based on which scouts are assigned, they might focus on finding talent to fill specific positions for the team.
An official release date for this Scouting update has yet to be revealed, with September the timeframe announced. However, we may find out more in the next several days. There are more discussions about Franchise Mode, including several new podcast episodes and Gridiron Notes coming this week.
Update 6/22: The first Making Madden podcast episode has been released on various platforms. Check out the links below.
The good news it appears that Madden’s popular mode will continue to receive updates during the course of the season, similar to Ultimate Team. That should make many fans happy that this mode is getting more attention going forward.
Madden 22 pre-orders available for August release
The official release date for EA’s new game will be August 20, 2021, although select pre-orders give three days earlier access to start playing on August 17, 2021. There’s also EA Play membership which gives even earlier access to play Madden.
The Madden 22 game is available for pre-order at Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop, Microsoft Store, PlayStation Store, and EA’s website.
There are three editions of the game. The Standard Edition carries a cost of $59.99 on current-gen consoles and $69.99 on next-gen consoles. It is available to play on the release date. However, MVP and Dynasty editions give three days earlier access to play the game.
The MVP Edition is $99.99 and gives Dual Entitlement for PlayStation or Xbox gamers to play the game on same-brand current-gen and next-gen consoles.
A Dynasty Edition is also available for a price of $119.99 and also features Dual Entitlement. It also has even more bonus content for Madden 22 Ultimate Team, Franchise, and more.
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