Celebrating the 25 anniversary of the Madden NFL franchise, EA is introducing a special edition of the game that is exclusive to Amazon in addition to changing its name , calling this year's title Madden NFL 25.
The Amazon-exclusive Madden NFL 25 Anniversary Edition will be available for $99.99 at the retailer's website on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 together with a copy of the game as well as exclusive content for Madden Ultimate Team. Buyers of the Amazon exclusive will receive 17 special Ultimate Team packs of cards, one for every week of the 2013 NFL season. Each pack will come with two rare players, four silver players and four bronze players.
However, that's not the real draw of the Amazon exclusive package. Buyers will get a special offer for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket, which will allow football fans with a DirecTV subscription to watch every out-of-market NFL game on Sundays during the season, Polygon reports.
"DirecTV non-subscribers can sign up with a promo code for $10 off each month of service for their first year, as well as a free full-season subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket Max. As the higher of the two tiers of Sunday Ticket, Max usually costs $299.95 for the five-month NFL season; Max also enables access through the NFL Sunday Ticket app on PlayStation 3," the report states.
Nonsubscribers of DirecTV will get a free trial of NFL Sunday Ticket for the full 2013 season including the Red Zone Channel. Madden NFL 25 will launch on Aug. 27 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
