Spike TV and Electronic Arts Team Up to Celebrate 'Maddenpalooza' with 'Madden NFL 09 Kickoff! Live'
Special Presentation Commemorating Launch of 'Madden NFL 09' Premieres LIVE Monday, August 11 at 11:40 PM, ET and Features Bevy of NFL Superstars, the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants and a Message from John Madden
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) and Spike
TV (http://www.spike.com/)are teaming up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the most successful franchise in video game history on Monday, August 11 at
11:40 PM, ET (tape delay on West Coast) with the "Madden NFL 09 Kickoff! Live"
special.
It all begins with a special presentation of "Rudy" at 9:00 PM ET/PT,
during which the action will cut away to host Geoff Keighley of Game Trailers
TV (http://www.gametrailers.com/) LIVE from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, to
begin the countdown to the release of "Madden NFL 09" at midnight. At 11:40
PM, ET/PT, the "Madden NFL 09 Kickoff! Live" special begins, continuing the
countdown to the game's release and featuring the sale of its first copy
courtesy of Wal-Mart(TM).
Thousands of Madden aficionados will fill the Rose Bowl to play the game
before its release at midnight, including past cover athletes and NFL
superstars Marshall Faulk, Ray Lewis, Shaun Alexander and Daunte Culpepper,
who all will give their impressions of the game to the audience at home.
Also, the namesake, John Madden, speaks about the 20th iteration of this
historic franchise and takes a look at both its past and its future.
Viewers will get an in-depth look at some of the game's new and exciting
features as Keighley meets with the game's developers at Tiburon studios for a
hands-on preview of "Madden NFL 09." He also visits the New York Giants
training camp to talk to some of the reigning Super Bowl Champions as they get
their first look at the game and their player ratings.
"Madden NFL 09 Kickoff! Live" also will feature interviews with some of
the artists involved with the game's soundtrack, which includes music from the
likes of Good Charlotte, Busta Rhymes and Rev Theory.
Spike TV is available in 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for
up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike
TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press.
.gif)
