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MADDEN NFL 13 CONTENTS ® 1 Madden NFL 13 KINECT 2 WHat’S NEW In Madden NFL 13 2 WHat’S NEW In Madden NFL 13 16 XBOX LIVE Use Kinect voice commands to command your team at the line of scrimmage. 3 COMPLete ControLS 3 COMPLete ControLS 17 ONLIne GAME Modes 8 User Interface 18 COMMUNITIes SocIAL IntegratIon 8 User Interface Link your profile to Facebook® and Twitter™ for a truly social Madden experience. Post 9 Pause Menu 9 PausE Menu 19 ULTIMate TeaM the score from your latest game and stay connected within the Madden Universe! To 10 Career 10 CareER 23 GRIDIron CLUB remove the association of your Facebook account with Madden NFL 13, log in to your account at Facebook.com, go to Privacy Settings, and remove the Madden NFL 13 app. 14 KInect 14 KInect 24 MY MaddeN 16 GAME Face 16 GAME Face GRIDIron CLUB 16 XBOX LIVE Get all the latest Madden features in one place, including Madden Moments Live, Pro 17 ONLIne GAME Modes Game Tip Videos, updated rosters that match the real NFL Season, NFL.com Fantasy WHAT’S NEW Football, and Loyalty Awards! 18 COMMUNITIes IN MADDEN NFL 13 19 ULTIMate TeaM 23 GRIDIron CLUB CONNECTED CAREEERS COMPLETE CONTROLS 24 MY Madden You’ve never played a career mode like this. Connected Careers gives you an unprecedented level of control over your career as a coach or a player. Get ready for the deepest Madden NFL experience ever. PLAY CALLING GAMEFLOW GAME Face GameFlow allows players to pick plays like a true NFL coach. By matching plays to You’ve played the game, now get in the game. Take a digital photo of your face and situational game plans, plays can be tailor-picked automatically for each down. In the use it as your created player’s profile photo! Visit www.easports.com/gameface to get game settings screen you can choose a playcall style: GameFlow or Conventional. started now! You can even change your GameFlow to be heavy on run plays, heavy on pass plays, or balanced between the two. On defense, you can be conservative, aggressive, NEW PassIng EngIne or balanced. Lead receivers and put the ball exactly where it needs to be with the revamped and updated Total Control Passing mechanic. ConVentIonaL You may also choose to call plays in the traditional Madden NFL manner, or switch back PLAY-ACTION ABort and forth between the two Play Calling styles. For the first time ever, you can abort out of a play action animation in the face of a blitz, allowing your QB to throw a quick pass. NEW User CatcH FuncTIonaLITY Madden NFL 13 makes it easier than ever to click on the receiver and make a play on the ball. Press B with the ball in the air to switch to the intended receiver and get in a better position to make the catch. PRIMA® PRO TIP Hold Y rather than just tapping it to give yourself a longer catch window. 2 3 Offense THE BALL CARRIER Stiff arm A PRE-PLAY OFFENSE Spin B Motion player L Showboat B (hold when running inside the Snap ball A opponent’s 10 yard line on a Switch player B breakaway touchdown) Flip play X + ^ Jump/hurdle Y Call audible X Dive/QB slide X (tap to slide/hold to dive) Fake snap z Protect ball z Show play art ^ Pitch ball y Pre-play menu h Juke J/F Switch direction of run play J/F Truck D Quiet crowd H Fake pitch H Hot route m Sprint (when auto sprint is turned off) ^ Offensive line shift q HurrY UP Offense THE PASSER You can call a no huddle offense at the conclusion of the previous play by holding Y. This rushes everyone to the line to repeat the previous play. Holding B after the play Throw the ball X/A/B/Y/z (tap button for lob pass/ rushes everyone to the line to spike the ball and stop the game clock. hold button for a bullet) Total Control Passing L in any direction + X/A/B/Y/z HoW to Hot RoutE Pump fake y Press m to bring up the receiver buttons, and then press the corresponding receiver button and move C or press in the appropriate direction using the on-screen callouts. Pump fake to specific receiver y + X/A/B/Y/z Play Action Abort ^ QUICK LINKS Throw ball away h Enabling Quick Links turns the Strategy Pad off and allows you to make pre-play adjustments without using . Quick Links are turned off by default, so you must QB scramble ^ + C manually enable them. (behind the line of scrimmage) QB avoidance (when in the pocket) C HoW to Use MoTIon Press B to highlight an eligible player, and then move L or press s/o to send that THE RECEIVER player in motion. Switch to receiver B NEW Catch ball Y (hold) Faded ReceIVER Icons The receiver icons appear faded for the first few moments of the receiver’s route. This X (hold) Dive for ball indicates the awareness of the receiver. The receiver won’t be looking to catch the ball Make sharp cuts (only in CC and OTP) C within the first five yards of a long streak pattern, for example. Wait for the icon to be fully lit before attempting to pass to be sure that your receiver is actually ready to receive the pass. HoW to Use LIne SHIfts Press h and bring up the Pre-Play menu, and then press s/o to open the menu to shift your defensive line or linebackers. 4 5 BLUFFING PLAY CALL PRE-PLAY DEFENSE To bluff your playcalling during multiplayer games, hold the button that corresponds to Choose a player to control B/A (tap to change players one by one the play you wish to select. This secretly selects the appropriate play. Continue holding or hold and move L/press to scroll the button while scrolling to other plays in order to bluff your opponent, and then exit through defenders) the playcalling screen by releasing the button. Defensive adjustments w HoW to FLIP PLAYS Show play art ^ To flip a play, press X and then pull ^. Show/hide pre-play menu h Pump up crowd D HoW to CALL an AudIBLE Line shifts s Press X and then the button that corresponds to the audible you wish to call. See more audibles by pressing X again and selecting an audible with A. Linebacker shifts o Hot Route q Defense Coverage audible m AGAINST thE BALL CARRIER HoW to AudIBLE COVerage Defensive Assist A Calling a coverage audible allows you to adjust specific aspects of your coverage at the Switch player B line of scrimmage. After calling a coverage audible, put your defensive backs into press or Dive X loose coverage, show blitz, or shift your safeties. Strip ball y BALL HAWK Strafe w Ball Hawk is the most effective way to attempt manually to intercept or swat the ball Hit Stick C away from the intended receiver. After the pass has been thrown, simply click on the defensive player and hold Y for an aggressive attempt at an interception, or hold z AGAINST thE RECEIVER to try for a swat. Be warned, your defensive player is risking it by taking the most aggressive path to the ball in the air. If you’re late getting to the spot and the receiver A (hold before the snap and throughout Defensive Assist comes away with the catch, he may have an open field in front of him! the play) Switch player B HoW to Use DefensIVE HoT Routes Hands up/bat ball Y Defensive Hot Routes are great for making coverage decisions with pinpoint accuracy. You can give individual players direction on the fly, instructing them to move to a RUSHING thE PASSER hook or flat zone, blitz, curl to flat, go into deep zone, switch to man coverage, or Swim move J/F QB spy/contain. Bull Rush H SpecIAL TeaMS ON THE KIckIng TeaM Move H to start filling the kick meter. Move D while the indicator is at the top of the gauge for maximum power. To achieve the perfect kick, make sure that C remains centered while performing the motion. ON THE Return TeaM The receiving team can call for a fair catch by pressing Y when the kick is in the air, meaning that the line of scrimmage is at the point where the receiver catches the incoming ball. If a fair catch is not signaled, than players proceed as normal. SupersIM Supersim allows you to simulate any part of the current matchup at any time. This option is available from the Pause Menu or from the Playcall screen. You may cancel Supersim at anytime. In addition, you can watch the CPU play out the down by selecting WATCH PLAY. 6 7 USER INTERFACE PAUSE MENU MaIN Menu ResuME GAME Return to the game. HoME The home screen is a grid of quick links to all the different areas of Madden NFL 13. Anything from Play Now, to Connected Careers, to Madden Moments Live can all easily CoacHIng OptIons be accessed from here. Always be on the lookout for the dynamic messaging tiles on the The Coaching Options menu allows you to adjust the depth chart, set audibles, visit the right for the most up-to-date news and information. Medical Center, or change defensive assignments. PLAY NOW GAME Recap Take part in an exhibition game.