This weekend the Atlanta Falcons and New York Jets will descend on London for a seasonal match-up that will put one of the two teams on at least two wins – although, given the state of these franchises, we wouldn’t be surprised if they both found a way to lose. The game – the first of a two-part series – will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, home to Harry Kane when he’s not pining for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
To mark the occasion, EA Sports has rolled out a pretty big update for Madden NFL 22, which adds in the London-based stadium – you can already select Wembley from previous releases – and a bunch of kits inspired by the soccer team. The publisher’s also running a European exclusive 30 per cent discount on the game, and has erected a mural outside of the stadium to advertise it.
Here’s how the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looks, with quarterback geriatric Matt Ryan strutting out for his warm ups:
You’ll also get some helmets for your avatar with the Spurs logo on them, and if you play the street football-inspired side-mode The Yard, you can unlock some additional kits:
How many of you are heading to the game this weekend? This author will be there, although rocking up in Giants attire may be a touch risky giving the teams on the field. Perhaps an Arsenal jersey will suffice?
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Seeing you talk about Spurs in the context of American sports makes me remember the time on NLife when Americans were insisting that Celtic were a basketball team, not a football team. Technically you could get Spurs and the San Antonio Spurs mixed up if you were sufficiently silly as well.
@nessisonett That sounds like vintage Nintendo Life content.
I can only assume the NFL team must be a useless bunch of underachievers too
@Iver ahhh 😊 so they aspire to reaching the giddy height of being considered as underachievers. It's good to have a target to aim for 😁
As an arsenal fan that would be great if you can show up in an arsenal shirt lmao
I know the weather doesn't help, but man, certain corners of London look absolutely miserable.
@Octane the area surrounding Tottenhan's stadium is a grey mass of grubby take-aways and rows of council-type housing. Been to the new stadium a couple of times. Their new big stand is very impressive, as are the many bars that dispense beer in seconds.
Would have loved to see the Jets play but I can't justify the pricetag. Never mind that I wouldn't want to be caught dead in London.
The Venn diagram overlap of American Football fans and Spurs can't be especially massive, so I don't understand why Tiburon would add this to the game - apart from the usual dearth of creativity on their side leading to this kind of nonsense, of course. At least the stadium itself represents a nice addition, butI'd prefer if they invested some time in making Trophies in '22 (and earlier games) unlock properly.
“Lads, it’s Spurs!”
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