Brett Favre Confirmed as Madden 09 Cover Model

April 25, 2008 7:36 AM

Following up on yesterday's reports, publisher Electronic Arts has publicly announced that retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will be featured on the cover of Madden NFL 09.

Set to arrive August 12, this year's iteration of the EA Tiburon-developed football franchise will hit PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP. A PC version will not be released due to the platform's "serious business challenges."

As Favre is the first retired player to be featured on a Madden cover, it is believed that his status will make him exempt from the fabled Madden curse, which is said to result in injuries or a poor seasonal performance for the game's cover athletes.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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April 25, 2008 7:42 AM

This edition of Madden will be top heavy with "Young Brett Farve" references.
- orgcaptainnemo
  
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  April 25, 2008 9:05 AM
  
  Huh? What do you mean?
  - mrseldowski
    
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    April 25, 2008 9:12 AM
    
    Brett Favre is Madden's favorite person on the planet. This is a well known fact.
    - grayscale
      
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      April 25, 2008 11:55 AM
      
      I totally forgot about that.... this is cover is porn for Madden himself. The X's and O's he's gonna draw on that oversized printout.... <shudder>