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?
Comments (12)
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.
@nessisonett As if we needed further proof that people will argue vehemently when they have no idea what they're on about.
This is a cool tie-in. J-E-T-S. Jets! Jets! Jets!
I can only assume the NFL team must be a useless bunch of underachievers too
@Integrity I wouldn't call them underachievers, it's more that they just flat-out suck. 😅
@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 😁
@Integrity It's a lofty goal. 🤣
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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