NFL Head Coach 09

• Play Editor -- If you love NFL Head Coach and the Madden NFL football franchises, you will love the ability to build your own playbook and export them to Madden NFL 09. In the first fully featured play creator for a next generation football game, users can create new plays and use them in their playbooks. You can even create plays in-game to defend against unexpected plays from your opponent.
• Active Sideline -- Coach your team to victory with all of the excitement of game day from the sideline. NFL Head Coach 09 features a fully populated sideline where players interact, coaches coach and everyone reacts to the on-field drama. Utilize game planning and assistant coach’s input to make the decisions that will define not only the game, but your career.
• Live Events -- With the help and input of real NFL head coaches, a brand new auction like “mini-game” was created that allows you to make key decisions like free agents, trades, and hiring new assistant coaches. All of these events could involve counter offers from other teams that require instant responses or risk of losing the opportunity.
• Defining Moments -- All head coaches face defining moments throughout their coaching careers. At critical moments in the game, you will be presented with a choice that will impact your future as a head coach. If it’s 4th and goal with one second on the clock, you’ll need to make a decision. Do I kick the tying field goal or do I go for the win? The choice you make and the ultimate result has a big impact on your approval rating which affects everything from game difficulty to job security.
• Coach Clipboard -- The Coach Clipboard is a revolutionary new way to interact with a sports game. Every major event is surfaced to you and all other pertinent information is at your fingertips through the Coach Clipboard. Keep track of your score and your to-do list through the clipboard.
• Off-Season Management -- Scouting in NFL Head Coach 09 plays a major role in your year. The off-season can make or break a team’s upcoming season. The goal during scouting is to unlock as much as information as you can about each player in order to get an accurate read on his true over rating and more importantly, his potential. The NFL Draft is the offseason’s biggest event and you’ll have the chance to draft the next superstar. Draft events include dealing with your draft board, trading up or down, trading future draft picks, and trying to guess what opposing teams will do with their picks.
• Online -- NFL Head Coach 09 Gamernet allows players to create gameplay content. Users can upload any created plays to Gamernet (? Do you mean EA SPORTS™ World?])and then download, rate and view any plays they see. If you think you can match wits online with opponents, NFL Head Coach 09 will allow players to battle it out in a quick head-to-head matchup where your coaching skills are put to the test.

• Online Versus Multiplayer (2 players)
• Online Multiplayer

• Downloadable Content

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Madden NFL 09: 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PlayStation 3
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Release Region: United States

NFL Head Coach 09
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PlayStation 3
Release Date: September 3, 2008
Release Region: United States