Madden NFL 12 -What's new this year?

 Madden NFL 12

Also Known As: Madden 2012, Madden NFL 2012, John Madden Football 2012        

Exclusively on: Xbox 360

Genre: Sports

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Tiburon

RP for Rating Pending

Here's what you need to know about the big changes:
Release Date?
August 30. 2011

What's new ?
...a lot, actually:

•  Improvements to Gameflow
• Authentic presentation -in pre-game and during the game.
• Custom playbooks
• Improved defensive AI
• The addition of custom playbooks

New in Franchise mode

Tiburon invested some time into greatly improving things.

• Coaches Matter:Coaches have small positive and negative impact on how players perform
• Change Teams: You can change control of which teams you run in Franchise mode.
• Edit Any Player: Alter the ratings ,established veteran,created player,rookie
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• Dynamic Player Performance: Based on consistency and confidence ,player ratings fluctuate
• The Pre-Season Matters: Playing pre-season games reveals player ratings.
• Player Roles:More than 20 roles
• Free Agent Bidding Wars: Rapid-fire free agent period that takes only a few minutes to complete
• Scouting Reworked: individual workout,college season, combine, pro day.
• Draft Class Improvements: Teams draft based on their real tendencies.
• Smarter General Managers: General Managers make trades and sign free agents who fit their needs.

New in Superstar mode

Two biggest changes :

• Practices have actual value in improving your superstar
• You now earn skill points which you can spend however you like

  

The biggest gameplay change and Online Mode
EA hasn't revealed this yet.

Until we test the game there's no telling if  the new features work well .