"Madden NFL 23" is set to be an ode to John Madden from Devon's blog

It's not the last time. "Madden NFL 23" is set to be an ode to John Madden himself. It had to be. The legendary coach and broadcaster was so influential in football that he redesigned video games for eternity with his name Mut 23 coins, and his experience to a franchise that is now one of the most popular franchises in the business and has created generations of new football fans in the process.

On the 1st of June, Styles was on hand at EA's headquarters in Redwood, California for the launch of "Madden NFL 23." Alongside EA staff members and members of Madden's family The event included a tour of the campus, the dedication to a football field that measures 50 yards named after Madden at the center of it and an update on a $5 million initiative to raise money for charity that the publisher has launched in the coach's honour, and finally, the unveiling of the front cover Styles had been developing for.

"They wanted me to make an address at the end of all the speakers," Styles, who joked about "strategically" wearing his throwback Randall Cunningham jersey for the occasion, said. "I'm in a state of 'What's that? I'm just the artist! Why am I chasing Mike Madden (John's son )?'"

But he believed his words were true in the end of the way John Madden was about bringing people together , and it was how Madden games and football in the suburbs just outside of West Philly did that for Styles and his brothers when they were kids.

And the cover he pulled the curtain down struck a much stronger chord: Full artwork by Styles depicting a young Madden playing through a silver and gold frame as the arrows fly around him create plays from drawn-out Xs and Os as well as a touching call-back for the original "John Madden Football" cover that was released in 1988 buy madden nfl 23 coins. It is capped with a note just to his right that says "Thanks Coach."