Madden NFL 18 gameplay should arrive this week

With less than a month untilMadden NFL 18debuts early on EA Access, fans are understandably worried that we have still yet to see gameplay for the latest installment in EA’s annual football franchise. Well, thatcould be changing this week.

EA Sports Madden Creative Director Rex Dickson has reaffirmed that fans should expect to see Madden 18 gameplay sometime this week as the company kicks off its marketing campaign for the game.

Sometime next week. Not sure when.

— Rex Dickson (@RexDEAFootball) July 14, 2017

The reason for the delay in gameplay footage, according to Dickson, is that EA chose to instead focus on Longshot for its early marketing. Seeing as how Longshot is Madden NFL’s first-ever cinematic and playable story mode — in the same vein as FIFA 17’s Journey mode — it’s understandable why EA would choose to lead with this.

Rest assured, according to Dickson, Longshot is the onlyreason we have yet to see gameplay.

This has nothing to do with gameplay. Leading with Longshot is the only reason you haven’t seen gameplay.

— Rex Dickson (@RexDEAFootball) July 17, 2017

In any case, the blog posts are written and pending approval, and should all go well, we should see Madden NFL 18 gameplay this week.

Not sure about the schedule. The blogs are already written and pending approvals. Should start this week.

— Rex Dickson (@RexDEAFootball) July 17, 2017