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Madden NFL Coming To Facebook–Gamasutra

Electronic Arts has its eye on the social space in a big way, moving aggressively toward digital revenue models and buying up Playfish — and it looks like one of its next moves will see the Madden NFL franchise coming to Facebook.

“We have to make Madden more accessible,” EA Sports boss Peter Moore told Bloomberg. “You’ll see us on Facebook going forward.”

Playfish, the social game developer EA spent $300 million to acquire late last year, recently revealed it was working on a game involving one of EA’s well-known brands.

Offering its players, as Moore says, a “simpler” Madden experience will likely provide a strong entry point to the brand via the massive social network.

Playfish president and general manager Kristian Segerstrale recently said that the most successful Facebook games are those featuring a brand that spans multiple platforms.

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From classicarcadegaming.com forums:

Thanks to Richie Knucklez, Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com) continues a series of historical precedents, with the latest being the highest purse ever offered for a set of bounties at a cag event ! Happening for one day only – Saturday, September 26th – there’s over $3,500 in cash bounties, on more than 15 game titles, topped off by a ‘grand’ bounty prize of $1,000 ! As always, there might be an issue with one or two titles being included in the event, due to sale, or breakdown (heaven forbid !), but, Richie will of course do his best to make them all available. Now, here’s the list, and the bounties for each:

$100 bounties: Dig Dug, Donkey Kong Junior, Frogger (TG settings), Journey, Moon Patrol, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Phoenix, Road Runner (if available)

$250 bounties: Crossbow, Donkey Kong, Elevator Action, Marble Madness (if available), Pole Position (TG settings), Sinistar, Track & Field

$1,000 ‘grand’ bounty: Crystal Castles (more…)