EA is ‘quickly working’ to change Washington NFL team name in Madden NFL 21 – The Verge

Digital Arts has made up our minds to tug all references to the Washington Redskins title and emblem from its upcoming Madden NFL 21 game releasing subsequent month. The pass follows the landmark decision from crew management earlier this week to alter the Redskins title and overhaul its value in response to years of protests and criticism from activists and corporate sponsors over its racist historical past. The news of EA’s plans to interchange Madden for its August 25th free up become as soon as first reported by Kotaku on Friday.

“We are chuffed to search out Washington’s decision to alter their crew title and visual identification,” an EA spokesperson confirmed to The Verge. “We are speedily working to interchange Madden NFL 21 to feature a generic Washington crew, whereas we glance forward to final note on the up-to-the-minute crew title and emblem assemble.” The replace striking off all Redskins references would possibly perchance perchance be arresting for commence, but this would possibly perchance well simply require gamers who salvage the game on a disc to set to the rating to download and install it as the game is within the “final stages of preparation sooner than transport.”

“Adjustments to the title and emblem will advance by procedure of title updates that will download automatically. The predominant changes would possibly perchance perchance be accessible to our EA Salvage admission to gamers and can simply consist of audio/commentary updates; motion graphics and presentation updates; stadium art work, environments, crowd gear and signage updates; and uniform updates,” the EA spokesperson provides. “Gamers would possibly perchance well simply proceed to search out some out of date Washington references in assorted areas of the game at commence, but we’re committed to striking off all of these from the game in extra title updates coming quickly after commence.”