In real life, Antonio Gates is having an amazing late-career resurgence. Sportswriters are calling him the second-best tight end of all time, right behind Tony Gonzalez. But in Madden '15, the newest version of EA's NFL video game, he's just a few years (or maybe just a few hits) away from death. Players of the super-popular game can now track a player's physical condition through constantly updated real-life injury reports, cross-indexed with bone-crunch databases based on gameplay. "Here at EA, we strive to present the most realistic virtual football game possible," says Head of Marketing Elias Atherton. "This just seemed like the obvious next step."
In real life, Antonio Gates is having an amazing late-career resurgence. Sportswriters are calling him the second-best tight end of all time, right behind Tony Gonzalez. But in Madden '15, the newest version of EA's NFL video game, he's just a few years (or maybe just a few hits) away from death. Players of the super-popular game can now track a player's physical condition through constantly updated real-life injury reports, cross-indexed with bone-crunch databases based on gameplay. "Here at EA, we strive to present the most realistic virtual football game possible," says Head of Marketing Elias Atherton. "This just seemed like the obvious next step."
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