Madden 08 brings back some features for its online play for example, there is the return of Season Mode and tournaments held online.
Features of the new animation system include mid-air collisions, big-time, one-handed catches, hurdles, sideline catches and gang tackling. Players are no longer locked into animations but are now controlled more by the player. A new branching animation system allows dynamic gameplay for the first time in the franchise. Madden 08 runs at 60 frames per second on the Xbox 360, and 30 frames per second on the PlayStation 3. It is also the last game in the series to include all 6 NFL Europa teams, as the league folded after its 2007 season. Madden NFL 08 has sold 4.5 million copies. By December 31, 2015, the Xbox 360 version had sold 1,169,587 copies in the United States. A Spanish-language version of the game was released on Decemfor the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 platforms, featuring ESPN Deportes announcer Álvaro Martín. After the August 14 release date came and went without a Mac release, however, EA said it would be delayed until September or October 2007. had announced in June 2007 that a version for Mac OS X would be released at the same time as the other versions.
