Madden NFL 16 Title Update 2 Patches Gameplay, Connected Franchise, and More

EA Sports has released the second major update for Madden NFL 16, promising some big improvements for the game that fix a number of issues players have encountered. Madden NFL 16 Title Update 2 will be hitting PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One today, with changes for gameplay, Connected Franchise, Madden Ultimate Team, and more. The full changes are below:

GAMEPLAY

• Addressed issue where if a team called a time out on the safety punt, they would then be able to kick a regular kickoff
• Addressed issue where sometimes a defender would have a poor pursuit angle toward the ball carrier if the ball carrier was breaking a tackle during a catch
• Addressed issue where sometimes defensive linemen would freeze for the remainder of the play after being knocked to the ground
• Addressed issue where the defense would not adjust alignment if the CPU controlled offensive team enacted a concept audible
• Updated Individual Coverage adjustments to not only affect the pre-snap shading but also the post play leverage technique
• Addressed issue where adjusting the ZONE shading would have an effect on the defenders drop location instead of just the leverage technique
• Addressed issue where cancelling a PA Fake would allow for a 1-step drop on certain plays
• Addressed issue where the game clock would be restarted of a declined penalty after an incomplete pass
• Addressed issue where safeties in Cover 4 Deep assignments were reacting to run too quickly

CONNECTED FRANCHISE

• Addressed issue where defensive holding slider would reset when exiting the screen
• Addressed issue where accelerated clock would not work in H2H CFM games
• Addressed issue where visual feedback settings were pulling from the user’s profile instead of league settings
• Addressed issue where some settings would carry back to the FE after playing a CFM game
• Addressed issue where the CPU would retain an empty roster spot when simming to the regular season when there is a player on Injured Reserve (note: changes aren’t reflected until after your current season is finished)
• Addressed issue where the user could not sort player while in the Fantasy draft board
• Removed Kick Return as a scoutable trait (note: changes won’t be reflected until after your current season is finished)
• CFM Trade tuning
• Addressed issue in CFM H2H where uniforms would change back to default home/away even after changing them in the team select screen
• Addressed a rare issue that caused some Franchise files to be corrupted, preventing players from accessing their CFM (note: thiswon’t repair already corrupted files, and only prevents future occurrences)

MADDEN ULTIMATE TEAM

• MUT Play a Friend quarter length boosted to four minutes from two minutes
• In MUT H2H Seasons and Draft Champions H2H Draft, terminating the game during the load screen will give the quitter a loss and the opponent a win. In MUT, Contracts will still be removed.

OTHER

• Play Now games were using regular season overtime rules rather than playoff overtime rules (removed possibility for ties)
• Addressed issue in online games where the defensive timer would run out during a pause causing the game to auto pick the defensive play
• Addressed over 100 general bug and stability issues