Madden NFL 25 brought back franchise relocation, allowing you to keep a clubâs name and look in its new city or pick from two or three new nickname and uniform options. And yeah, some of those designs werenât so great. The gameâs fake Twitter feed would even say so.
All of the details for submitting a design can be seen here. You wonât be paid, but you will receive a design credit in the game and, of course, a copy of it on your choice of platform.
For those wondering why the game wonât simply let you make up your own name and give you a layer-editing system to make your own logo, I remind you that Madden NFL is licensed by the, well, NFL, and the NFL cares deeply about what the leagueâs logo goes on, even virtually. Iâm not sure Roger Goodell would approve my Washington Whiteskins from NCAA Footballâs Teambuilder. (However, you may move the Redskins to Oklahoma City and keep that name, a tastelessly ironic combination.)
Iâm sure EA Sportsâ designers think of this stuff, too, but licensing partners, Iâve always said, are the mothers-in-law of video gaming and can unilaterally shoot down anything that makes them uncomfortable. For a non-sports example, see Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. So hypothetical NFL team nicknames and designs have to be done in a very controlled environment, if that environment is an NFL video game.
Anyway, go for it. And if you want to redesign the Orlando Sentinelsâ logo, please, please, please make it a newspaper
Design Logos and Uniforms for the Next Madden NFL [EA Sports]
