The new NFL season is upon us and Madden NFL 12 is on store shelves. But Madden isn’t the only football franchise to win gamers’ hearts (and dollars). As such, we’ve put together this X-List to celebrate the best football games ever made. In order to make the cut, the games had to satisfy two criteria: They had to be based on American football (not that other sport), and had more than one series entry (no one-hit wonders).

So…are you ready for some football?

Madden NFL 12 has the potential to be the best Madden in some time.

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I’ll be frank: If your beady lil’ eyes are focused on reading these here words, you shouldn’t thank me, or your ISP of choice, for the opportunity to digest these words of wisdom – – you should thank Tecmo. Yes, Tecmo. The company that nowadays is most famous for the Xbox Ninja Gaiden games and [...]