Madden NFL 13 new features - preview of audio, gameplay and presentation

Yeah, yeah, we know what you're thinking. Another year, another Madden. Just another roster update plus a few bells and whistles listed on the back of the box while EA Sports kicks back and counts their money.

You're wrong.

However Madden NFL 13 turns out, it's undergoing a radical redesign everywhere – audio, gameplay, presentation, and more. As we've chronicled here, here, and here, EA Sports' Tiburon Studios are going all in this year, and are being loud and clear about it.

"The big target for Madden 13 is innovation," audio designer Matt Bialosuknia told us when we visited Tiburon for a hands-on preview. "A really high-end, elite broadcast presentation is what we're doing this year."

"This is the most excited I've ever been with what we're doing with gameplay," designer Larry Richart echoed. "The amount of changes we've made is the most in this console generation."

So with that in mind – knowing more announcements are coming at E3 - here are the improvements we're the most excited about so far.