Madden NFL 09

2008--Though the new tutorial content and adaptive difficulty features are very interesting, Madden NFL 09 will almost certainly be remembered as the year the Madden curse completely outdid itself. Fortunately, as the curse gets better and better, so does the game. And while there's no telling which innovative features and unimaginable hexes we'll see next, if the past is any indication, one curse will remain constant: everything Madden touches will turn to gold.

-Gamespot