EA has posted another blog post detailing the presentation improvements with Madden 17, and this time they’re talking about how equipment is being updated. Not only is there a lot of new gear, but lots of equipment will be seeing updates as well.
You can check out a list of the equipment changes coming to Madden 17 below.
New Helmets:
- Riddell Speed Flex
- Schutt Vengeance
- Rawlings Tachyon
Updated Helmets:
- Air XP
- Rawlings NRG
- Riddell RevoSpeed
- Xenith
FACEMASKS
New Facemasks:
- Speed Flex 2 Bar
- Speed Flex Robot
- Speed Flex Robot RB
- Speed Flex 3 Bar RB
- Speed Flex 3 Bar LB
- Speed Flex Fullcage
- Vengeance 2 Bar
- Vengeance Robot
- Vengeance Robot RB
- Vengeance 3 Bar RB
- Vengeance Fullcage
- Revospeed Cage
- Revospeed Grid
- Riddell 360 Robot
- Riddell 360 Robot 2
- Riddell 360 3 Bar LB
- Riddell 360 Fullcage
- Standard Halfcage 2
Updated Facemasks:
- Standard 3 Bar RB
- Standard 3 Bar RB Single
- Standard 3 Bar RB Jagged
- Standard Bull RB
- Standard Fullcage
- Standard Fullcage 2
- Revo 3 Bar
- Revo 3 Bar RB
- Revo Robot
- Revo Robot 2
- Revo Fullcage
- Revo Fullcage 2
- Revospeed Fullcage 2
- Xenith 2 Bar
- Xenith Robot
- Xenith Robot RB
- Xenith 3 Bar RB
- Xenith Fullcage
GLOVES
New Gloves:
- Nike HyperBeast
- Nike Vapor Jet
- Nike Vapor Jet Knit
- Nike SuperBad
- Under Armour Swarm
- Under Armour F5
- Adidas 5 Star 5.0
CLEATS
- Nike Vapor Untouchable
- Nike Vapor Untouchable 2
- Nike Lunar Beast
- Nike Zoom Code Elite
- Nike Alpha Pro 2 ¾ TD
- Nike Vapor Carbon Elite TD
- Under Armour Spotlight
- Under Armour Brawler
- Under Armour Highlight
- Under Armour Player Exclusive
- Player Exclusive Retro
- Adidas Freak X Kevlar
- Adidas AdiZero 5 Star
In addition to new helmets, facemasks, gloves and cleats, there are also some new accessories to help separate players and make them look more like the real thing.
- One-Arm Sleeves – These will be set on each player that wears this style via the default roster so the players in Madden will match their real-world counterparts; these sleeves can also be customized when editing and creating players.
- Updated Wrist-Tape Options – Black, Team Primary Color and Team Secondary Colored Wrist-Tape
- Updated the Ankle-Tape options and re-named them to ‘Half-Spat’ and ‘Full-Spat’
- All the new sleeves, gloves and shoes are set-up for color-swapping to match each team’s primary and secondary colors, as well as black and white.
But it’s not just player gear that’s getting an update, with the improved focus on coaches this year, Madden 17 will also add a number of new pieces of gear for your coaches.
- Nike Drifit Touch Fleece Full-Zip
- Nike Elite Coach HZ Sweatshirt
- Nike Elite Coach Polo
- Nike Elite Coach HZ Full-Zip Hoodie
- Nike Elite Hybrid Jacket
- Nike Lockdown Jacket
- Nike NFL ‘Property Of’ Circuit Crew
- Nike NFL ‘Property Of’ Circuit Pant
- Nike Performance Practice Hoodie
- Nike Modern Crew
- Nike Hooded Sweatshirt
- Nike Free Trainer 5V6 Shoe
What do you think about the new equipment? Let us know in the comments below or on social media, and as always, stay tuned to SGO for more Madden 17 news.