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MaddenMobile said it, FrostBite was developed by EA through one of their subsidiaries. Same way that we say “EA”, but it really their subsidiary Tiburon in Orlando that makes the game.

Why doesn’t Madden have a unique Madden only engine? Way to expensive and not at all cost effective to have a game engine exclusive to a single title.

The engine is part of the problem, but the majority of it is because this game is literally built off code that’s 10+ years old at this point and has been patched, band-aided, strung together with elmers glue. They can’t tweak anything without wild repercussions like the fall forward glitch, or receivers dropping all open passes. They need to build the game from scratch, but we all know they won’t until competition enters the market.