EA Sports Uses Photo of the Wrong Player in Madden 13 Video Game

The sports division of Electronic Arts (EA Sports) prides itself in having an "incredibly realistic and authentic" game experience, offering every detail of the NFL they can cram into their immensely popular Madden NFL franchise. That attention to detail seems to have been missed in at least one instance in this year's version of the game.

While the usual flaws of the game tend to be glitches in announcer commentary or game physics from year to year, reviews of this year's version of Madden have been pretty positive. I haven't had the opportunity to check out this year's game yet, but the new physics engine and commentary from the CBS Sports crew are apparently major upgrades.

With all of the accolades being given in reviews, one New York Giants player is less than thrilled with this year's Madden game. Marcus Thomas, a defensive tackle for the Giants took to Twitter to express his disgust with EA Sports after they used a photo of a different Marcus Thomas - one that has been out of the NFL for three years.

Here is Thomas's profile as it appears in the game. The team in player information is correct, but the photo is obviously that of the other Thomas (see below).

Here is a side-by-side photo of both Marcus Thomases. The one on the left is the defensive tackle currently playing for the Giants (the one making the fuss). The one on the right is Marcus Thomas, the running back that is no longer in the NFL.

As the story goes, it is suspected that somebody at EA Sports got the image files mixed up due to the shared name and common team. After (defensive tackle) Thomas's rant on Twitter, his voice was heard by EA Sports. They are promising a fix in an upcoming update for the game.

[NFL.com]