{"id":357713,"date":"2023-01-11T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=357713"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:23:40","slug":"madden-nfl-23-electronic-arts-removing-cpr-touchdown-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/madden-nfl-23-electronic-arts-removing-cpr-touchdown-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"EA is removing Madden NFL 23 CPR touchdown celebration following Damar Hamlin incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The celebration is being removed in light of recent events<\/h2>\n<p>A touchdown celebration animation is being removed from Electronic Arts&#8217;\u00a0<em>Madden NFL 23<\/em>, in light of recent real-world events. The CPR celebration will be taken out of the game, after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field on January 2.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration in question has the scoring player lie down the ground, while their teammates run over and give fake CPR to &#8220;revive&#8221; them. EA Sports told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/ea-sports-will-remove-cpr-touchdown-celebrations-from-madden-nfl-23-after-damar-hamlin-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS Sports<\/a> that celebration will be removed from the game relatively soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EA Sports is taking steps to remove the celebration from\u00a0<em>Madden NFL 23<\/em> via an update in the coming days,&#8221; a spokesperson told CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin collapsed on the field during the Bills&#8217; game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2. He went into cardiac arrest, and personnel had to perform CPR on Hamlin.<\/p>\n<p>Damar Hamlin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/bills-safety-damar-hamlin-discharged-from-buffalo-hospital-will-continue-rehab-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since been discharged<\/a> from a hospital in Buffalo and will continue rehabilitation at home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madden 23 Official Gameplay Trailer | FieldSENSE\u2122 Deep Dive\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlU-Fjm7_oA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>On the field, off the field<\/h2>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t\u00a0<em>Madden NFL<\/em>&#8216;s first time seeing real-world events collide with in-game features. EA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/madden-nfl-22-raiders-coach-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden<\/a> from\u00a0<em>Madden NFL 22\u00a0<\/em>in 2021, following his resignation over remarks made in emails. Concussions and brain injuries have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/the-john-madden-video-game-concussion-drama-explained-1848287891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an ongoing topic<\/a> for the\u00a0<em>Madden\u00a0<\/em>series, with some games working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2011\/04\/are-concussions-a-necessary-degree-of-realism-in-madden-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address their portrayal of the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And for sports on a grander scale, world politics come into play. Electronic Arts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/ea-is-removing-russian-teams-clubs-fifa-22-nhl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed the Russian national teams<\/a> from games like\u00a0<em>FIFA\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>NHL\u00a0<\/em>in response to the invasion of Ukraine, in line with its partners at FIFA, UEFA, and the IIHF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The celebration is being removed in light of recent events A touchdown celebration animation is being removed from Electronic Arts&#8217;\u00a0Madden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":808,"featured_media":357723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1294,246,2178,22148,19140,240],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":808,"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","user_nicename":"ericvanallen"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MaddenNFL23_Catch_011123.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Van Allen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/ericvanallen\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MaddenNFL23_Catch_011123.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357784,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357713\/revisions\/357784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357713"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=357713"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=357713"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=357713"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=357713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}