Congratulations to EA SPORTS Community Member Ninjames on winning the exclusive Nike shoes. We had a great time tonight competing and interacting with members of the community and we are looking forward to doing it again soon. For those of you who were not able to take part in tonights chat, you can view the entire chat archive here.

Now that everyone has their hands on Madden NFL 10, we thought it'd be a good time to set up a game with the devs night. For those of you not familiar with this type of event, you will have the opportunity to play a game of Madden NFL 10 with members of the dev team along with members of the EA SPORTS Community and Live Production teams.

The event will take place on Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 5-9pm EDT on the XBOX 360 and will feature several members of our team including:

- Ian Cummings (EASPORTS IanC)- Madden NFL 10 Creative Director

- Donny Moore (EASPORTS DonnyM) - Madden NFL 10 Ratings Guru

- Ryan Ferwerda (EASPORTS RyanF) - Madden NFL 10 Development Director

- Will Kinsler (Raczilla) - EA SPORTS Community Manager

- Justin Dewiel (Dewiel) - EA SPORTS Community Manager

- Eric Gray (Emantx) - EA SPORTS Broadcast Producer

- Rob Thompson (SAMamboking) - EA SPORTS Broadcast Host

- Jason Thompson (PrimetimeSA) -  EA SPORTS Broadcast Host

*Please note that each team member's gamertag is noted in parenthesis above. 

During the event, we will be holding a live chat where members of the EA SPORTS Community and Madden NFL 10 dev teams will be interacting with the community. For more details on the chat and to sign up for an email reminder, click here.

While we'd like to play a game against everyone, we realize that we are only going to play against some of you during the event so we are encouraging everyone to play games against each other and upload the highlights to www.easports.com for the rest of the community to see. We will be creating a thread in the Madden NFL forums around the event for everyone to interact as well. On our end, we plan on recording and posting a few of the games we play on the site along with a recap article so that everyone can take part in the event. This is your chance to be the first EA SPORTS Community member to beat an EA SPORTS employee in Madden NFL 10. Don't miss out!

That's not all! On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 5pm EDT, we will open this thread up for player ratings discussion with Ratings Czar Donny Moore. We are looking for you to make ONE POST and one post only letting Donny know about the ONE PLAYER you feel should get a ratings increase in Madden NFL 10. Make sure you bring some facts to back up your argument, and keep it clean.

Did I mention that Donny is going to pick out the best post and the winner will get these shoes?

Good luck and make sure you are online and ready to go on Thursday August 27, 2009 at 5pm EDT. For those of you planning on participating, let us know and if you have any questions, feel free to post them in the Madden NFL forums or on www.easports.com.

The NCAA Football 10 Community Playdate is now underway and the community and EA SPORTS participants have been trading wins back and forth so far.  The community is holding their own, having won half the early games that have been played.  Take a look at a couple of recaps from our EA SPORTS participants.

Justin Dewiel recaps the rough loss he has in his first game.

Eric Gray reacts to his late game winning drive.

Follow us on Twitter where we're posting all night and keep an eye out for more updates, including gameplay videos from some of the games the NCAA Football 10 dev team is playing.

Now that NCAA Football 10 is in stores, we thought it'd be a good time to set up a game with the devs night. For those of you not familiar with this type of event, you will have the opportunity to play a game of NCAA Football 10 with members of the dev team along with members of the EA SPORTS Community and Live Production teams.

The event will take place on Thursday, July 23, 2009 from 5-9pm EDT on the XBOX 360 and will feature several members of our team including:

- Russ Kiniry (EASPORTS RussK) - NCAA Football 10 Designer

- Ben Haumiller (EASPORTS BenH) - NCAA Football 10 Designer

- Larry Richart (EASPORTS LarryR) - NCAA Football 10 Associate Designer

- Greg Heddlesten (EASPORTS GregH) - NCAA Football 10 Associate Designer

- Mike Scantlebury (EASPORTS MikeS) - NCAA Football 10 Assistant Producer

- Will Kinsler (Raczilla) - EA SPORTS Community Manager

- Justin Dewiel (Dewiel) - EA SPORTS Community Manager

- Eric Gray (Emantx) - EA SPORTS Broadcast Producer

- Rob Thompson (SAMamboking) - EA SPORTS Broadcast Host

- Jason Thompson (PrimetimeSA) - EA SPORTS Broadcast Host

*Please note that each team member's gamertag is noted in parenthesis above.

While we'd like to play a game against everyone, we realize that we are only going to play against some of you during the event so we are encouraging everyone to play games against each other and upload the highlights to beta.easports.com for the rest of the community to see. We will be creating a thread in the NCAA Football forums around the event for everyone to interact as well. On our end, we plan on recording and posting a few of the games we play on the site along with a recap article so that everyone can take part in the event. This is your chance to be the first EA SPORTS Community member to beat an EA SPORTS employee in NCAA Football 10. Don't miss out!

Good luck and make sure you are online and ready to go on Thursday July 23, 2009 at 5pm EDT. For those of you planning on participating, let us know and if you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments section below as well!