In just over a month since the launch of the EA SPORTS Game Changers program, we've received an unbelievable amount of applications from the community, and we thank you for your interest in making the EA SPORTS Community the best that it can be. Today we'd like to announce that 7 more community members have been added to the EA SPORTS Game Changers group, bringing the total number to 16.

While these guys are new to the EA SPORTS Game Changers program, they are long time members of the community that many of you already know. Here are their bios:

Raymond Goode aka Shopmaster is an avid gamer and a Madden Addict in every sense of the word. Shopmaster has been involved and active in the online community since 2003 and runs MyMaddenPad.com; a community dedicated to all Madden Ballers. He is also the Commissioner of a very unique league called Madden Wars (maddenwars.com) and has been running multiple seasons since 2003. You may have seen Shopmaster on Madden Nation Season 1. Shopmaster is a SIM baller by nature but understands the mindset of tourney ballers. You can keep up with Shopmaster on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Shopmaster

Dave Schultz is a life-long gamer and has been playing sports titles on Nintendo systems since 1988 (NES Ice Hockey anyone?). His main focus for the past few years, however, has been on the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series for the Wii. Dave began playing TW in 2008, and began writing about it in 2009, when online play was introduced and the community began to grow. He is a founding member of the WiiGA online league, where he currently serves as admin, and he is an active member of the EA TW forums, where he serves as moderator. Dave also owns the TW help site http://tigerwoodspgatour.com where he and some of the game's very best write help articles and post video tutorials to help out new and experienced Wii players with their games. You can find Dave playing online and on the forums under the name NoChinDeluxe, and you can feel free to send him messages with questions or comments at nochindeluxe@tigerwoodspgatour.com.

Steve Boraske is a huge hockey, football, and baseball fan who has been playing sports video games for as long as he can remember. His favorite EA SPORTS series is NHL, where he mostly plays versus as his Philadelphia Flyers and OTP with friends from home; however, he is also an active member of a Madden NFL 10 online franchise (Eagles), and likes playing FIFA 10 (Chelsea) against his school buddies as well. When he's not guiding his virtual teams on the ice, field, or pitch, Steve can be seen frequently on the EA SPORTS forums, where he serves as a moderator under the tag "LuGer33," and primarily works on the NHL, Madden, and EA SPORTS MMA message boards. Steve has also played ice hockey as a goalie for over a decade, most recently for his university club team at the ACHA Division II level. Contact him on Twitter (@LuGer33) or on the forums if you ever want to chat.

Tim Scott is a longtime gamer and self-confessed Tiger Woods golf fanatic. He has played EA Golf games since PGA TOUR Golf for the Sega Genesis. Tim has participated in at least 11 EA Sports beta tests including PGA TOUR Gold, TW99 through TW Online. Tim was the winner of the October 1999 EA Sports Internet TOUR in Las Vegas taking home $10,000. He has been a TW Forum Moderator since TW 2000 for PC. Beginning with the 2002 version of TW for PC, he was contracted by EA SPORTS to deliver website previews of upcoming TW games as well as deliver digital photography and videography from 6 of the courses that have appeared in all versions of TW PGA TOUR. Tim also conducted competitive analyses of other games for EA's Tiger Dev Teams for TW2002/2003. Tim has attended 3 Tiger Woods Community Day events at Tiburon Studios in Florida as well as a number of special events at EA Redwood Shores in the past.

Justin Patel is a well-known gamer amongst the Tiger Woods PGA Tour community on the PS3. Under the gamertag HANDSWARD, Justin has won many online events including prize events sponsored by Taylor Made, EA Sports, Upper Deck, ***'s Sporting Goods, and The Golf Channel. He has also attended a Tiger Woods Community Day event Tiburon Studios in Orlando, FL. He has always tried to help people improve their game. If you need any help with the game just message HANDSWARD on the EA Forums.

Michael Amspaugh is a 20 year old student at Ball State University. He has been playing the Tiger Woods series since 2003 and has been playing it online since 2005.  Michael has been a member of numerous leagues over the years and is currently a tournament director for the Tiger Woods golf series at The Games Village.  He has been found on the Live Tournament leaderboards almost every day of the week and also has around 2,000 online peer to peer games completed in 2010.   Michael has also attended the Tiger Woods Community Day at EA Tiburon for the Tiger Woods 2011 video game.  Michael loves contributing to the online community and giving tips and tricks to those who are in need.  You can add him on his PSN ID: cccgolfer08 or even follow him on his new twitter account @cccgolfer08

Brian "MOMOwheeler" Wilcox is a life-long gaming enthusiast and an advocate for friendly and ethical online gaming.  In 2003 he launched one of the first and most widely recognized forum communities dedicated to the Tiger Woods series, The Games Village.  In the years that followed Brian has made a huge splash in the Tiger Woods gaming community by hosting hundreds of online tournaments, has also appeared on G4TV, and was most recently a participant in the 2010 EA SPORTS Community Days for the Tiger Woods franchise.  Apart from his roll as an online gaming ambassador, Brian spends his days as an Operations & Applications Engineer and his nights playing Disc Golf and APA Pool.  Swing by The Games Village and give him a shout; whether it be for gaming advice, searching out a tournament, or just to say HI, the MOMOwheeler is always eager to chat it up with fellow ethical and friendly online gaming fanatics.

We also what to emphasize to those of you who applied and did not make it this time to continue to do what you've been doing in the community, and stay in constant contact with us. Continue to send us examples of the work that you are doing in the community to gamechangers@ea.com and make sure that we are aware of why you are an asset to the community. The EA SPORTS Game Changers program is going to continue to grow, so there will be numerous opportunities over the coming months to become a Game Changer. As a reminder, here's what you need to do to apply:

For those of you who are interested in becoming an EA SPORTS Game Changer, send your responses to the following questions along with your name in the community to gamechangers@ea.com for immediate consideration.

1.      Why do you want to be an EA SPORTS Game Changer?

2.      What would the EA SPORTS Game Changers program gain from having you as a member?

3.      What would the EA SPORTS Community gain from having you as a member of the EA SPORTS Game Changers program?

4.      What EA SPORTS games do you currently play?

5.      Is there anything else that you'd like us to consider when reviewing your application?

Thanks again to everyone who has applied, and congratulations to the newest EA SPORTS Game Changers.

EA SPORTS Game Changers Program Mission Statement

The Game Changer Award recognizes exceptional community leaders from around the world who use their knowledge of EA SPORTS games to improve the experience and overall growth of the EA SPORTS Community.

Game Changers are independent community members who are offered a close connection with people at EA SPORTS. To acknowledge Game Changers' leadership and provide a platform to help support their efforts, EA SPORTS often gives Game Changers early access to EA SPORTS games, as well as the opportunity to pass on their highly targeted feedback and recommendations about product design, development, and support.

EA SPORTS Game Changers Bios

In preparation for the official launch of the EA SPORTS Game Changers' program, we selected 9 members from the EA SPORTS Community for the initial group of EA SPORTS Game Changers.

Anton Bland is one of the most active members of the EA SPORTS Community. Anton competes weekly in Local and National Madden tournaments, and has won more than his fair share of the events that he has participated in. Anton also serves as a Moderator on the EA SPORTS forums and can be found under his forum name Anton B. For those of you on Twitter, you can follow and interact with Anton under his Twitter name: @Anton32

Jake Stein is a 25 year old from Tampa, Fl. He is a relatively new member to the EA SPORTS Community but has quickly become one of the most active members with his interaction on Twitter. Jake enjoys playing Madden mostly online and can normally be found on the top 100 leaderboards. He also has visited Tiburon in person many times providing feedback and ideas in playtest of new games or features before they are released to the public. If you would like to follow Jake on twitter, he is @Jstein2469.

Kevin Harley is one of the most active members of the EA SPORTS Community. Kevin runs The Sports Game Guy with Damon Peterson. Kevin also serves as a Moderator on the EA SPORTS forums and can be found under his forum name Kev5890. For those of you on Twitter, you can follow and interact with Kevin under his Twitter name: @Kev5890

Fred Parrow is a longtime gamer and self-confessed Tiger Woods golf fanatic. His daily appetite for video golf has helped him win many online tournaments including qualification for the Gillette Champions of Gaming. Fred has also attended Tiger Woods Community Day events at Tiburon Studios in Florida. When not golfing he serves as a moderator for the EA SPORTS forums under the name Oblong. He loves to hear your gaming thoughts and help those in need so come visit the Tiger Woods forums and say "hi" or follow him on Twitter: @xOblongx

Chris Jacobs is an active participant in the gaming community. An admin at ncaaStrategies.com, he is also a member of numerous gaming websites under his screen name 'cdj.' A huge college sports fan, he spends a lot of time playing NCAA Football and NCAA Basketball, but also enjoys all types of video games. To keep up with cdj, follow him at twitter.com/ncaaStrategies

Jeremy Bennett has been a sports gamer nearly all of his life starting with 10 Yard Fight in the arcades up to being actively involved with nearly all of the EA Sports titles this year. He is the owner and administrator for the Back Nine Blog, the blog dedicated to Tiger gaming, and he is also a contributor for ncaaStrategies. He has been involved directly with EA Sports for almost a year now with his participation in the 2009 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and NCAA Football 10 community days, along with being a moderator for the EA Sports Forums. You can follow Jeremy on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/JBHuskers.

Damon Peterson is a veteran of the sports gaming community. He loves any sport in the virtual world and also the real thing. He has been active in the online community for many years and currently works on TheSportsGameGuy bringing up to date sports gaming news and thoughts to the community. Along with being involved with the active EA community Damon has also been awarded an Xbox MVP award the last three years and you can find him with the Gamertag MPDamon. Follow Damon on Twitter MPDamon

Joseph Akinbode is a long time member of the EA SPORTS Community and serves as a moderator on the EA Forums under his forum name Joborule. As a football and hockey fan, Joseph spends much of his gaming time playing NHL and Madden NFL online on the PS3 as the PSN ID Joborule. Follow Joseph on Twitter @Joborule.

Eric Lamontagne is in the top 5 for most active Members of the EA Community. He is A moderator for the NHL Series, Grand Slam Tennis, And EA's Newest title EA Sports MMA. You can find him on the forums under the name oilersguru, or on XBOX live under the gamertag IIx GURU xII.  Eric can be found playing all and any Sports and Racing titles, and is always up for a challenge.  He has also been known for writing game of the week blogs for EA, CBC, and The Score.

Becoming an EA SPORTS Game Changer

Potential Game Changers are nominated by other community members, current Game Changers, and EA SPORTS personnel who have noted their leadership and their willingness and ability to help others make the most of their EA SPORTS experience.

Game Changers are independent of EA SPORTS, with separate opinions and perspectives, and are able to represent the views of the community members with whom they engage every day.

For those of you who are interested in becoming an EA SPORTS Game Changer, send your responses to the following questions to the gamechangers@ea.com for immediate consideration.

1.      Why do you want to be an EA SPORTS Game Changer?

2.      What would the EA SPORTS Game Changers program gain from having you as a member?

3.      What would the EA SPORTS Community gain from having you as a member of the EA SPORTS Game Changers program?

4.      What EA SPORTS games do you currently play?

5.      Is there anything else that you'd like us to consider when reviewing your application?

Upcoming EA SPORTS Game Changers' Blogs

One of the many benefits that members of the EA SPORTS Game Changers' program have been given is the opportunity to blog here on the Inside EA SPORTS blog. Check back here every day of the week beginning Monday for a new blog from one of the EA SPORTS Game Changers featuring many of the current EA SPORTS titles.

Have you seen the new lists feature on Twitter? We've put together our very own EA SPORTS Twitter list. Now you can follow all of your favorite EA SPORTS titles and workers with a single click. To get started, click here.

That's not it! We've also set up our Official EA SPORTS Fans list. You can view and follow the list here. If you'd like to be followed by the Official EA SPORTS Fan list, simple send @Dewiel  a reply asking for a follow and let him know that you are a fan of EA SPORTS.

One of the biggest opportunities that the Madden NFL Hall of Fame committee had this weekend was to present Madden NFL 10 to the Madden NFL section of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. For those of you who have never been to the Hall of Fame or for those who have not been there in awhile, here's an inside look:

It's been a busy weekend and the Madden NFL Hall of Fame committee has made the most of our time. The group including Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson is excited about the direction that we are sending the program in. The foundation has been set and we look forward to sharing all of the details with you soon. For all of the latest Madden NFL Hall of Fame information, click here.

Damon Peterson and I discuss John Madden and his impact on the game:

Damon and Shopmaster, two members of the Madden NFL Hall of Fame committee, discuss Ray Lewis and the overall impact of the Hit Stick on the Madden NFL series:

Raczilla and I discuss Tom Brady and his return to the Madden NFL series after missing most of the 2008 NFL season with a torn ACL:

Keep following us on Twitter as we continue to post updates and pictures throughout this Hall of Fame weekend.