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EA Sports made the announcement this morning regarding a couple of Madden 12 covers. Yes. a couple of them. First off, this is the official Madden 12 cover that you will see when the game is released Aug. 30. 

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In addition, this is the cover of the Hall of Fame Edition. It's former St. Louis running back Marshall Faulk, who was on the 2003 cover. He's the only Madden cover athlete to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There's only going to be 125,000 copies of this version available, at $89.99, according to EA Sports.

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Here's more from EA Sports:
The limited Madden NFL 12 Hall of Fame Edition will include:

• Premium bronze, foil embossed cover featuring Marshall Faulk

• Full version of Madden NFL 12 video game

• Autographed Panini Card – Madden NFL and Panini, the world leader in published collectables, have teamed up to create the ultimate Madden NFL trading card featuring 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Marshall Faulk.  Each copy of the Hall of Fame Edition will include one of four exclusive Marshall Faulk trading cards, each hand-signed by Faulk.  One solid, 18k gold autographed card will be randomly inserted into one Xbox 360® and one PlayStation®3 copy of the Hall of Fame Edition.  The lucky recipients of these two cards will have one of the most valuable cards in Panini history.

• Exclusive Madden Ultimate Team Platinum Pack –The perfect combination of Madden NFL, fantasy football, and trading cards comes to life in Madden NFL Ultimate Team.  The Hall of Fame Edition provides a Madden Ultimate Team experience like never before with the most prestigious Platinum Pack yet, featuring a combination of 13 NFL Hall of Famers and former Madden NFL cover athletes, including: Marshall Faulk, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson, Eddie George, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Ray Lewis, Shaun Alexander, Vince Young, Larry Fitzgerald, Troy Polamalu and Drew Brees.  All cards feature ratings from each player’s most productive season in the NFL and are fully renewable with contract extensions, which is sure to make them some of the most sought after cards in Ultimate Team history.