EA Sports Madden NFL Live Challenge Returns

The EA Sports Madden NFL Live Challenge is back. The new tournament will pit players against each other in Madden’s new Draft Champions Ranked mode.

The tournament will have multiple phases which are detailed in the schedule above. You can find full info on the EA Sports site. Players will compete for a spot in the tournament’s live finals in San Francisco.

The online ladder begins today and ends January 4. Players need to win as many games as possible of Draft Champions Ranked in order to earn a spot in the elimination round, which begins on January 8. A total of 64 Xbox One and PS4 players will advance to the elimination, and the top 16 of those 64 players will compete in a playoff on January 22 in Burbank. Four players will earn a spot from the playoff and advance to the finals in San Francisco.

The tournament winner will receive $20,000 and remaining prize money will be split amongst the finalists.

Just to re-cap the important dates:

Thursday November 19th 2015: online ladder begins.

Friday December 18th 2015: Madden NFL Live Challenge Invitational begins.

Monday January 4th 2016: online ladder closes.

Friday January 9th 2016: online ladder elimination phase begins.

Friday January 22nd 2016: online playoffs in Burbank, CA.

Super Bowl Week: Live Challenge Finals begin.