Don’t tell Doug Pederson, but SpongeBob SquarePants appears to be coming to Madden NFL 21. The embattled American football sim attracted the worst user reviews in Metacritic history when the annual update launched on the PlayStation 4 last year, but a barely-any-better PlayStation 5 port later and EA Sports is now promoting the crossover of the century.
Are You Ready? @SpongeBob#Madden21 pic.twitter.com/RVamcE4BYW— Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL) January 5, 2021
Presumably this will amount to little more than licensed threads which you’ll be able to unlock in arcade mode The Yard, but we can’t imagine it will sit well with disgruntled fans who feel the developer’s efforts would be better spent elsewhere. The content is due to drop on 7th January, and we’ll update when we have a better idea of what it entails.
Source: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/01/spongebob_squarepants_is_coming_to_madden_nfl_21