Madden 26 won’t Launch on Steam
Pre-ordered Madden 26 Deluxe on Steam. Every time I go to launch it via Steam or EA app, I get the splash screen then a black screen and then an error citing directx. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, updated windows, updated EA app, restarted my laptop, updated nvidia, ran as administrator, nothing works. I’ve never had this much trouble and all my other games work fine. Please help. I’ve been trying to fix this for hours.
Unable to connect to Online Services
Having an issue with Madden 26 on PS5 when loading into game it would display "MISCSERVICEGATEWAY_ERR_SYSTEM" then after about 5-10 seconds in menu would see "CONNECTION LOST". After signing back in and loading MUT, would see "Our servers cannot process your request at this time" before going back to "CONNECTION LOST". Issue has been happening since around December/January which could usually get around by loading into Madden using a hotspot but now this also has the same issue. Issue also occurring on different PlayStation/EA accounts Have tried the following to resolve: - Restart PS5 - Restart Modem/Router - Change DNS settings on PS5 - Clear system cache - Rebuild Database - Unlink PlayStation Network Account from EA account, and re-linked - Uninstall & Reinstall game - Restored License Have noticed a few others have also posted in this forum with the same issue. Is this a known issue with a workaround? Based in New ZealandOnline input delay and lag on pc
Trying to play mut is literally impossible. Last year and the start of this year already whenever I try to play an online game I have unplayable input delay and it causes my game to stutter at times. I have a ryzen 7 5700x, NVIDIA 3070, 32gb 3600mhz ram and I have good internet with an ethernet cable. I have tried locking my fps, lowering my settings and nothing works. I preordered the game for the mut rewards hoping and praying I would actually be able to play, but EA is just a group of monkeys in the jungle throwing **bleep** around and producing this game from it. If anyone knows what I can do it would be very very appreciated.
Xbox series X turns off while playing
I get Madden and CFB 26. I've played these games for years Im a paying customer I love these games but I can see EA doesn't care. It's been a month since CFB 26 came out multiple reports of the game crashing and there's nothing. I thought maybe just maybe Madden will be different. I was wrong. Now I can't even play CFB 26 or Madden 26 without it turning off my Xbox Series X. It's fine EA I know you don't care and you want even see this but you guys lost a loyal customer. I hope it gets fixed for everyone else probably 5 months down the road. Gamertag: Keygold23 Console: Xbox Series X Ill just put my info for EA so maybe they can give me some compensation for buying their product and not being able to use it.Madden 26 in slow-mo
For the past 2 days, I haven't been able to play Mut at all, without it being in slow motion. However, the only time the game goes slow motion is as soon as the ball is hiked; it makes absolutely no sense. As soon as the play is over, the game catches back up to speed until I hike the ball again. Please let me know how to fix this or fix it EA.Can't download created team from Team Builder
My Madden 26 created team from Team Builder shows up in Creation Center > Shared Teams, but when I click to download it I get an error message saying "Error Downloading. Try again later." I've unshared the team, deleted it from the EA Madden Team Builder hub, and re-imported it from Madden 25. It will won't download while playing the Madden 26 game.
PC stuttering and performance still unacceptable
I wanted to create a new discussion since the originally reported issue is marked as "solved" and it is clearly not. We need an ETA for a fix asap since the game has been unplayable for a week now - only 2 months after game release! Since the update a week ago (21-Oct-2025) PC performance is unplayable with lag spikes and stuttering when playing any online game. No graphics settings seem to help and the provided workaround only helps with offline modes... this is NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION for online modes (which is 99% of how we play the game). There has been no ETA for a fix and I just tried a H2H game now and the issue is still present. MaddenNFLDirect X post for reference - I encourage those impacted to post there as well.
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