I was having a same issue as others, but slightly different. I am on the ea trial for xbox one and for awhile I couldn't get past the loading menu. It would get 90% plus loaded, then sit. Eventually after restarting my xbox, changing back and forth from wireless to wired, restarting my internet, and more, I got in. Then when I got to the menu it said I couldnt connect to ea servers. Then when it connected I would try and play any game mode (not just online modes) it would allow me to navigate and press the game mode.. but it would just sit there and not let me in anything, so I was just sitting moving/scrolling around on the menu for half an hour. I have changed from wired to wireless connection while at the menu, signed back into ea servers, and the same thing would happen. Then would go back to wired and it would still do the same thing.
Basically I have half of my trial left and was in the mood to play a football game so I was going to give this years madden another shot. Instead I now have 4 hours of the trial left and a game that is just a menu simulator or loading simulator... with so many people having the same issue I would guess its something happening on yalls end. Was there an update pushed or something else changed that could've bricked the game? Maybe bricked the game just for people on ea access/play trials? I am sad to say, but this is just another reason why Im glad I didnt buy or pre-order madden for the first time in 21 years.
