Madden 26 Companion App Release Date
Hello, When is the expected release date for the companion app for Madden 26? Last year, it was nearly a month after the Madden release. I am a third-party developer that relies on the companion app. Knowing the release ahead of time would help me schedule around the release date to work on my application. I appreciate any information you can provide. Best, Josh
Game crashes or freezes pc at launch
I am trying to launch the game, it worked once for some reason. Half of the time my game instantly crashes when launching, when it doesn't crash it freezes my pc in a black screen. I have tried launching the game through different launchers, I have tried verifying my game files on steam, it says "3 files failed to validate and will be reacquired". This is what my content_log.txt said on steam. [2025-09-16 21:25:34] Start validating appID 3354750 [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 119 seconds, update disabled for 0 seconds [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 state changed : Fully Installed,Update Queued, [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 state changed : Fully Installed,Update Queued,Update Running, [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 App update changed : Running Update, [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 App update changed : Running Update,Reconfiguring, [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 App update changed : Running Update, [2025-09-16 21:25:34] AppID 3354750 App update changed : Running Update,Verifying Installed, [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 31c755f17a7eb5310c05f9d67159ffae89fa7890 has 9aaf10ae772ae1db18f9678e03ffc25630fc7b2b at offset 0 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk dd55129e15d390ef41f0e36b7b2a951c0fcf634e has 13636af38cbcd27745f51a19393bac7e023b3fb5 at offset 1048576 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 6949affa5ca7771b603a60ef7c0ac463bc1fa073 has 244c56e1b4fe739c32cdfd5862e577e677c8db4f at offset 2097152 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 52a1e8eebbb8ca9be5477d5ddb48d920c8dd1a9b has 8707846b3049e2c631f4e818e86acb25cc56ef2d at offset 3145728 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk eb38a1984f1ce25b7963454ab5526d5a860340ba has a0717d77ea959af0722adde5f37deae5c07de9c0 at offset 4194304 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d4e16be93db01258900830b2fd89fe021bceb42f has 3abc8d10d1cef156b4320fd32da21d02b209c134 at offset 5242880 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 8bb99823ca751b3d3658fb87cbd0ca28d9f67a3a has 2026b63475b1707b8bda466bea350bcca6bc5347 at offset 6291456 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 683fba75ce487d9e62c4a66e53d2eb6f2b663df2 has 9041f3bc7d932a22dbcf1e3e2a92b77c2820327e at offset 7340032 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk db9b9571c91a17cc8412b67ef9323925545cc1e2 has 0a31f33fcf0050c414333bb280c21b8570a23d8f at offset 8388608 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 098cc95b77f5e77479b52875850587d034f786aa has 3b110dd706f587b0354979bfb7fa2a7a7488ec7e at offset 9437184 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 8a431de3ebec2c6dd5db01286224263fdbaea16f has d6263716db90460bdb084f068670664eb4cd2df6 at offset 10485760 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d721fe8d04b412ab7b2ac25dd787b4e80c90b5b0 has cbf8d476669a68ddea12e8d45d6e7e726d8a6d87 at offset 11534336 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 511ab9aba63e0c3243b59cfb34653a6ad0821a9f has 25dbe4f99067a8382ce254c6b9038c89c81bcb45 at offset 12582912 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk c3d2449187a2845dd878dfeb5958466d49f12253 has 866c13908dc7144005f688ac6d856076766501a0 at offset 13631488 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d367cf95dae2d59f6045befc95c6f79aa5409da5 has 36cf33c4136efd6498bcc6076ea5928838462cff at offset 14680064 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: 15 chunks corrupt and 1 chunks missing of 16 total in file "EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe" [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f1cd0b931dab8ed88b892c1b192e6f37e215a38f has 0e2f5beeb0e538f753a171c5b0e8f86689afc0d0 at offset 0 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f593529d05a5031c67ada70973874a17cdc8484d has 32d7343bb2780440fc2c09bc4e01e2585a058526 at offset 1048576 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 51ace8edce35e65548bf052ab556dc3537b9fd6f has 193a411f2f9c07accb43346950c63f477cf4a9c7 at offset 2097152 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 1872083c1f18b2bf1a538d37bd859b41fdd364ce has d3fb1dd14e3b26e2ccf7159a12236120743ca6fd at offset 3145728 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk fb7689bea7a8a71f00db94e1a0e82474b94909e7 has d57357025eb873689a8e651a1fcce689070ae675 at offset 4194304 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f851658f1cc3f1ce8be9eca550aa0c5a26399e64 has f2eb6d00e7199908e2ab0a6c3ba81f155fe0152b at offset 5242880 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk e43c109906479533a181a441afadf5ea0ef6f052 has 03e74cf4a94b8cea64b0a4bc4ecf41b349b2e079 at offset 6291456 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 07f7d282a98252caa206b8a98debde3b2145f152 has 8152d86993e19db4d2be698791da4b1b0c1672b0 at offset 7340032 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 9148eecce7576cff6cbc15e047519c3f5e9c6faa has 195927a600c8c1171b89a2e7c5523adc82c92f35 at offset 8388608 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 5124b270d62e19146101362f78fb02bffa242266 has 3b7561ccd40a73a9d1f1a254b8a33917059d0ceb at offset 9437184 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 9c367ec6a3009b85579319ed80986af492547fe2 has 5355ad24c736b5b396d21061dd6a2d640ff4f4ed at offset 10485760 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 684fd6f67d1f5aec9b57c2746c87442127d949a2 has 239b987f11f09d03a90de01fe787a291a09ab654 at offset 11534336 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 03f7839700c90ef1ce145567208749cb2de0fc06 has 8d39ce3c11db083bb0b86648bc1f49a350355ad0 at offset 12582912 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 4ff0f15e6efeb54f9316f277620de9712643e629 has 1bc52c7ad481cd2ddb61303de529786cc43fef26 at offset 13631488 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 76f5bd5cc2eea58b4e891930bbf8f27b52f88987 has a2732780fd0cd97b7245056eecc91a086100663e at offset 14680064 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 7d40a9aefb5598d5237677a36a819ff813711c69 has c13a99be15f39f782606c6cb36cdd775376b7ec2 at offset 15728640 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk ba06940b5df7e866cedb3950b38d32719a41be52 has dcfb10732ceb02c9b6d30e53f0fb3b45be2ecc17 at offset 16777216 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d66b988a14cc27349a7034d538509887fa6b05ec has 6e27b062751db8a151d05a8986e5f00b5a370ae7 at offset 17825792 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk ac250f75b0d963d7d7f88b3e5ac5b4ef6c0ee9e0 has 86a06f1b03652cdb122e0f69e0161f549f13c74b at offset 18874368 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 597d5de17b97d01a0374f3df983ca2ac525e8d01 has 11f67a84a696d143799cf18756af19ac8ef5656d at offset 19922944 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 81b2d2c4d06bb62b28e72923d43907c57babd8ce has c20055a55f0ea8b94bbe0cd4c78f33cc4cee1765 at offset 20971520 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 3a8661cd876b0e4c0e7dd9ce5187ab4f348022c0 has 0d38e38f113440595494ca861c1239d31369e537 at offset 22020096 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 0e93a93fc1d2291900bc99ee715d767927003cd9 has f4ee1eeb561f6cf58df62ae800f6a34f6c84099e at offset 23068672 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 3183a9c04f3eab16ea32a0d9796859507f66df9f has d8b624cb162a833209b7de5f81a853437957a8f9 at offset 24117248 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 20c3ebf7e97e5ffda0eeaa94fe2713c21d1191c3 has 457f5e925e6bd91c55130d77519728c637074742 at offset 25165824 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 469af66c72efabce05ec7d46ffe326943981d9d3 has 778cab131fc2d962f25c2cdf54fe7438efdc292b at offset 26214400 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 713f6f6a2839bd1a045a5824952aa656751769c0 has 53f7fb89fc9c1c9137c9cc802eed63e56177cf46 at offset 27262976 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 3092626817f8d5ce1654f145dc4bf8aeec772045 has 4403eedaaa187f6d8e4e45d9c380b012264a7d50 at offset 28311552 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 4088073de0df0a16360f0b49426ed658b816ba6b has fed3ac841448ed2420d17e3e9168d75254df7da1 at offset 29360128 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f9f943798ebabad715f59e4be79f6e164dbc4b58 has 34830e2bff57fb442901fcf39731cd2e5e4728fd at offset 30408704 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d17b189bf6f75a3c6dbd941204d9f029230bb002 has 990421e487dd891a1a85f586e980ba8c23ff8f33 at offset 31457280 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 1b353acd0cd09b587bfc5e74e7aa3ef0e4821f5a has 92d31753bff6da4802ad84f584bc649953b5f3a4 at offset 32505856 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk d7d20deac2784745dc7e43f0ac30b7c4f1b3ba0f has 8b6192c5acfc6350076b598c93b71fd0d2519e8e at offset 33554432 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk 8c75086033dfdfe9bf043034f29787522fa42228 has 5fdfe25b1ed2036cf6de027e7ad89142440126a5 at offset 34603008 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk a28f49d114f0413f2a063b102007ec12caa3f12f has 9d6a3028785405bd8f5f972b4320346ee6d5860f at offset 35651584 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f0ceb7d9504374bf657131500ebded80d2a18bc6 has 83afb2225a05135a7c599981016fca07ce66eb80 at offset 36700160 (1048576 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: corrupt chunk f9fd87ba844dea7b979685348d9e2e8e2a0752b9 has 6018cf9d70e7c5ba43c83b7d905d22eb8a9b55bb at offset 37748736 (143744 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:37] Validation: 37 chunks corrupt of 37 total in file "EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.dll" [2025-09-16 21:25:50] Validation: corrupt chunk 5e94fc28ccf35def4e71317f07c39ffef9fd1b0c has a6e50abb278365cf52a650bb5a8c83bac7391627 at offset 0 (27520 bytes) [2025-09-16 21:25:50] Validation: 1 chunks corrupt of 1 total in file "preloader_l.dll" [2025-09-16 21:25:53] Validation: full scan in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skate" found 3/107 mismatching files (54.61 MB/8.78 GB) in 19 seconds). I tried manually reinstalling, updating and repairing the anticheat to no success. Could it be a conflict with another anticheat perhaps? Been waiting 15 years for this game, would be nice to be able to play it! //fan since launch of the original ea skate :)
My game keeps freezing
My game keeps freezing and than I think it crashes but it's still on my screen but Frozen I can't exit or go into anything! All I can do it switch off my PC! It freezes like every 10 mins or so! I'm so annoyed I have to save like every 2 mins....I even deleted the game I got no mods I reinstalled my game and it's still happening! And I know it can't be my PC because it can handle bigger games than the Sims very well like Fortnite and Marvel Rivals... Please fix it! I so badly want to play with the new Expansion pack Adventure awaits when it comes out but I won't buy it if my game is not gonna work! I'm heartbroken I really love the Sims but I can't play like this... it's been happening since the last update!😭Please help me!
Incorrect stats in Superstar mode!
Hello EA team I would like to report a frustrating issue in Madden 26 Superstar mode regarding player stats tracking. In my recent game, I was subbed in during the 2nd quarter as the QB. However, when I checked the box score and season stats afterwards, the numbers were not accurate: My stats included an interception that I never threw. The box score did not list any other QB playing before me, so I suspect that the starting QB’s stats were merged into mine. As a result, my recorded stats don’t match my actual performance on the field. This is really annoying because it ruins the immersion of Superstar mode — I want my stats to reflect how I actually played, not incorrect or merged numbers. Please look into this bug, as it makes the experience much less enjoyable. Thank youBattlefield LABS– Wrong Xbox Gamertag Submitted During RSVP (Need Correction)
Hi EA Playtesting Team, I recently RSVP’d to join the Battlefield Labs playtest. I realized that I accidentally submitted the wrong Xbox gamertag. Could you please update my RSVP to use the correct gamertag below? EA Account Email (the one I RSVP’d with): [edit: email address removed] Incorrect Gamertag I submitted: dirtyharry104 CORRECT Gamertag to use: kgg104 I want to make sure I can participate in the upcoming Labs session without issues. Thanks so much for your help! [Edit: Attachments containing account and email details removed - ElliotLH]Offensive players on defense and vice versa... Offline Franchise
Offline Franchise Mode: I've started experiencing an issue where I'm having, for example, WRs playing DB, QBs out at WR, P as the K, HB as LBs, etc. I haven't changed any settings and is making my Franchise virtually unplayable right now. I have seen some other posts saying some are having similar issues but haven't yet seen if anyone has found a workaround or if this may just be some bug/glitch that will be a thing until some sort of update comes through. I can't play this right now...
