New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on September 02, 2022) follows:
The main attraction in Madden NFL 23 is the Face of the Franchise single-player game mode where you can create a player and try to get to the Hall of Fame.
Unlike the previous years where you start as a college prospect that gets drafted to an NFL team, this year your player has already been in the league for five years.
Madden 23 has already faced its fair share of bugs and issues since its launch like high or unrealistic number of interceptions, player cards bought from auction changing to BND and many more.
Madden 23 ‘Face of the Franchise’ stuck in contract signing loop
And now, many Madden 23 players are reporting an issue where they are stuck in a contract signing loop in the ‘Face of the Franchise’ game mode (1,2,3,4,5,6,7).
In this game mode, if you don’t extend your contract with your team halfway through your first season, players have to pick a contract from an NFL team at the end of the year during the resignation period.
After this period, players have a choice to sign for any one of the 30 NFL teams. But due to this issue, players are unable to sign a new contract and are stuck in a loop.
When a player attempts to sign a contract, the game will either crash, restart, log a player out, or just takes them to the main menu. This keeps happening across all platforms.
Some tried troubleshooting methods like reinstalling the game, verifying the integrity of game files, and logging in and out of their accounts but nothing seems to work.
Players are left extremely frustrated by this issue as they are unable to progress in career mode.
Issue acknowledged
Fortunately, EA support has commented on the matter and said they are aware of this issue. However, they did not share any timeframe of when it will be fixed.
That said, we’ll keep track of the situation and post an update if and when there are any further developments regarding the matter.
Update 1 (September 05, 2022)
04:25 pm (IST): Here’s a potential workaround suggested by one of those affected that might help you resolve the issue with Face of the Franchise.
Update 2 (September 06, 2022)
01:23 pm (IST): In the recent acknowledgement, EA support said that they are still investigating the issue. And yet there’s no ETA for the fix.
Update 3 (September 12, 2022)
10:27 am (IST): One of our readers has come up with a possible workaround for the issue with Face of Franchise mode. You can check it out below.
Thanks for the tip: Mark Burlas!
Update 4 (September 21, 2022)
06:40 pm (IST): In a recent acknowledgment, EA support said that the team is still working to resolve this issue. And yet, they don’t have any ETA for the fix.
Update 5 (September 26, 2022)
01:28 pm (IST): One of the affected players said that they were able to sign in after trying a couple of times.
So rather than uninstalling the complete game and starting afresh, players should try multiple times and see if the issue gets fixed.
Update 6 (September 27, 2022)
03:48 pm (IST): A gamer has shared his experience on how they completed the full contract without any issues and what worked for them.
Update 7 (September 29, 2022)
09:49 am (IST): Madden 23 has recently received a new update with bug fixes. However, it does not include any fix for the ‘Face of Franchise’ issue.
Update 8 (September 30, 2022)
05:31 pm (IST): A new update for Madden 23 is scheduled to release in mid-October. That means players will have to wait until then to get the fix for the Face of the Franchise issue.
Update 9 (October 3, 2022)
06:02 pm (IST): EA is now asking those affected to report this issue as a bug on their official forum.
Update 10 (October 6, 2022)
05:37 pm (IST): In the recent response to one of those affected, EA support said that they are sill looking into this issue. However, they didn’t provide any ETA for the fix.
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