Back in August the topic of a Madden NFL Arcade game popped up in an earnings report, now the game has officially been announced, and the first screens are here.

The game is a 5-on-5 version of NFL Football, and is being developed by EA Tiburon. In the game you'll be able to choose one of 32 NFL teams and battle it out against other players with no penalties or field goals allowed, and the first team to 30 points wins the game.

The game will support four player games on the same console, and will have the ability to play online head-to-head against another player. Much like 3-on-3 NHL Arcade, the game will include numerous power-ups, or "Game Changers" as they call them, which will let you freeze opponents, turn off their passing icons and much more.

Best of all is that the game looks great, just check out all these screenshots. I'm thankful that they appear to have chosen the choice of team over the choice of players - a decision which made no sense on NHL Arcade.

The game will be out in December for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, and will be available for 1200MSP, or $14.99.