EA cuts Ray Rice from Madden NFL 15 for knocking out fiancée

When publisher Electronic Arts updates Madden NFL 15 next week, the company will remove Ray Rice from the game.

EA Sports is cutting the former Baltimore Ravens running back from its hugely popular game (via Polygon) following the leak of a video that shows Rice punching his then-fiancée in the face. The Ravens terminated Rice’s contract yesterday, and the National Football League followed that up by suspending the running back indefinitely. EA Sports regularly updates the Madden roster to reflect who is actually playing, and the Rice incident is in line with how EA has handled situations like this in the past.