Is there any franchise and developer more polarizing in all of the video game industry than EA and their Madden franchise? Madden NFL Football is a truly “Love it or Hate it” series with some of the most hardcore fan boys as well as some of the harshest critics. April saw the departure of development team leader Ian Cummings as well as a few other high-ranking members of the Madden development... more.

The first Portal game brought several surprises with it. The first-person puzzle based gameplay was different and unusual. It also made for a unique gaming experience. The game’s jokes were really funny. The game was short but it was great nonetheless. The game featured a villainous robot named GLaDOS that somehow managed to be delightful. It had a well written story. Valve had some pressure o... more.

THQ's announced that a demo of Red Faction: Armageddon will be released on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PSN on May 3rd. Powered by Volition's Geo-Mod 2.0 there'll be more physics madness and action with players able to battle foes with the Nano Forge and Red Faction's signature weapon, the Magnet Gun. Jump into the boots of the lead protagonist Darius Mason and save the human race on... more.

Nintendo confirmed they will release a new game console in 2012 and it will be announced and playable at E3 in June. In a company statement Nintendo said; "We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles," Rumoured to be codenamed Project Cafe, the Wii's successor is supposedly "significantly mor... more.

The battle for the best soccer simulation continues between EA Sports and Konami. Pro Evolution Soccer dominated with its early games. Recently FIFA has been the better soccer simulation. FIFA 2009 and 2010 were good games but didn’t come close in comparison to the console versions. In fact, the PC version always seemed to be a few steps behind in quality. FIFA 11 looks to change that trend. FIF... more.

It's hard for me to contain my enthusiasm for anything related to Red Faction. After all, the original Red Faction taught me how to play FPS games, albeit with some wonky GoldenEye 64-esque controls. That is until my best friend wouldn't stop ridiculing me for being different. I remember spending countless school nights and weekends tucked away in his basement, back when online multiplayer was s... more.

Apparently GLaDOS has crashed and in an attempt to get her back up and running, a website has popped up that encourages users to "help release portal 2 early!" The Steam systems are offline, but a massive amount of gamers playing a "potato sack" full of indie games will speed up the reboot process. These 13 games are 50% off a piece, but if you purchase all of them together you will save 75%. That... more.

Valve has revealed the details regarding the Steam integration found in the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2, set to launch April 19th. The first title to support Steam on a console, Portal 2 offers cross-platform matchmaking, gameplay, friends, chat, and achievements, all powered by Steam. Steam on the PS3 also saves co-op game progress and single player saved games to the Steam Cloud, enabl... more.

Last week GAME leaked a promo flyer for the previously unannounced Black Ops 'Escalation' map pack. Today Activision has finally confirmed the leaked information. The Call of Duty:Black Ops DLC will include 4 multiplayer maps and a new zombie map. Maps detailed below Hotel puts players in a Cuban luxury resort so they can shoot each other in style Convoy is a tight map centered on ... more.

The original Angry Birds was released in 2009 and became the top-selling and most popular phone application. Everybody from kids to teenagers and even adults were getting in on the bird flinging action. It was an extremely addictive game. It was also challenging for a game with such simple controls. It oozed with personality and charm. Two years later and we have Angry Birds Rio. Is the new vers... more.