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UPDATE - IT'S OVER! But you can check out the archive right here . Join Game Informer's Andrew Reiner and Dan Ryckert for an extensive look at Visceral Montreal's swan song: Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. We'll be playing bro-op on the 360, from 4PM to 6PM CT on Tuesday. More

With football leagues around the world in full swing, gamers are still digging into FIFA 13 – warts and all. We talked with David Rutter, the game's executive producer, about the game now that the dust has settled. Why are the player stories in Career Mode (like someone being unhappy, wanting... More

EA’s NHL series celebrates what makes hockey what it is: the competitive spirit. This year, the restructured skating mechanics makes it feel like you’re actually on the ice with speed bursts, enhanced physics, and realistic skating momentum. For the most part, these enhancements paid off... More

All eyes are on this year's crop of starting rookie QBs, including the Colts' Andrew Luck and Redskins' Robert Griffin III. We used Madden NFL 13 to sim forward and get a sneak peak at how these rookies are going to perform in the years to come. Using the current online roster in an All-Pro... More

When EA Sports canceled NBA Elite 11 in 2010, I found the decision regrettable but looked forward to brighter days ahead. Now that NBA Live 13 has been cancelled, things are getting ugly. Biting off more than it could chew, EA Canada's new control scheme for NBA Elite 11 was such a mess that EA Sports... More

Building a winning hockey club is a tricky proposition, especially when some NHL prospects (like future Wild defensemen Jonas Brodin) aren’t even in NHL 13 at this time (and likely won't be until the pending lockout lifts). To help stock your cupboards for a Stanley Cup run, we reached out... More

Football is back, and here's what you can expect to transpire this season if Madden 13's sim engine has its say. We're so excited for the new football season that we don't want to wait to see how it actually unfolds in real life, so we've simmed the season in Madden 13 to see what... More

In this latest Test Chamber, Matthew Kato's game gets ugly while Matt Bertz and host Andrew Reiner look on. Take a look at the game's Infinity Engine and new passing game in action, and hear about Connected Careers and more. Take a look at more Test Chambers over at our Hub . Also, you can check... More

This year, EA Tiburon restructured Madden's franchise mode (now called Connected Careers). We're here to help you build a championship team. You can use this handy guide to help you with everything from scheduling practices to drafting like a pro. We'll also tip you off on how to navigate... More

Gamers might be accustomed to sports titles coming out every year, but for EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson, there are myriad details to keep track of as the next-generation of consoles looms, EA moves into UFC, and the industry as a whole is changing. Find out how Wilson and the teams... More

Shoulder a concrete pig and pump a fist high into the air! A new installment in EA Sports' long-running college football series hit store shelves today, and Game Informer's grid iron enthusiast Matthew Kato calls it a key moment in the franchise’s larger history . Kato took time out of... More

While the 2012 edition of E3 may have lacked transformative ideas and trailblazing innovation, the polish of the games on the showfloor was as high as it has ever been. With most publishers playing it safe with sequels, a sense of steady iteration dominated most booths. However, that didn’t stop... More

EA Sports and developer EA Tiburon are promising big things for the Madden franchise this year after a string of disappointments in this hardware generation. We sat down with Cam Weber, EA Sports' new general manager of football, to talk about some of the challenges for the series as he works to... More

Former Madden developer and current Electronic Arts chief creative officer Richard Hilleman talks about the current standing of the EA sports lineup, how working on sports games makes developers better at their jobs, and turning sports games into cross-platform services. Talking to your sports background... More

Reiner's been in a Mass Effect 3-induced daze this week, but I was able to bring him back to Earth long enough to join me for a look at another big EA release: the snowboarding franchise reboot SSX. I spend 25 minutes dodging Mass Effect brags as I explain why I was so excited for this reboot and... More

Unlike previous years, EA Sports and developer EA Tiburon aren't going to talk about upcoming title Madden NFL 13 during the Super Bowl. But that's not going to stop us from unveiling our wishlist for the game. Apart from the usual baseline of bug fixes and improvement tweakings, Madden 13 has... More

As is to be expected at this juncture in the console cycle, most of the development teams working on sports games are in their comfort zone, making subtle tweaks to pre-existing foundations rather than making wholesale changes or introducing big idea innovations. This was reflected in our reviews, as... More

These two franchises have been waging war against each other for years, with each one picking up some wins along the way. We've got a video rundown showing you some of the pros and cons of each of this year's games. Both series' iterations this year are exceptional, and although the natural... More

In a subgenre governed by eight-month development cycles and yearly releases, there isn’t a lot of changeover from year to year. Not 2010. With high-profile cancellations like NBA Elite, bold new challengers like Backbreaker, and the return of classic franchises like NBA Jam (awesome reboot) and... More

Take a walk with us through the history of the Madden franchise since Madden NFL 2000 and see the series' growth – as well as some of the fan-favorite features that are no longer with us today. QB Vision Cone. Hot Dog prices. Jet-Packing. Madden Cards. It's all here. For more on Madden... More