And it’s not just limited to Platinum Games, who are releasing Bayonetta 2 exclusively for the console along with The Wonderful 101. Or Vigil Games, who have announced Darksiders 2 to be coming to the console with tons of new content and previously released DLC packs.

Electronic Arts, Bioware and Sega will also be translating their efforts to the console with Wii U editions for Madden NFL 13, Mass Effect 3 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Check out the trailers before.

As is often hyped, we’ll be seeing the usual suspects: additional content, Wii U specific mechanics and the ability to transfer the game from your TV to your Gamepad and continue playing.

While total net revenue was $1.08 billion this year from $1.03 billion in the same period last year, the company posted $381 million in loss compared to $340 million last year. However, when you look at in non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) terms, they showed a remarkably large increase in net income at $49 million up from $17 million last year. And they only lost $28 million this quarter compared to $211 million in the same quarter last year

Cash flow from operations is reported to be $490 million against $117 million last year. Naturally, you can thank successes like FIFA 13, Madden and Battlefield 3 who’s premium service netted 2 million subscriptions.

EA president Frank Gibeau stated in an earnings release, “On the strength of our digital extensions, FIFA and Battlefield are the two biggest revenue events in our company’s history. Both are well on their way to becoming billion dollar annual franchises.”

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Just… two guys doing some weird random stuff in inappropriate places while playing Madden. The commercial boasts of a “console like experience” and also mentions the Madden NFL 13 + PS Vita bundle at the end.

Madden NFL 13 is out on all systems, including the PS Vita. Have a look at our review here. We thought it was a decent game and gave it a 7/10. Read the full review through the link.

Stay tuned for continued coverage.

Mike had to do good on some embarrassing bets like doing 25 push-ups, taking his shirt off to do the Macarena, after getting convincingly beaten by Ward.

And the cool thing is? You can win a PS3 copy of Madden NFL 13 by posting “Cleveland Rules” in the comments section of the video. You need to be a NOC subscriber as well.

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With the threat of being stale Madden 13 has broadened its options with Kinect voice controls. The voice controls allow you to make play options and changes to plays on the fly, without having to open up additional menus to fumble through. Offense and defense have their own set of commands and even allows players to call options to set up defense on particular players. My only problem with the voice controls turns out to be the lack of Kinect. There was no option to change the voice controls from Kinect to a headset. The major issues here are that if you prefer not to shout across the room, or let’s say you didn’t buy into the Kinect hype and never bought one, then you can’t use any voice control at all. Without the Kinect you can still make all the calls, however you are forced to fumble through the menus.

Getting to the game itself, the menus looked like they were fashioned after the newer Xbox 360 dashboard. It’s hard to be for or against it. For some reason the NCAA menu was very in depth unlike the slimmed down Madden menu, however Madden menu was stream lined and fast to navigate around.

Game play was almost exactly like NCAA’s. All passing, running, spinning, and punting were near identical. You could play a career mode as a player or coach, online or offline to win the super bowl. As with NCAA, you can create a new character, or play an existing character based on a real life NFL player. Again, like NCAA, if you select a player who is not on the field all the time, like a quarterback or running back, you can skip the plays your character is not involved in.

On surface these games were identical and it really took some time to find the differences. The first difference would be the quality of character models. I had an issue with some NCAA models being low quality. Madden characters have much better detail. They were on par with the quality of the current gen consoles. I didn’t see any major corners cut in quality. Attention to detail was also spent on new sports commentators Jim Nantz and Phil Simms to the Madden series. They provided nearly 9000 new lines of commentary ranging from situation-specific, to rival matchups and more to make gamers feel like they are watching a live broadcast.

When it came to choosing plays, once again Madden 13 was stream lined. In NCAA you had to select every play. In Madden you can either go with the quick selection, or open the playbook to select your plays. At first I felt like I needed to be in control, like NCAA, but after a while I found myself mashing on the quick button just to get to the next play. When it came to career mode, I selected Payton of the Bears to simulate his career. Although I played 3 preseason games, when it came time for season games, the simulation took over and only let me play field goal attempts. It seemed pointless to select a running back career only to play the kicker’s. The only other plays I was involved with were quarterback kneels. After playing an entire season of simulated bench warming I moved on to other game modes.

One of Madden 13’s major overhauls comes to the passing game. With NFL being declared as a passing league Madden 13 went back and made some major tweaks to compensate. This comes in the form of features like Total Control Passing, new animations, receiver awareness, more pump actions, and better audible calls. To enhance the physics, Madden 13 has switched to the Infinity Engine. The new engine helps eliminate ragdoll and now works more with Muscle Tension which also incorporates balance, stumble, mass and speed.

On top of career mode you could also play Ultimate Teams. On the surface it starts as a card game with stats per character and you can buy and sell decks of cards. Once the cards are in place, you can turn it over and play like a career mode. Again you can play Ultimate Teams online or offline and turn the game play into a Fantasy Football mode.

Connected Career is also a new feature to the Madden series. It is being touted as a RPG style online with connectivity up to 32 human players. The options are endless in this area. One person can create a player while another plays as a coach.

My favorite feature of NCAA, Reaction Time (bullet time), was missing from Madden 13. Although it isn’t necessarily needed to make Madden 13 playable, it just would have been nice to have that added feature since it helps draw in the Max Payne gamer types.

In the end it is too hard to play Madden 13 without comparing it to NCAA Football 13. I found that your level of sports gaming dictates what game you should buy. NCAA caters more to entry level gamers where you have 1 button play modes, and bullet time for the Max Payne lovers. Madden 13 strips those out and stream lines plays to allow gamers to invest more time in focusing on stats and trading, and fantasy football styles. If you’ve invested in Madden before, there are some small benefits that make it worth reinvesting. Added Kinect support and new emphases on passing add to the instant game play. Ultimate Team and Collected Career add to extended play as well as online options.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360.

Whilst I may not understand the game at all, there’s something relentlessly satisfying about watching someone get sacked into oblivion. Here EA Canada showcase that, but also something to do with the Kinect, I wasn’t really paying attention.

Finkle is Einhorn, Einhorn is Finkle.

Head of EA SPORTS Andrew Wilson stated:

We challenged our teams to develop innovations designed specifically for the Wii U, and to create new ways to play that would bring players of all abilities together. Our teams have truly delivered creative new football experiences with FIFA 13 and Madden NFL 13 for the Wii U.

A number of gameplay additions have been added to the newest additions to these franchises, which have been covered in depth over the past few weeks.

Both games will utilize the Wii U gamepad in different ways, such as lifting and looking through the gamepad touch screen to aim on penalty kicks for FIFA 13. You can also manage plays, teams and strategies via the touchscreen for Madden NFL 13.

Long story short, Connected Careers aims to consolidate Franchise, Online Franchise, legendary players and Superstar modes’ features into one gameplay option. It also serves to replace these modes. Not a bad choice, for consistency’s sake, and it’ll also help players constantly trying to keep track of progress in different modes.

Madden NFL ’13 is currently set for an August 28th release for all major platforms.

Those who pre-order at Gamestop will receive football legends Barry Sanders and John Madden for use in the Ultimate Team and Connected Careers modes (both touted as some of the bigger features this time around).

GameStop is also catering to PowerUp Rewards members that pre-order the game. They’ll receive exclusive access to play as Calvin Johnson, Jr. aka “Megatron”, in Ultimate Team mode.

Of course, all of these bonuses will be available at launch as well, most likely as separate purchases for those who don’t go through Gamestop.

Developed by EA Tiburon, Madden NFL 13 is looking to go beyond the yearly update system of it’s predecessors. It will be available for PS3, Wii, Wii U, PS Vita and XBox 360 on August 28th.