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Rashaun Rucker writes: "I remember twenty years ago, being a 10 year-old boy and running through a path to the next street over to a friend's house, with sweaty palms, clutching a Sega Genesis cartridge simply titled "John Madden Football". Advertisement Twenty years later I ran to my home with sweaty palms with an early copy of "Madden NFL 09" for the xbox 360. Just as the NFL commissioner reinstated Brett Favre, EA Sports has reinstated Madden to its glory. Finally listening to the masses of gamers who craved a true next generation football game and not the watered down version of Madden we have dealt with over the past five years."

A few key gameplay additions and enhancements make this year's Madden great despite some unseemly flaws.

Is the twentieth time a charm for EAs famous football franchise?

Predictions for July US software sales suggest year-over-year growth between 30-60 percent; xbox 360 anticipated to beat PS3 in hardware sales thanks to recent price cut.

Madden NFL 09 (X360)Tackle the pro league with our in-depth Madden guide.

The PC is the most popular platform for gaming and PlayStation 3 owners are more likely to have multiple consoles, according to the results of the Games Segmentation 2008 report from sales tracking and marketing research firm The NPD Group. Though PCs were "used more than any single console for gaming," NPD stressed that "Console gamers, Young Heavy gamers and Extreme Gamers are more likely to use consoles than a PC to play video games." In addition to stating that PlayStation 3 owners are most likely to have other "next-generation" consoles than Wii and xbox 360 owners, NPD claims only 10% of PS2 owners have a PS3. In the realm of portables, 45% of PSP owners have a Nintendo DS, but only 21% of DS owners have a PSP.

NPD has shown of their own "predicted" numbers earlier today,The Wii/DS Continue to dominate while the 360 regains its lead over the Ps3 by 50k. Nintendo DS 625,445 Nintendo Wii 612,545 Sony PSP 235,447 Sony PS3 275,444 Microsoft xbox 360 325,488

Bionic Commando Rearmed (X360)The remake of the classic platformer grapples its way onto XBLA.

The hard drive space on Microsoft's Premium xbox 360 SKU is set to triple from this Friday...

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