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Five things you didn’t know about Madden

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EA’s madden-5-things-13Madden Football franchise has been a fixture in the video game world for 25 years. It’s earned billions of dollars for its publisher (and a few million for its original creator). Its annual August arrival marks the unofficial start of the fall gaming rush. And it has legions of fans who have been known to skip work just to get their hands on each new version when it hits store shelves.

The latest, Madden NFL 25, arrives August 27 and brings with it new moves, new modes, and one old-school cover star in Barry Sanders, the only man to grace a Madden cover twice.

But while the game may be well known, its history is a bit murkier. Did you know:

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The gaming habits of The Supreme Court

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The supreme-court-gamingJustices of the Supreme Court may not e-mail each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know their way around technology.

In a new story on Talking Points Memo, Justice Elena Kagan says the Court studied up for the famous Brown v. EMA case, which resulted in the gaming industry’s First Amendment protections being made crystal clear, by sitting down and trying out these games everyone was talking about.

It went about as you’d expect.

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Blizzard announces Diablo III expansion

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Diablo d3-reaper-topIII is about to get darker.

The clicktastic action role-playing game, which set a record as the fastest-selling PC game of all timewhen it launched in May of 2012, will see its first add-on with the newly announced Reaper of Souls expansion. In true Blizzard style, though, the developer didn’t give a time frame to the expansion’s release.

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Newer, cheaper PS3 hits shelves

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Need ps3-slima PlayStation 3 and have absolutely no interest in downloadable games? Sony has a new hardware bundle that might be right up your alley.

A newer, cheaper version of the console has hit the shelves of the company’s U.S. online store, but it comes with restrictions. The $199 PS3 represents a savings of $70 or more off the typical model, though it packs significantly less memory.

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How gamers are killing the game industry

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There dragon-age-2-harassmenthas been a rash of ugliness in the gaming world lately — and it’s potentially more damaging than court battles or political posturing about game violence could ever be.

A small minority of players are threatening to drive some of the most talented people making games out of the industry with their bullying, harassment, and threats. Polygon’s Brian Crecente has worked up the definitive piece on this subject, and it’s absolutely a must-read for anyone who cares about video games.

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Five incredibly valuable video game collectibles

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Recently, video-game-treasure-8-13Irrational Games made waves by putting a limited number of BioShock Infinite replicas up for sale. Capcom did them one better by sending out a very limited number of working, gold-plated copies of the original Ducktales game to promote Ducktales: Remastered.

Suffice to say, video game collectors have taken notice.

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July game sales fall, but Nintendo’s 3DS continues to rise

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As ncaa-football-14-npd-july-13the launch of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 inches closer, gamers are being even more careful with their money.

For the sixth month in a row, sales of video game software, the most closely-watched figure from The NPD Group, were down once again in July. The good news is that was slightly better than some analysts were predicting.

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Disney takes on toymakers with massive ‘Infinity’ game hybrid

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Captain disney-infinity-preview-toyboxJack Sparrow attending Monsters University? Lightning McQueen racing The Lone Ranger? What the heck is going on at Disney these days?

Previously confined to the imagination of children, these sorts of mashups will become reality on August 18, when Disney’s long-awaited Disney Infinity hits shelves.

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