I’m now convinced that EA Sports has my phone tapped. I literally had a conversation on the phone last night talking about how this year’s Madden was vastly improved in so many areas over last years iteration. But that said, there were still things I missed from the last gen version of the series — things like trading cards.

Well here they are … sort of. Cards will contain players, coaches, and jersey options, but special ability or perk cards offering up things like “rocket arm” or “scrambling legs”  don’t look like they made the next-gen transition. You will however be able to collect cards and do something new with them — build a custom team. Read more…

This is an awesome opportunity for a collector to own a piece of Nintendo’s gaming past. The Topps Vault is auctioning off four original pieces of Nintendo card art, with the last auction ending 6 days from now, and the earliest ending in just under 6 hours.

Each auction consists of a hand painted color layer and art overlay (as shown below). I used Photoshop to create the effect the two would have when placed over each other in the headline image above so that you could see what the finished cards looked like.

Check out the auction, and make your bid before it’s too late.

Source: Ebay (via GoNintendo)

With Warner Bros. announcing that they are exclusively supporting Blu-ray, one of their sister studios, New Line Cinema, was apparently not on the cards. However, it has been revealed that they will also follow. Read more…

An official Xbox Community Developer on Xbox Live Nation has released some very interesting new Gamercards using new Microsoft software. Read more…