Consoles and PC's have had a slow month interms of new AAA quality games arriving for your respected platform. While January got off to a slow start, it quickly recovered to bring us high quality tittles through digital distribution. Plenty of great downloadable arcade tittles were made available through XBLA, PSN and Steam, giving us many hidden gems on the digital marketplace. Let's look back at the games we reviewed over the past month.  

Before the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI (at least according to the Madden NFL 12 simulation), EA Sports is throwing its annual videogame bash at the Bud Light Hotel. NFL legends past and current will mingle with celebrities. And in addition to the 3-on-3 videogame tournament format, which was introduced last year to incorporate online team play into the mix, there will also be concerts featuring Nas and The Roots. New York’s other quarterback, the Jets’ Jeff Garcia, is a Madden Bowl regular and talks gaming in this exclusive video interview below.

OTTAWA -- Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry is coming off a record season in which he scored 50 goals and 98 points. With a Stanley Cup and MVP award already under his belt, Perry was in Ottawa for the 2012 NHL All Star Game. Although he lost to Patrick Kane’s Superman breakaway goal, Perry’s mini-stick routine did come in a close second. Perry also scored his first NHL All Star goal and added an assist to help propel Team Chara to a 12-9 victory over Team Alfredsson in the big game. Perry worked with EA Sports on NHL 10 providing motion capture for the game. He talks about his videogame skills and being an NHL All Star in this exclusive interview.

OTTAWA, QUEBEC – Videogames have always played an important role in NHL All Star Games and Skill Competitions. With 2K Sports out of the hockey simulation game now, EA Sports had the 2012 NHL All Star Game in Ottawa all to itself. The game maker used NHL 12 to showcase each of the skills competitions on Saturday night. And Electronic Arts also used the game to simulate the big game on Sunday. According to NHL 12, Team Alfredsson will continue its winning ways with a 12-10 victory over Team Chara. You can see the simulation in the video below.

OTTAWA, QUEBEC -- The National Hockey League (NHL) is celebrating the greatest hockey players in the world in the land that celebrates hockey this weekend with the 2012 NHL SuperSkills Challenge and All Star Game in Ottawa. Next year, the All Stars will converge back in the United States in the home arena of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The city of Columbus will host the 2013 National Hockey League All-Star Celebration January 24 through January 27 and will include the Molson Canadian NHL SuperSkills and the NHL All-Star Game. Of course, there will be EA Sports NHL 13 videogames throughout the festivities, as well.

Virgin Gaming has surpassed the one million member milestone.  To date, over $7 million in cash prizes have been awarded; over four million game challenges have been issued and registered members are spending an average of 72 minutes per visit logged onto VirginGaming.com.  These numbers continue to increase daily as publishers continue to integrate the Virgin Gaming platform into their franchise properties.

Electronic Arts and NCAA Football have awarded Richard Mancuso and Clint Oldenburg with the first two EA Sports NCAA Football fellowships. The two football players will join EA Sports NCAA Football 13 development team as a part of the inaugural sixteen-week full-time, paid opportunity for former football student-athletes to apply their skills and knowledge of the sport to the development of the NCAA Football videogame. Former University of Alabama DT talks about NCAA Football 12 in the exclusive video interview below.