With 2012 off to a good start, it’s time for us to take a look back at 2011 with our annual The Year in Screenshots feature that highlights our favorite games of the year. Rather than argue about awarding a single game as our game of the year, we here at SmashPad prefer [...]

The Hardboiled Chicken fights back against the Penguin regime in this 2D shooter on PSN. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

Nintendo uses their press conference to celebrate The Legend of Zelda’s 25th Anniversary, give a shot in the arm for the Nintendo 3DS’ fall lineup, and unveil their next console, the Wii U. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

Sony apologized to everybody for the damages caused by the PlayStation Network outage, talked about a ton of PS3 games, and announced key details for the Vita’s upcoming launch. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

In an interesting off-year for Microsoft, they get to focus on games for the Xbox 360 and Kinect. Lots of demos, a few game announcements, and some Xbox Live news topped the majority of what Microsoft had to announce. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

Sony’s MLB series returns with revamped controls and some big changes to the Road to the Show mode. Use Facebook to Comment on this Post

Though nobody expected a Cleveland Brown to win EA’s Madden NFL 12 Cover Tournament, the Cleveland Browns fanbase pulled through for running back Peyton Hillis to earn the cover of Madden NFL 12 with a huge 66% of the vote. With over one million votes being made between Philadelphia QB Michael Vick and Cleveland RB [...]

As one of the premier developers of shooters for the past two decades, it’s no surprise that Treasure has taken advantage of the opportunity that Xbox Live Arcade presents to offer their games to a much wider audience than ever before. Unlike Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun, Treasure has worked on sequels to Dreamcast cult hit [...]

While the players and owners do as much as possible to make sure that we will have a terrible NFL season ahead of us, EA is keeping our fantasy football hopes alive with the Madden 12 Cover Vote that pits 32 potential cover athletes against each other in a March Madness-style tournament to determine who [...]

eastasiasoft and SideQuest Studios, the publisher and developer of the Soldner-X games on PSN respectively, have announced a new game for PlayStation Network called Rainbow Moon. Rather than make another shooter, Rainbow Moon is instead a strategy RPG that is an interesting new project for a developer that’s known for quality shooters. Use Facebook to [...]