Hayes Madsen

Hayes Madsen

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Hayes Madsen has covered video games for nearly 15 years, with work appearing at Inverse, IGN, Rolling Stone, and more. Before writing about video games he worked as a local reporter in Denver, Colorado. When not working, he’s most likely regretting the decision to play every single RPG that releases.

Latest articles by Hayes Madsen

A thumnail crop of Splitgate 2 key art showing orange and blue portals and teams of shooters running between them

Splitgate 2 improves on the FPS' intoxicating blend of Halo and Portal: "You no longer have to get hung up on which button you meant to press"

By Hayes Madsen published

Hands-on Hands-on | Splitgate 2 blows an already unique idea up to an even bigger scale, and it might just be why it succeeds

Hands-on

Revenge of the Savage Planet hopes to follow in the footsteps of Metroid Prime

By Hayes Madsen published

Big in 2025 Big In 2025 | Raccoon Logic brings a bigger, bolder take on interstellar exploration and capitalist hijinks

Big in 2025
Astro Bot dressed as God of War's Kratos

Team Asobi's gigantic 2024 proves it's time to free Astro Bot from PlayStation's past

By Hayes Madsen published

Year in Review Year in Review | PlayStation’s best exclusive in years could be so much more on its own

Year in Review
Dragon Age Inquisition Solas

Nine years later, Trespasser is still the best Dragon Age has ever been – and I can't imagine playing The Veilguard without it

By Hayes Madsen published

Opinion Opinion | Solas’ big moment is locked away in an epilogue DLC, and it feels like required reading for what comes next

Opinion

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