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Game Pass, Like Network TV, Is Using Sports To Help Keep The Numbers Up
12.3.2024
With little warning, Microsoft surprised folks and announced that NBA 2K24 was coming to its video game subscription service, Game Pass. More games being added to Game Pass is always nice for its subscribers, and this latest addition continues a trend that indicates that Microsoft is looking...
February’s Xbox Game Pass Offerings End Month With A Bang
20.2.2024
Microsoft has announced the final set of games that will close out February for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. This crop of titles offers a variety of genres, from anime-ass RPGs to open-world shark adventures to sports simulators. As usual, there’s a little something for everyone.Read more
EA’s Next Soccer Game Is Turn-Based And Looks Like An RPG
13.10.2023
EA’s next soccer game is going to be a bit different than most of its countless sports releases. That’s because, unlike FIFA or Madden, its upcoming FC Tactical is a turn-based RPG-like soccer game featuring magical-seeming special moves. Weird, but intriguing! Read more
Publishers, Stop Holding Games Hostage Behind Paid Early Access
12.9.2023
Starfield launched on September 6, but was actually playable for some people on September 1. How did those folks get to play the game early? They paid extra for special editions that—along with other little trinkets and doodads—let them download and play Bethesda’s big RPG nearly a week before...
Madden NFL 24 Comes With A Kansas City Easter Egg
17.8.2023
Soon-to-be-released football simulation game Madden NFL 24 made sure to retain a very important detail on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: his tongue. That’s what she said, or whatever. Read more
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Madden NFL 24
15.8.2023
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Tom Brady's Video Game Career Dates Back To The 20th Century
2.2.2023
You can hear someone tell you Tom Brady’s age (45!) and it doesn’t really hit you, because the guy still looks pretty fit and healthy. To fully grasp the length of Brady’s tenure on this Earth, then, you need to realise that the man has appeared in a video game for the PlayStation. Like,...
The John Madden Video Game Concussion Drama, Explained
30.12.2021
Legendary NFL coach John Madden died on the morning of Tuesday, December 28. While many took the occasion of his passing to celebrate the man’s coaching, broadcasting, and video game legacy, others used it as an opportunity to call Madden out for his part in turning “brain injuries into a video...
John Madden Dies At Age 85
29.12.2021
Legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden died Tuesday morning, the NFL announced. For fans, no one is more synonymous with football than Madden, and perhaps no one person has done more to bring new people into the game.Read more
You Can Finally (Finally!) Suspend Your Returnal Runs
26.10.2021
It only took 179 real-world cycles, but Returnal, history’s glossiest Blue Öyster Cult music video, will finally let you close the game without erasing your progress. Developer Housemarque revealed the news of a “suspend game” option—easily the most-requested feature among fans—in a video detailing...
Jon Gruden, Bigot, Is Being Removed From Madden 22
14.10.2021
Jon Gruden, a hateful little man who this week resigned as Head Coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders after revelations he sent numerous racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails, will also have his face scrubbed from EA Sports’ Madden 22.Read more
The Quest To Create A Never-Ending Play In Madden
21.9.2021
Football is a game of inches, but it’s also a game of seconds, with clock management one of the most important skills in the game. That’s in the real world, anyway, where programming schedules and commercial breaks are a thing. In video games, as we’re about to find out, things can...
Madden 22 Thinks My Name Is Profanity
20.9.2021
For the first time in years, I’ve been trying to play some serious Madden in 2021, and while I’m surprisingly enjoying myself quite a bit—taking a few seasons off annual sports games like this is good for that—I am very disappointed in one particularly weird hangup the game has with my name.Read...
Next-Gen Sports Games On PC Always Suck, This Is Nothing New
13.7.2021
This year, fans of EA Sports titles like FIFA and Madden who play on PC—and there are more of us than you think!—are upset that those games will be ports of the last-gen versions, and not of the fancier editions appearing on the PS5 and Xbox Series X.Read more
The Best Sports Video Game Of All Time
12.7.2021
The latest sports games are not always the best.Read more
Every Big Game Coming Out In Summer 2021
24.6.2021
Summer is here! I’m prepared for a lot of hot days trapped inside while drinking as much water as possible. At least we’ll have some big games to play while we hide from the heat. Stuff like Scarlet Nexus, The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Skatebird, Madden NFL 22, and Deathloop.Read more
Here's Everything Coming To And Leaving Game Pass Soon
6.4.2021
Xbox Game Pass started April strong with the day-one launch of Outriders, but that’s not the only major addition to Microsoft’s games-on-demand service this month. Here’s everything coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next few weeks:Read more
My Madden 21 Says The Chiefs Won The Super Bowl, And I Accept That Reality
8.2.2021
This morning Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were awarded the Vince Lombardi trophy after defeating Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 to 20 in my Madden 21 simulation of Super Bowl XV. Sounds right to me. Read more