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Report: EA 'Exploiting The Players' With College Football Payments
8.6.2023
For the first time in a decade, EA Sports will be releasing a college football game this season. The main reasons for that 10-year hiatus was a conflict over player payments (which weren’t allowed under NCAA rules) and likenesses. Those had presumably been resolved in the lead-up to EA Sports...
Nintendo's Doing A Live Fan Event That Kinda Sounds Like Its Own E3
11.4.2023
Now that this year’s E3 is dead, what fills the summer void is up in the air. You’ve got the usual contenders, such as Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest and Xbox’s joint Starfield presentation with Bethesda, but nothing matches E3's scale. While PlayStation has yet to formally announce...
E3 Wasn't Canceled, It Was Killed
31.3.2023
E3 is dead. Again. Probably for good this time, given the circumstances. A lot of people have a lot of feelings—a weird thing for regular folks to have, since this was an industry trade show—but one thing we should be remembering through all the tributes and dunks is that E3 didn’t mismanage...
Report: E3 2023 Canceled
30.3.2023
E3 2023 has reportedly been canceled according to IGN. This follows multiple video game publishers and companies pulling out of the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo over the last few weeks.Read more
Ubisoft Is Skipping E3 2023 As The Show Continues To Fall Apart
27.3.2023
Ubisoft has confirmed that the company won’t be attending E3 2023 in Los Angeles this summer. This is a reversal for the publisher, as it confirmed last month that it would be attending the annual trade show. It now joins other large video game companies, like Microsoft, in skipping the upcoming...
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,...
Report: Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo All Skipping E3 2023
31.1.2023
This was supposed to be the year, after industry setbacks and a global pandemic, that E3—once the brightest centre of the video game universe—came back “recognizably epic” as a live show for the first time since 2019. Reports today indicate, however, that it will be doing so without any of...
Madden Removing CPR Touchdown Celebration After Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest
10.1.2023
Last week, during the first quarter of an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after making a tackle. Hamlin required CPR while on the field and was taken away via ambulance. Now reportedly in the aftermath of that scary incident,...
Madden Chaos Continues With Wiped Saves And Botched Presents
4.1.2023
It’s a new year and Madden NFL 23 is still in shambles. One of the crown jewels in Electronic Arts’ sports game monopoly, the latest entry continues to find new ways to piss off some of the series’ most diehard players. Busted in-game holiday gifts? Locked game modes? Wiped franchise saves? Poor...
Massive Madden 23 Patch Tries Addressing Backlash, Still Leaves Fans Fuming
14.10.2022
EA’s “most polished” Madden in years continues to walk a rough road. Madden 23 received its massive October title update on Thursday, and with it a lot of welcome tweaks to underlying gameplay. But despite a bevy of bug fixes, many fans still feel like EA isn’t been honest about the current...
Madden 23 Problems Push Fans To The Breaking Point
5.10.2022
It’s been over a month since Madden NFL 23 launched and was promptly dragged by fans and some NFL pros alike. Unfortunately, despite some updates, it doesn’t sound like the “most polished version” of Madden in years has improved a ton, and a few players are starting to give up hope.Read more
E3 2023 Is Happening In Los Angeles And Will Be Open To Fans
26.9.2022
Despite the cancellations of prior years and the general uncertainty about its future, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) just announced that the E3 games expo will be returning to the Los Angeles Convention Center as a live event next year. So if you want to brave crowds of sweaty gamers...
Madden Streamers Are Going On 'Strike' Over In-Game Gambling Odds
23.9.2022
Some of the biggest streamers in the Madden community have announced they’re going on “pack strike”, creating a hashtag and refusing to spend any money on Madden 23's Ultimate Team mode until publisher Electronic Arts make some changes.Read more
Madden 23 Is So Bad, Even NFL Pros Are Dragging It
26.8.2022
Another year, another Madden. This time around, however, EA devs promised the “most polished version” in years. The reality appears to be much different as negative reviews pour in on Steam and Metacritic. In fact, even some NFL pros featured in the game are trashing it. “First game out on Madden...