The good news is the University of California, Berkeley is getting $18 million, plus some scholarships, donations to…
A recently released patch for the Xbox One version of NBA 2K14 appears to have done little to solve the repeated…
Kinect-supported (or sanctioned) cussin' was introduced in the FIFA and NBA 2K series last year, but on the Xbox…
As Auburn's grandstands still thundered above him, A.J. McCarron, the Alabama quarterback born in 1990, searched for…

And now we have the proper memorial for the spine-tingling finish to No. 4 Auburn versus No. 1 Alabama yesterday—on…

Get over here! Dwight Howard of the NBA's Houston Rockets is apparently a Mortal Kombat enthusiast. Here he is re-enacting Scorpion's signature move during pre-game introductions against Brooklyn on Friday. [NBA on YouTube]
EA Sports will cancel FIFA Manager, its football management sim for the PC, ending a 13-year run for the series that…
Back in the summer, the NCAA piously announced it would no longer license video games, leaving it to members to…
It's hard to remember, but NBA Live was once a challenger to the formidable NBA 2K. If you care about aggregated…
Heading into this console transition my opinion was that, of all the genres that could possibly sell a new Xbox or…

There's a ritual dedicated sports gamers go through with each new season. The excitement of peeling the shrinkwrap…

One of the WWE series' longstanding virtues is its deep character creation toolkit, which fans have used to create…
Forget about baseball on Xbox One next year, if this image touting MLB 14 The Show is any indication.
Twenty-five years ago my best friend and I set up a wrestling ring in my basement—four barstools for the…
Just in time for the next-gen release of Madden NFL 25, lo and behold, here's my check from the settlement of the…
Electronic Arts has budgeted $40 million to settle lawsuits brought by college football players against its NCAA Football series, which EA Sports canceled last month. The publisher reported the figure to investors today. Though the settlement has yet to be made public, the figure is consistent with rumors reported in… Read more
The end of Tiger Woods as the face of video game golf was set in motion years ago, and it had nothing to do with…
The Tiger Woods PGA Tour series will end its 16-year run in 2013 as EA Sports announced it has parted ways with the…

So, we've discovered the formula for doing a next-gen trailer in the sports genre, especially when the series is miles ahead of the competition. Begin with a good 30 seconds of slow-motion pregame, then build up to kick-off/tipoff at the crescendo of a pop anthem. Here's FIFA 14's trailer for PS4 and Xbox One.
One of the most confounding things about the NBA 2K series over the last two years is why two special modes—"The…