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Maple, one of the 2026 World Cup mascots featured in FIFA Heroes
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FIFA Heroes Is an Arcade-Style 5v5 Soccer Game Coming Next Year

Soccer governing body FIFA, together with New York-based development studio Enver, has announced FIFA Heroes, a new 5v5 arcade-style soccer (or "football", for the enlightened) game coming to…

October 2, 2025 | 09:00 EDT

A skater in a Thrasher hoodie grinding a rail in EA's Skate reboot
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Skate Early Access Release Date Revealed for September

EA has announced an Early Access release date for its Skate reboot, and the always-online open-world reimagining of the classic skateboarding franchise is due to arrive in just a couple of weeks. As…

August 26, 2025 | 12:00 EDT

A snowboarder in the snow in Descenders Next
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Surprise! Descenders Next Is Out Now

Publisher No More Robots and developer RageSquid have revealed the release date for upcoming extreme sports game Descenders Next, and, well, it turns out the game isn't so "upcoming" anymore. As…

July 21, 2025 | 12:00 EDT

Artwork for Drag x Drive, which shows one of its contestants and the game's logo, along with a hoop
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Drag x Drive Demo Set for August, but Only for Nintendo Switch Online Members

Nintendo has revealed that you'll get the chance to try out its upcoming wheelchair basketball game Drag x Drive next month, but you'll need to be a Nintendo Switch Online member to do so. Drag x…

July 16, 2025 | 08:27 EDT

Karl-Anthony Towns in the newly-announced NBA 2K26
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NBA 2K26 Announced for September, Switch 2 Version Also Coming

2K has announced that NBA 2K26, the latest installment in the long-running NBA 2K series of basketball sim games, will be launching in September, and that the game is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2…

July 10, 2025 | 09:21 EDT

Two commentators in a cartoon cutscene in Backyard Baseball '01
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Backyard Baseball '01 Release Date and Returning MLB Stars Revealed

Cult classic baseball game Backyard Baseball '01 is due for a re-release next week, and according to a new report, just three of the game's original 31 licensed stars will not be returning. Per…

June 30, 2025 | 11:23 EDT

Mario about to take a special shot in Super Mario Strikers, which is coming to Switch 2
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Super Mario Strikers Is the Switch 2's First Post-Launch GameCube Game

Nintendo has revealed the first post-launch GameCube game coming to the Switch 2 as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service, and it's none other than arcade sports classic Super Mario Strikers.…

June 27, 2025 | 07:34 EDT

A character in a wheelchair wheeling themselves out onto the court in Nintendo's Drag x Drive
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Nintendo's Drag x Drive Set for August Release Date

Nintendo has announced the release date for its upcoming wheelchair basketball sports game Drag x Drive, with the Switch 2-exclusive title set to launch later this summer. Per the Nintendo Today…

June 24, 2025 | 09:35 EDT

A rider leaping off a cliff in Ubisoft's Riders Republic, which is getting a movie, apparently
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It Looks Like a Riders Republic Movie Is Happening for Some Reason

According to a new report, a movie based on Ubisoft's extreme sports racer Riders Republic is in the works, and I'd love to meet literally anyone who asked for such a project. Per a Deadline article…

May 14, 2025 | 10:17 EDT

Two anime horse girls racing in Umamusume: Pretty Derby
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Horse Waifu Game Umamusume: Pretty Derby Gets Western Release Date

Horse girl waifu game Umamusume: Pretty Derby (yes, you read that right) now has an official Western release date, and you can pre-register your interest in the game on PC and mobile devices right…

April 28, 2025 | 08:25 EDT

A skater doing a trick in EA's upcoming Skate reboot
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EA's New Skate Game Won't Let You Play It Offline

EA has announced that its upcoming Skate reboot won't let you play offline so that the developers can "deliver on [their] vision of a skateboarding world". In the first of a new series of news posts…

April 25, 2025 | 10:32 EDT

Tony Hawk doing a trick in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remasters
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 Remasters Announced, Doom Slayer Confirmed

Activision has announced Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which, as you might imagine, contains remastered versions of the third and fourth games in the acclaimed Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series. The…

March 5, 2025 | 09:11 EST

Key art for Football Manager 25, showing a manager with her hands in her pockets on the pitch
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Football Manager 25 Canceled, Sega to Focus on Football Manager 26

Sega and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 25 has been canceled, and that development efforts will now focus on the next game in the series. In a development update on the…

February 7, 2025 | 09:32 EST

Roman Reigns in WWE 2K25
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WWE 2K25 Release Date, Cover Star, and Gameplay Details Revealed

2K has announced the WWE 2K25 release date, as well as who'll be on the wrestling sim's cover and what kind of new gameplay improvements you can expect. Per a new trailer, WWE 2K25 will officially…

January 28, 2025 | 09:23 EST

Varric in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one of the two games (alongside EA Sports FC 25) that EA says underperformed
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 "Underperformed", EA Says

EA has released its preliminary financial report for the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year, and the company says that two of its biggest releases for the period underperformed. Per a press…

January 23, 2025 | 08:36 EST

Tiger Woods watching for his ball in PGA Tour 2K25
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PGA Tour 2K25 Release Date Revealed for February

2K has announced the release date for its upcoming golfing sim PGA Tour 2K25, as well as some of the new content you can expect if you pick it up. Per an official announcement post, the game, which…

January 14, 2025 | 09:53 EST

Brutus Buckeye, the mascot of Ohio State University, in EA Sports College Football 25
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EA Sports College Football 25 Is Now the Best-Selling Sports Game in US History

US industry analyst group Circana has released its gaming sales data for November, and it turns out that EA Sports College Football 25 has earned itself a rather impressive accolade. According to…

December 18, 2024 | 10:13 EST

A colorful skate park course in Golf With Your Friends 2
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Golf With Your Friends 2 Brings More Golf Madness Next Year

Publisher Team17 has announced Golf With Your Friends 2, a followup to the 2020 multiplayer minigolf game Golf With Your Friends, and it's due out sometime next year. While the first game was…

December 11, 2024 | 10:09 EST

A team celebrating a win at the UEFA Super Cup in Football Manager 24
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Football Manager 24 Won't Get a 2024/25 Data Update Ahead of FM25

Sports Interactive and Sega have announced that there won't be a Football Manager 24 data update for the 2024/25 season ahead of the release of Football Manager 25. In a message on X (formerly…

October 22, 2024 | 11:29 EDT

A manager looking out over the pitch in artwork for Football Manager 25
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Football Manager 25 Release Date Revealed for November

Publisher Sega and developer Sports Interactive have announced the Football Manager 25 release date, and the latest installment of the management sim series is hitting PC and consoles in November.…

September 30, 2024 | 10:50 EDT

A skater jumping off a ramp in EA's Skate reboot
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Skate Reboot Officially Coming to Early Access Next Year

EA has revealed that its upcoming Skate reboot will finally launch into Early Access next year, although the studio doesn't provide a more specific timeframe for release than just "2025". In a post…

September 17, 2024 | 12:00 EDT

Fairy Tail characters playing volleyball in Fairy Tail: Beach Volleyball Havoc
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Two New Fairy Tail Games Take On Deckbuilding and Volleyball Soon

The Kodansha Creators' Lab has announced two brand new Fairy Tail games in collaboration with series creator Hiro Mashima, and they're both landing in the next month or two. According to a press…

August 5, 2024 | 11:11 EDT

A character snowboarding down a mountain in key art for Descenders Next
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Descenders Next Revealed for 2025, Will Have Multiple Sports and More

Publisher No More Robots and developer RageSquid have announced Descenders Next, a followup to 2019's Descenders that's aiming to be "the only extreme sports game you'll ever need". Set to launch in…

August 6, 2024 | 11:00 EDT

Jayson Tatum on the cover of NBA 2K25
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NBA 2K25 Release Date Revealed for September

2K has announced the NBA 2K25 release date, as well as the cover stars you can expect to see on the various different editions of the game. What's more, there's some good news for PC players this…

July 10, 2024 | 10:22 EDT

A Nintendo Switch Sports avatar about to dunk a basketball
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Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Lands Tomorrow

Nintendo Switch Sports is officially getting basketball tomorrow, bringing its total number of available sports up to a princely eight. Basketball was originally announced to be coming to Nintendo…

July 8, 2024 | 10:40 EDT

Four players in a promotional trailer for Football Manager 24, representing Football Manager 25 (which does not have a full official trailer yet)
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Football Manager 25 Will Lack Create-a-Club and Other Core Series Features

Sports Interactive has released a new blog post detailing some of the core Football Manager series features that won't be in Football Manager 25, and if you're a fan of Create-a-Club or Touchline…

June 27, 2024 | 09:28 EDT

The logo for the Football Manager Premier League partnership next to a shot from Football Manager 2024
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Goal! Football Manager Finally Scores Premier League Licensing Deal

Football Manager developer Sports Interactive has announced that it's secured a four-year licensing deal with the Premier League, the biggest league in English football. According to a press release…

June 10, 2024 | 09:52 EDT

Players celebrating in EA College Football 25
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EA Sports College Football 25 Gameplay Reveal Shows Attention to Detail

EA has revealed the first gameplay footage for EA Sports College Football 25, and it looks like exactly the kind of thing you'd want if you've been waiting for this revival since 2013. Full…

May 17, 2024 | 11:49 EDT

The EA Sports College Football 25 logo next to some of the players appearing in the game
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EA Sports College Football 25 Release Date Announced, Full Reveal Coming Tomorrow

EA has revealed the EA Sports College Football 25 release date, and it won't be long before you can enjoy the first game in the EA Sports College Football series since 2013. The official website for…

May 16, 2024 | 11:30 EDT

A close-up of Haru Endo in Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Beta Release Date and More Info Revealed

Level-5 has announced the Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road beta release date, finally giving players a chance to test out the long-awaited soccer RPG. Per a post on the game's official X (formerly…

March 21, 2024 | 10:14 EDT

A spread-shot cover of WWE 2k24, showcasing several of WWE's iconic wrestlers and characters in a key art to celebrate Wrestlemania's 40th anniversary.
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WWE 2k24 Review - Hollywood Apologetics

Personally, I’m glad wrestling isn’t a tired punchline of “fake-ry" anymore. In the beginning stretches of WWE 2k24, wrestling commentator Corey Graves defines wrestling as an art form, and I very…

March 4, 2024 | 06:00 EST

Electronic Arts Logo and a Juventus Player portrayed in EA Sports FC 2024
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Electronic Arts Announces "Strong" Financial Results as EA Sports FC and Madden Revenue Grows

Today Electronic Arts announced its financial results for for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2024, defined as "strong" by the company. Net bookings for the quarter were $2.366 billion up 1%…

January 30, 2024 | 05:15 EST

A host of WWE wrestling legends, including Undertaker, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, on the cover of WWE 2K24
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WWE 2K24 Officially Announced, Entering the Ring in March

2K has officially revealed WWE 2K24, this year's installment of the long-running WWE 2K wrestling sim series.  Launching in March, the game follows on from last year's WWE 2K23, which featured…

January 22, 2024 | 08:33 EST

Many of the characters in the upcoming soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
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Long-Awaited Soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Also Coming to PC, Level-5 Confirms

Level-5 has announced that Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road will also be making its way to PC alongside the other platforms for which it's slated. The game was previously announced to be coming to…

December 4, 2023 | 10:20 EST

Three 3D renders of the scrapped character Walpeach, originally intended for the GameCube game Mario Power Tennis
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Waluigi Creator Shares Scrapped "Walpeach" Character Design for Mario Power Tennis

Waluigi creator Fumihide Aoki has shared renders and sketches for a scrapped Mario Power Tennis character known as "Walpeach". The designs were discovered on Aoki-san's personal Instagram account by…

December 1, 2023 | 10:39 EST

Omega Strikers character and a developer
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Omega Strikers Will Cease Content Development 8 Months After Release as Studio Moves On to New Games

Today the developers at Omega Strikers studio at Odyssey Interactive announced that active content development on the game will cease by the end of the year.  We hear that despite their best efforts…

November 3, 2023 | 11:53 EDT

Konami Logo and eFootball 2024 screenshot
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Konami Announces Financial Results Including Large Profit Growth

Konami announced its financial results for the first half of the fiscal year, related to the period between April 1 and September 30, 2023.  Total revenue was 153,851 million yen (+3.7% year-on-year…

November 2, 2023 | 03:17 EDT

EA Logo alongside a player from EA Sports FC 24
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EA Sports FC 24 Achieves 14.5 Million Active Accounts & Drives "Strong" Financial Results for EA

Today Electronic Arts announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024, related to the period between July 1 and September 30, 2023. The results, defined "strong" by…

November 1, 2023 | 04:31 EDT

Players celebrating a goal in EA Sports FC 24
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EA Sports FC 24 Hits Over 11 Million Players In Its First Week

EA has announced that EA Sports FC 24, the first game in its long-running soccer series to ditch the FIFA name, hit a pretty impressive player count during its launch week. According to an EA press…

October 9, 2023 | 11:21 EDT

Jude Bellingham in EA Sports FC 24, the successor to the FIFA series, which has been delisted from digital storefronts
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EA Has Removed The Entire FIFA Series From Digital Storefronts

EA has seemingly removed every single FIFA game from digital storefronts just a couple of days ahead of the upcoming release of EA Sports 24. As spotted by ResetEra user nolifebr, every FIFA game…

September 27, 2023 | 08:33 EDT

Inazuma Eleven Victory Road - Unmei Sasami and Haru Endo facing off
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Shows Anime Cutscene by Mappa & Gameplay in New Trailer

Today Level-5 released another trailer of its upcoming soccer JRPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road. The trailer begins with a look at the anime cutscenes designed by popular studio Mappa. During the…

September 16, 2023 | 02:04 EDT

A striker celebrating a goal in the new Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road trailer
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New Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Trailer Showcases "Newly Evolved" Systems

Level-5 has released a brand new Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road trailer showcasing some of the game's "newly evolved" gameplay systems. The newest entry in the Inazuma Eleven franchise was confirmed…

August 31, 2023 | 09:23 EDT

Donovan Mitchell playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA 2K24
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First NBA 2K24 Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Impressive ProPLAY System

2K has released the first NBA 2K24 gameplay trailer, and it's showing off the game's impressive-looking ProPLAY system. NBA 2K24 was announced back in July, and now, we're getting our first look at…

August 15, 2023 | 10:32 EDT

Madden NFL 24
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Madden NFL 24 Reveals First Gameplay as Developer Discusses Differences with Madden 23

Today EA Sports revealed the first gameplay of the upcoming American football game Madden NFL 24.  Specifically, we hear from game designer K.Spade as he walks us through part of a game between the …

August 2, 2023 | 12:04 EDT

EA Sports FC 24 Players Posing in the field
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EA Sports FC 24 Official Announce Trailer Teases Full Reveal Later this Week

Today EA Sports released the "official announce trailer" of its upcoming soccer/football game EA Sports FC 24. The trailer is of the cinematic fashion, showcasing a variety of players for many of…

July 10, 2023 | 11:58 EDT

A banner showing a man standing on rocks and looking out over a city with text reading "CROSSPLAY IS COMING TO NEW GEN NBA 2K24"
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NBA 2K24 Crossplay Confirmed For Current-Gen Consoles

2K has announced that NBA 2K24 will support crossplay across PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. According to 2K, this applies to all of the modes within the game, and there are no restrictions whatsoever, so…

July 7, 2023 | 10:43 EDT

A wrestler kneeing another wrestler in the face in AEW: Fight Forever
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AEW: Fight Forever Release Date Enters The Ring Next Month

THQ Nordic and Yuke's have announced the AEW: Fight Forever release date. The scrappy challenger to the 2K WWE throne is launching across PC and consoles on June 29th, bringing with it a roster full…

May 22, 2023 | 09:22 EDT

Quidditch Champions
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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions for PC & Consoles Announced by Warner Bros

Following the success of Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. Games seems poised to double down on the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchise, and it just announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. …

April 17, 2023 | 01:53 EDT