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
Mario Strikers: Battle League feels aged in today's landscape, and it lacks the excitement that the Wii game Mario Strikers Charged had. The Wii predecessor energized us with exciting effects,a…
June 18, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
With the Nintendo Switch Sports release date behind us, players can finally get a hands-on feel for what many of us experienced on the Wii for the first time nearly 16 years ago. When playing for our…
May 2, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
WWE is in a weird place in 2022. As decades-long booking problems have come home to roost, performers and fans alike flee in large numbers to greener pastures in other promotions. The yearly WWE…
March 17, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
There are so many sports and each of them have their own areas of influence. The sporting world dominates much of the media and even spills into gaming. There are many popular titles and series that…
January 20, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Released right as fighting games emerged in arcades, Data East's Windjammers was a genre mashup that was ahead of its time. With a basic gameplay loop that recalls the simplicity of Pong, this…
January 20, 2022 | 04:00 EST
Sometimes, you feel like a game is made because the creators had a story to tell, sometimes it feels more like they had a product they wanted to sell, rarely it feels like it was all over a bloody…
September 24, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Carve Snowboarding, the VR spiritual successor to 1080 Snowboarding, is a fast-paced thrill ride that will have you cutting up scenic mountain slopes with a little bit of practice. It’s not without…
June 1, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Skateboarding is a subculture that often breaks into the mainstream for long periods at a time. Back in the 90s, there was almost no one who didn't at least pretend to be into it, and that led to…
May 20, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
There is nothing more exhilarating than hurtling around a corner at sixty miles an hour and waiting as your car slides further and further off the road before the tires find traction and you jerk…
November 2, 2020 | 08:00 EST
There are a lot of games that really stick with you growing up. The kinds of games that you always circle back to, and while you've probably played a lot of games some just stand out for you and hold…
September 8, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
I've never had much luck with cycling. Every time I took it up as a kid, something got in the way. Once, my bike fell apart. Another time, it was stolen. Sometimes it just didn't work in the first…
February 21, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Sports games have been a large part of the gaming market for almost its entire lifespan. Even the Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972, came with table tennis, skiing, and volleyball. Mario and Sonic…
November 5, 2019 | 09:30 EST
One of the great things about the current state of gaming is that it feels more likely than ever that your favorite relic of the past is going to be dusted off and redistributed by one publisher or…
September 5, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Three years ago, Supergiant Games asserted itself as one of the premier indie developers of this console generation with the release of Transistor. Now, with their newest game Pyre, I believe they…
July 28, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Dodgeball is a game that I would expect to have some more video game adaptions. Outside of the hilariously entertaining effort of Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball there hasn't really been many…
April 8, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
The official WWE licensed wrestling franchise returns to PC, building on the lackluster offerings of last year’s effort to continue developing its simulation aspects. Love or hate this new direction…
April 4, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Marketed as a boxing sim tycoon management game, Punch Club is the story of a fighter working his way to the top in order to avenge his father's death at the hands of a mysterious red-eyed man. It’s…
January 29, 2016 | 09:00 EST
It seems that the local multiplayer craze of the past few years has hit a peak recently. The genre has expanded out far and wide, and many games that would have been praised before are now plagued by…
September 28, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
What happens when you take the hardcore thriller sport of playing frisbee in the park and cross it with swarms of mobs that want to kill you? You get a game from XMPT Games called DiscStorm, a fast-…
August 27, 2015 | 12:00 EDT
Don't you love games where you fall over on your face more than you actually seem to play the game? Do you play difficult games because for every failure you only become more determined to not let…
August 20, 2015 | 10:00 EDT
Little did we know back in 2002 that World Wrestling Entertainment’s liaison with the PC would be so short-lived. WWE 2K15 marks the first licensed wrestling game on this venerable platform for…
August 4, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
From the onset, Rocket League seems absurdly simple. A game can have anywhere from two players to eight players, and each player plays a variant of a specific car, ranging from fast and slim cars to…
July 30, 2015 | 10:00 EDT
When gamers think of snowboarding games, they usually think of the SSX franchise, Shaun White or Amped. But before these popular franchises came a game called 1080°. Released in 1998, 1080° (…
June 27, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
The NHL series is kind of the redheaded stepchild of the EA Sports brand. Seldom given much attention outside of Canada, EA's NHL series has quietly fought the reputation of other EA Sports by being…
October 20, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
Another summer has gone by, autumn wind in the air, and Madden on store shelves. Like clockwork, Madden NFL 15 has been released amid high anticipation and cautious optimism. Did EA finally deliver a…
September 4, 2014 | 09:00 EDT
SCEA San Diego has, year after year, released a solid game of hardball on the PS3. This time, their virtual version comes to PS4 with Bryce Harper's type of expectations. Did they deliver a true next…
May 29, 2014 | 09:00 EDT
Fall is here and that can only mean one thing. FOOTBALL SEASON! And what better way to kick off the NFL season, than the launch of Madden NFL 25? What used to be a sales juggernaut in the gaming…
September 9, 2013 | 09:42 EDT
The band's playing, the crowd's screaming, and the players are fired up! Yes, it's football season! No better way to kick it off than with EA Sports' seasonal offering of NCAA Football 14. Did we get…
July 10, 2013 | 09:00 EDT