eSports Boxing Club – SGO’s Most Anticipated Game of 2021
Let’s say you’re a football fan, like me. I would love to play football. Unfortunately, I am small and pasty, and even before the pandemic...
New NBA 2K League Season Ditches Real Sports, Includes Huge Prize Pool
As it reaches its fifth season, the NBA 2K League announced sweeping changes to its competitive format. Some of the changes announced today aim to...
NHL 22 Announces IIHF Partnership, Finally Adds Women’s Rosters
This morning, EA announced new content coming to NHL 22. Starting today, December 9, NHL 22 will be adding teams and gear from all over...
NHL 22 Feels Good, But Not New
We are right smack in the middle of the NHL 22 Technical Test. This initial test of NHL 22 is in closed beta, which leaves...
INTERVIEW: Clint Oldenburg Talks Lack of Stunts, Refs in Madden 22
One of the benefits to giving interviews to developers is that we get to ask for questions from the SGO Community. Often, different players have...
INTERVIEW: Clint Oldenburg Reveals Madden 22 O-Line Improvements
The offensive line is the powerhouse of the offense. They keep the quarterback safe and open up lanes for running backs to make big plays....
INTERVIEW: Madden 22 Producer Clint Oldenburg Talks Catches, Animations
A consistent source of complaints about gameplay in the NFL Madden series is the animations. Specifically, catch animations interrupt movement in an unnatural way. This...
The Worst Feature from NCAA Football That EA SHOULDN’T Bring Back
Back when EA made the surprise announcement that it would be reviving the NCAA Football series, I published a list of features we’d love to...
Are Sports Games Heading Towards Free-to-Play?
Last week, Konami made the unexpected announcement that it would be making two major changes to its Pro Evolution Soccer series. First, it would be...
New eSports Boxing Club Update Shows Movement In Action
For months, Steel City Interactive’s eSports Boxing Club has teased it’s “revolutionary footwork system.” Previously, we’ve had so little gameplay footage that it’s hard to know exactly...
Hypermotion Isn’t an EA Sports Game Changer
This month, rumors swirled over what old sports franchise EA might reveal ahead of its EA Play Live event. Might we see the return of...
LeBron James Ends the GOAT Debate By Joining Fortnite
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Very few NBA players can say they won three consecutive titles. Fewer can boast...
Madden 22 Brings Home Field Advantage With Dynamic Gameday
The Madden 22 train moves full-speed ahead this week. EA revealed a set of new Madden 22 features called Dynamic Gameday this morning. The Dynamic Gameplay trailer...
Madden 22 Franchise Reveal Schedule
This year’s E3 dipped into cars, mountain bikes, and snowboards. However, it was severely lacking in overall sports games. Last week’s series of Madden 22 announcements...
Madden 22 Will Have Dual Entitlement
A huge amount of info on Madden 22 dropped this morning. Somehow, the only thing that leaked overnight is the one thing we all already...
NEW eSports Boxing Club Info On Movement, Knockouts and MORE
On episode 9 of the SGO Press Pass, I mentioned that I would be “surprised” if Steel City Interactive’s eSports Boxing Club had a trailer...
Forza Horizon 5 “Faithfully Recreates Mexico,” Has You Run Over Piñatas
On Day 2 of E3 2021, we got our first look at a new entry in a classic Xbox franchise. Playground Games debuted the first...
Riders Republic Trailer Reveals Launch Date, Rad Game Modes
Ubisoft revealed more info about its colorful, goofy multiplayer game Riders Republic at its Ubisoft Forward press conference. The self-titled “Official Deep Dive” Trailer gave us a...
eSports Boxing Club Adds Canelo Alvarez
This morning, Vice President of Business Acquisitions Todd Grisham posted a video from the woods. He promised today’s announcement would be “a golden time.” Then, he punched...
Mario Golf: Super Rush Trailer Focuses on Roster, Speed Golf
Nintendo gave us a longer look at Mario Golf: Super Rush this morning. Today’s Overview Trailer reveals the game’s starting roster, and more importantly, the...
PGA Tour 2K21 Gets NBA Crossover
This is a surprisingly good year for Golf games. With Mario Golf: Super Rush coming in June and EA Sports PGA Tour on the horizon,...
eSports Boxing Club Welcomes Ali, Klitschkos, More Legends To The Ring
Back by popular demand, Steel City Interactive dropped its third Fighter Announcement Show today. Today’s new fighter number more closely resembles the first announcement show....
MLB The Show 21 Diamond Dynasty Q&A
MLB The Show 21 comes out next week. Unfortunately, that means our time with Coach is running short. The good news is, we’ve got one last...
How Does Risk-Free Betting Work?
Gambling can be dangerous. If you aren’t careful, there’s a lot to lose. If you aren’t familiar, you might not even know where to start....
eSports Boxing Club Adding Women’s Division, Living Legends & More
Today, we saw boxing game history. At least, that’s what Todd Grisham says about today’s eSports Boxing Club roster reveal. Steel City Interactive hosted its second...
NBA 2K League Goes PlayStation 5 Exclusive
It’s a busy Friday for the NBA 2K series. Earlier today, NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition dropped on Apple Arcade. This afternoon, the NBA 2K League...
NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition LIVE on Apple Arcade
Last year’s jump from current-gen to next-gen consoles basically created two versions of NBA 2K21. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were fine. However, their...
MLB The Show 21 Talks Franchise & March to October
This afternoon, San Diego Studios released the fourth weekly feature trailer for MLB The Show 21. It’s been a busy week for MLB The Show...
MLB The Show 21 – Ballplayer Q&A
On Thursday, March 25, San Diego Studios will drop a new Feature Premier for MLB The Show 21. In the days leading up to the big...
Axis Football 2021 Will Focus on Graphics and Gameplay
The independent sports game scene is growing every year. This growth has been especially noticeable the past few years in the football genre. Electronic Arts’...
NBA 2K21 Free to Play On Google Stadia Pro
Earlier this month, Microsoft added NBA 2K21 to it’s growing Xbox Game Pass library. For just $9.99 a month, players get full access to games like NBA 2K21 with...
eSports Boxing Club Reveals 20+ New Fighters
This afternoon, Steel City Interactive dropped the first episode of it’s Fighter Announcement Show. The trailer is the first major announcement for eSports Boxing Club...
EA Play Added to Xbox Game Pass for PC Tomorrow [UPDATED]
[UPDATE: 3/20, 3:23 PM] At some point during the process of integrating EA Play to Xbox Game Pass, Madden NFL 21 was moved from EA Play...
MLB The Show 21 – Fielding Q&A
San Diego Studios has been sticking to a pretty rigid reveal schedule for MLB The Show 21. On Thursdays, it releases a bigger trailer focused on a...
OOTP 22 – Perfect Team 22 Reveal
At the beginning of March, Out of the Park Developments released the reveal schedule for the upcoming Out of the Park Baseball 22. So far, they...
Esports Boxing Club Reveals New Fighter Render, Title Prototype, MORE
The folks at Steel City Interactive have been hard at work getting eSports Boxing Club ready for its eventual Early Access release on Steam. The team has...
FIFA Ultimate Team Card Selling Scandal Being Investigated by EA
A possible major scandal is brewing with EA Sports and the FIFA Ultimate Team community in regards to card selling. According to multiple players and...
Current-Gen NBA 2K21 Patch 7 LIVE
A new patch is rolling out for NBA 2K21 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this morning. The official courtside report claims there are “a number of...
Out of the Park Baseball 22 Trailer LIVE
It’s been a little over a week since Out of the Park Developments officially announced Out of the Park Baseball 22. The announcement came with a...
Finalists Compete in NBA 2K21 MyTEAM Tournament for $200k Prize
This year, the NFL hosted digital events during the Pro Bowl for the first time. Generally speaking, the online Pro Bowl was held for safety...
EA Teases New Madden NFL 22 Feature
This morning, EA released a new Gridiron Notes covering the final franchise update for Madden NFL 21. The blog post itself was pretty straight-forward. However, the...
Madden NFL 21 Franchise Update Deep Dive
It’s been a long and winding road for Madden NFL 21. EA had a rough start pre-launch, which spawned the #FixMaddenFranchise hashtag. A perceived lack of...
NBA 2K21 Coming to Xbox Game Pass
It’s March Madness, Baby! Though this year, there’s more Madness than just the Big Dance. Nevertheless, March is a big month for basketball fans, and...
The Evolution of Sports Games
Stop me if you’re heard this before: gaming can be incredibly addicting. For example, you may start a brand new game in the morning, only...
ESports Boxing Club Reveals New Screenshots, Roster Info
February has been a busy month for eSports Boxing Club. Just last week, Steel City Interactive released a Development Update, revealing its progress and some future...
RetroMania Wrestling Announces First Three DLC Wrestlers
We’re less than 24 hours away from the launch of Retrosoft Studio’s RetroMania Wrestling. The developers are not letting up on announcements, however. Today, Retrosoft announced the...
Out of the Park Baseball 22 Announced
Out of the Park Developments announced its latest game, Out of the Park Baseball 22, this morning. The announcement came with a development roadmap, which is common....
Motorsport Games Gets Into Kart Racing
Motorsport Games is a developer that lives up to its name. The company is well-known for the NASCAR Heat series. That includes ongoing support for...
Nintendo Announces Mario Golf Super Rush For Switch
Generally, Nintendo Directs don’t offer much in terms of sports games. Occasionally we see some indie darlings, like the announcement for Big Rumble Boxing. Rarely...
EA & Generation Esports Team Up for Madden 21 Tournament
We’re about a week out from the Madden Championship Series finals. Jwall’s 14-6 Lions win over Pavan’s Raiders squad puts a cap on another season...
eSports Boxing Club Drop New Development Update
This morning, Steel City Interactive released a February Development Update for their upcoming simulation boxing game eSports Boxing Club. Steel City Interactive have provided updates periodically over...
New WRC 9 DLC Trains You To Become A Real FIA Racer
The newest downloadable content for Nacon and KT Racing’s WRC 9 is now live. WRC 9’s new DLC is a bit different than what you’d expect from downloadable...
UFC 4 Version 4.08 Patch Notes
The latest patch for EA’s simulation fighting game UFC 4 is live. UFC 4 version 4.08 brings balance changes and bug fixes. It also adds two new fighters to the...
Streaker Immortalized in Tecmo Super Bowl Parody
Look. I’m not here to reminisce about what happened at Super Bowl LV. If you’re like me, you don’t want to hear more about Tompa....
NBA 2K21 Announces First 10 Artists Chosen In “2K Beats: The Search”
Today, 2K announced the first wave of new songs added to NBA 2K21 as part of its 2K Beats: The Search competition. Back in September, 2K...
EA Will Acquire “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” Developer Glu Mobile
Electronic Arts is buying yet another development studio. This time, however, it’s a mobile developer. In a press release this morning, EA announced it will...
Top Rank Boxing Wants A New Fight Night
By now, you’ve probably heard EA’s big news. The announcement that EA Sports College Football will exist again (eventually) made waves this week. The resuscitation...
EA Sports College Football: Features We Want Back
Look, I’m excited about EA College Football. Today’s announcement that EA Sports is bringing back its College Football franchise has me reminiscing. A lot of...
Get Next-Gen Madden and FIFA for $20
Are you a life long soccer fan, who wants to engage more with the sport? Maybe you caught this year’s Pro Bowl: Madden 21 Edition...
MLB The Show 21 Release Date, Cover Athlete and More!
This morning, Sony made official some exciting announcements that we’ve already heard. First, that MLB The Show 21 has an official release date: April 20, 2021. Second,...
