FIFA 21 is bringing back one of the bigger fan-favorite SBCs after tossing them aside in FIFA 20. Icon SBCs were always a solid way to slowly build up to getting the most famous players in your squad. EA replaced them with Icon Swaps last year, which gave players a chance to earn Icons through
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Despite being the worst-reviewed Madden game on record, Madden NFL 21 continues to sell well with its core customers. EA Sports recently announced that the only football simulation on the market has seen an almost 20% increase in its sell-through numbers as compared to last year. Sell-through, in case you don’t know, are how many
Madden NFL 21 has been met with an overwhelmingly negative reaction from fans and critics alike. The game holds the worst Metacritic score of the franchise’s long history and fans have regularly trended negative hashtags on Twitter. One of the bigger problems people have with the game is a complete lack of meaningful changes to
Today marks what is, most likely, the final season for FIFA 20 before everyone moves over to FIFA 21. Some were hoping the team at EA would really blow the content out in a major way. Unfortunately, it’s mostly more of the same. However, there are a few fun little additions that might entice some
In terms of video games, the yearly Madden release used to be one of the biggest events there was. Not only did it signify the busy holiday season was nearly upon us, but it was also one of the few games that casual gamers bought in droves. In the US, at least, Madden was one
For better or worse, Ultimate Team is where EA Sports makes all their money in FIFA. While the team does appear to be giving other modes a bit of extra love in FIFA 21, FUT continues to be a major focus. There are a ton of changes coming to one of the most profitable modes
Recently, I got to sit down with a relatively early beta build of FIFA 21 and play about a Weekend’s League worth of matches. For those of you non-FUT players, that’s about 30 games spread across Kick-Off and Volta (the only two modes available). Unfortunately, for you Volta fans (I assume there are some of
With Madden 21 set to launch later this month, many fans are unhappy at what the team at EA Sports is offering in terms of franchise mode. The fan-favorite mode hasn’t seen notable improvements in years and, earlier this summer, fans made their voices heard on social media. Today, EA Sports provided fans with an
With Madden 21 set to launch later this month, many fans are unhappy at what the team at EA Sports is offering in terms of franchise mode. The fan-favorite mode hasn’t seen notable improvements in years and, earlier this summer, fans made their voices heard on social media. Today, EA Sports provided fans with an
With Madden 21 set to launch later this month, many fans are unhappy at what the team at EA Sports is offering in terms of franchise mode. The fan-favorite mode hasn’t seen notable improvements in years and, earlier this summer, fans made their voices heard on social media. Today, EA Sports provided fans with an
With FIFA 21‘s release date pushed back due to COVID-19, the team at EA Sports has had to get creative with FIFA 20 content to hold fans over. Today, the team kicked off a brand new event called Pre-Season where players can earn rewards for both FUT 20 and FUT 21. It’s a move that
Today, EA Sports provided fans with their first real look at FIFA 21. Of course, it was mostly just real-life football players hamming it up for the camera, but there were like two whole seconds of gameplay in there! And, the team did launch a new web page that gives quite a bit of important
In case you haven’t been following the world of sports in the age of a global pandemic — or the wild social and cultural shifts happening across the US — there are some pretty big shakeups happening with the NFL’s Washington Redskins. After sustained and heavy lobbying by advertisers, partners, and social media, the historically
For FIFA 20 FUT players everywhere, today is an important day. With Summer Heat starting to wind down after over a month of solid content, EA Sports has officially dropped some of the year’s best cards back into packs. Additionally, the team is kicking off the game’s eighth season, bringing tons of new stuff to
According to an apparent listing found on the Microsoft store, Konami could be forgoing the full release of PES 2021 for this year in favor of a “Season Update” to last year’s eFootball PES game. The listing states that the update will be available for a “Special Anniversary Price” and will be “an updated edition
We’ve known UFC 4 was coming for a little while now. The UFC announced the reveal would come today when they put out the fight card for UFC 251. And now, the trailer is out, showing off a number of new additions coming to the game. Not only will players engage in bone-crunching combat, but
Konami’s long standing rival to FIFA has lost two of its major licenses, the developer has confirmed. In a recent post, Konami shared that their licenses with Italian giants Inter Milan and AC Milan would not be renewed in PES going forwards. While this looks like it could be a problem for future editions of
Madden 20‘s Face of the Franchise was incredibly barebones when it launched last year. Once you got out of college, the “story mode” had next to no story. For Madden 21, the team at EA Sports appears to be fleshing the mode out quite a bit. This go-around, you’ll take your star through high school,
Curiously, sports games like NHL 21 and UFC 4 were absent from yesterday’s EA Play event. The showcase was pretty fast-paced, so maybe there just wasn’t time. However, they could’ve easily tossed in a hockey puck or something in that Madden/FIFA spot. That said, UFC 4 is happening and we’ll know much more about it
With FIFA 21 set to be revealed tomorrow, EA appears to have pulled out all the stops with their latest FIFA 20 FUT promo. Summer Heat is a mix of everything good the team has done for the game this year all rolled into one. Players can look forward to fun objectives, solid squad building
The official reveal of Madden NFL 21 on the current gen arrived Monday with a gameplay trailer that put a spotlight on this year’s new on-the-field features, cover star Lamar Jackson, and sights football fans are expecting (hoping) to get familiar with in a few months like the Raiders in their new home of Las
EA Sports highlighted a longstanding issue with its games Friday night, posting steps it intends to take to eliminate racist, xenophobic, homophobic and sexist behaviors from their online components. “We’re constantly taking action to maintain a culture of inclusion,” read a statement released on Twitter. “Toxic behavior changes and evolves rapidly and we recognize that
Madden won’t be the only show in town anymore, but it will remain the headliner in video-game football for years to come. NFL owners approved an extension of the league’s current rights deal with EA on Thursday, keeping the company as the sole producer of simulation-based NFL games through the 2025 season and potentially 2026
Madden’s reign over video game football could stand to last another several years. According to Sports Business Daily, NFL owners will vote on whether to extend EA Sports’ exclusivity agreement with the league this week as part of the agenda for a now virtual spring meeting. If passed, EA will retain the exclusive rights to
We are deep into Team of the Season So Far season in FIFA 20 Ultimate Team. This period of the game brings out each league’s biggest and brightest with brand new promo cards that boast insane stats. Last week, we had the English Premier League, and now the Spanish La Liga gets their turn. As
Today’s Inside Xbox was full of big announcements from several of Microsoft’s biggest third party sponsors. One game was a bit of surprise given what’s coming in the next few weeks. EA will hold another EA Play event this June but decided to give everyone a sneak peek at Madden 21 today. Obviously, they’re holding
It’s that time of the year again folks! FIFA 20 is starting up one of the most exciting promos of the year with Team of the Season (So Far). Of course, with everything happening in the world, this year’s iteration is a little strange. Most leagues weren’t finished when the coronavirus shut the world down,
With the sports world shut down amid concerns around the coronavirus, most leagues have turned to their digital counterparts to give fans something to watch. We’ve already seen successful broadcasts from NASCAR and the NBA. Now, after EA Sports held a European-wide FIFA 20 tournament, the English Premier League is jumping in on the fun.
The remainder of the NHL season is in limbo, but the chirping never stops. Now even EA Sports has gotten in on the trash talk. NHL 20 received its latest patch on Friday, bringing a handful of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes that usually come to the annual hockey franchise around this time of year.
Today’s news out of EA Sports is both disappointing and completely expected. The studio canceled NBA Live 20, marking the fourth time this has happened in the last decade. As reported by Polygon, EA chief executive Andrew Wilson told investors that the team was going to move development to next-gen consoles and forgo a 2019