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As if some of you needed another reason to boycott EA.

Veteran sports commentator John Buccigross says that Electronic Arts and EA Sports are using generative AI for portions of the commentary in NHL 27. The broadcaster shared this news on the latest episode of the Chirping Zebras podcast.

During the episode, Buccigross shared some of his experience working with EA Sports on the NHL games that the studio puts out annually. While Buccigross says that he did record lines...

CTE not included.

EA Sports Madden NFL 26 has officially been released. Electronic Arts calls it "the most explosive, authentic, and immersive football experience in franchise history." Which is, of course, something that they would say. What, did you expect them to say that it's "more of the same?"

Madden NFL 26 touts new "QB and Coach DNA for player-specific traits, signature playstyles, and adaptive strategy." There are also things like...

Braking Point returns for another year of drama.
Electronic Arts released F1 25 today, the latest "official game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship." This new racing game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It features the revamped My Team 2.0, the drama filled story mode called Braking Point, and new this year the ability to race as the fictional team APXGP from Apple's F1 The Movie.

The Braking Point content will see "the returning...

Still no word about Mascot Mode.

A new year of College Football is here from EA Sports. After revealing the cover athletes early this week, it's now time for some of the gameplay changes and additions coming in EA Sports College Football 26.

College Football 26 will include over 2,700 new players, thousands of real college athletes, and "authentic coaching styles from more than 300 real-world coaches." There are also 136 FBS schools available for you to choose...

Start your engines, and then keep them idling until late May.

Electronic Arts says that F1 25 releases on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on May 30, 2025. Once again, this is "an official game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship."

Players that own F1 23 or F1 24 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, EA app, Epic Games, or Steam will be offered a 15% pre-order loyalty discount of just the Iconic Edition of the game. The Iconic Edition grants three...

The teams and players of the PWHL are coming in December.

Electronic Arts announced today that they have entered into a multi-year partnership with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). This partnership will bring players and teams of the PWHL into EA Sports NHL 25 and presumably future releases.

EA Sports says that this is just a continuation of their commitment to "grow and authentically represent women's sports within its games." The PWHL content...

ICE-Q promises to deliver "unprecedented realism."

The teams at EA Sports must be in a constant competition with each other to create the most ridiculous name for a game system possible. Madden NFL 25 has that whole FieldSENSE and BOOM Tech stuff going on. Now, NHL 25 has the ICE-Q system.

NHL 25 and its ICE-Q system is aiming to be released on October 4, 2024 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. There is, yet again, no PC release of the game planned....

Boom! Here comes the boom!

Electronic Arts and EA Sports just released Madden NFL 25 today. This newest installment of their annual sports franchise offers up a decent amount of new additions and improvements compared to previous years. FieldSENSE returns with some upgrades, but the biggest addition is the new "BOOM Tech."

Boom Tech is a new dynamic physics-based tackling system. It makes use of a reengineered Hit Stick and ball carrier control. Of course,...

The early access releases are here to stay.

Electronic Arts says that they saw 2.2 million unique players hop into College Football 25 during its three-day early access release period. This means that 2.2 million people picked up a pre-order of the Deluxe Edition of the game for $99.99.

In addition to those 2.2 million Deluxe Edition early access players, another 600,000 accessed the game during the same period via the EA Play trial.

The Deluxe Edition of...

Gotta get that boom boom boom.

Electronic Arts and EA Sports revealed some of the new features coming in EA Sports Madden NFL 25. These are the features that are specifically for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions of the game. The older consoles (PS4, XB1) will not have these features.

Madden NFL 25 will bring back FieldSENSE when it launches on August 16. Except this time, the FieldSENSE has been updated a bit. Also coming in Madden NFL 25 is the new...

EA Sports showing the 49ers a little Madden love.

EA Sports Madden NFL 25 will feature San Francisco 49ers player Christian McCaffrey as the cover athlete. Though I wish he was still in a Carolina Panther uniform, it's nice to see the NFL Offensive Player of the Year gracing the cover of a Madden game.

McCaffrey will be featured on the cover of the game when Madden NFL 25 releases on August 16 for PlayStation4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the...

Electronic Arts reveals the first gameplay features coming in their first new college football game in years.

EA Sports College Football 25 will be the first new college football game from Electronic Arts since 2013's release of NCAA Football 14. EA promised to share the first gameplay details for College Football 25 today and they have done precisely that. EA also recently shared a look at the game's three cover athletes earlier this week.

EA Sports is introducing something...

College Football 25 is set to release on July 19th.

Electronic Arts will do a full reveal of EA Sports College Football 25 on May 17th. Before then, they decided to reveal the cover art and cover athletes for the game. The cover art features three different college football stars: Donovan Edwards (Michigan running back), Quinn Ewers (Texas quarterback), and Travis Hunter (Colorado wide receiver/defensive back).



Expect to see even more on EA Sports College...

Also available as a free update to existing players.

Electronic Arts launched EA Sports FC Mobile today. Today's release is the first entry in EA Sports' new "FC" branding and is available now on both the Apple App Store and Android Play Store. Those of you who still have the previous mobile soccer title from EA installed on your phone will get this new release as a free update to your existing app.

EA says that EA Sports FC Mobile will include over 15,000 fully...

It's still a hockey game, despite the new Exhaust.
EA Sports just announced EA Sports NHL 24 today with its all new "Exhaust Engine" and physics-based contact. NHL 24 will once again be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Sadly, there is still no PC version of EA's annual hockey title.

Readying for release on October 6, 2023, NHL 24 will make use of something EA is calling the Exhaust Engine. This "brand-new" engine is still...