Sports
The Burning Question: Are you a one genre gamer?
Do you stick to one sauce, or do you dabble in the plethora of many different flavours out there?
NBA Playground looking to bring back that arcade feel
As sports games have moved closer to simulation, it seems that the “Sports Arcade” genre has been left to a long forgotten era of gaming. NBA Playgrounds looks to be filling the hole left by the big publishers by unleashing some over-the-top Basketball action. Announced via IGN, players will not have to wait long until they show off their skills back on the playground. NBA Playgrounds ...
Review: MLB The Show 17
Can America's national pastime entertain us here in South Africa?
Video: Rory McIlroy PGA Tour ‘Golf Without Limits’ Trailer
EA have released the new ‘Golf Without Limits’ trailer for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. The trailer looks at some improvements to EA’s golf franchise as well as new features. Here is a summary of what EA have developed for their new golf title. AIMING ARC: We’ve introduced/developed the Aiming Arc to help you visualize various aspects of the game. The arc will account for wind, elevati...
Future EA Sport titles to have story modes?
Chances are high that there will be a story mode in future EA sport games. We’ve seen career mode bringing some form of story-driven content to sport games, but it’s never been something that’s involved any form of drama. Well, that’s about to change if EA has half the chance. Head to the EA Career page and you’ll find a ‘Narrative Designer’ job position a...
SA Gamer Awards 2014: Best Sport Game
The end of the year is upon us and it’s time to reflect on a year that brought as many remastered titles as there were sequels and original IP’s. 2014 was indeed as good as any other year and this week we’ll focus on the games that stood head-and-shoulders above the rest. The winning title for each category have been voted for and debated by the SA Gamer editorial team, but fear not, in early Janu...
CELEBRATION Time (with FIFA) Come On
Ever since the FIFA games introduced manual celebrations into the game it’s been a big hit with fans (mostly, because I find them annoying as hell). Being able to combine buttons for your favourite celebration after scoring a goal has provided hours of taunting and fun. It’s become a large part of the game and something EA work on yearly to keep going. Like the annual release of the ga...
FIFA 15 Has MORE License To Thrill
For many years fanboys across the globe claimed that PES was unplayable because it didn’t have all the licenses. A lot of focus was on licensing and the FIFA fans always made a big fuss of it as if it was more important than the gameplay. Since then, FIFA has improved its gameplay while also holding onto the licensing side of things. In fact, they have been extending on the licensing in the ...
FIFA 15 Putting You In Control
It’s almost that time of the year when all the annual sport games release to the pleasure of many (and the moaning of some). For those that are keen followers of the FIFA series will no doubt be excited to see what is coming next and what will be improved upon in the next FIFA. The latest trailer from EA focuses on more gameplay aspects that they will have you believe are really going to cha...
Would you pay R400 per year to play EA games?
Last night news broke that EA are launching a subscription service which will allow gamers to play various EA games throughout the year by paying an annual fee. That means that those who do subscribe will receive ‘free’ content from EA. The catch? It’s for Xbox One only. EA announced that they would be rolling out EA Access which would give players the ability to access “Th...
Here is the PES 2015 teaser trailer
Over the last few years PES lost a bit of ground to the muscle that’s EA’s FIFA, but they’re at it again and launching another football game. Last year Konami skipped the current generation by releasing the game on last generation formats – PS3 and Xbox 360. Hopefully the jump to current generation will be good enough to capture the hearts of football fans around the world ...
Madden NFL 15 Sacks the Quarterback With This Trailer
It’s a crying shame that more people don’t play the Madden games in this country. It’s probably a mixture of reasons, including not knowing how the sport works, and also because it’s not played here. Well forget whatever you think you know or don’t know about the sport, because irrespective of that, the Madden games are worth giving a go. To this day, EA’s Madde...