Pitchers and catchers report in 21 days, and that's a grueling three weeks until the boys of summer get back in the clubhouse. The hot stove season is more or less over, with the Twins wrapping up Josh Donaldson last week, the last of the ...

Sports anime is one of my favorite subgenres: Princess Nine, Hajime no Ippo, you name it, I've probably watched it. That's why I'm excited for the localization of another upcoming Captain Tsubasa game, which is based on the nearly 40-y...

Marvelous has released a new trailer for its cheesecake jet-ski racer Kandagawa Jet Girls, spotlighting the DLC characters crossing over from the publisher's flagship franchise Senran Kagura.As a quick refresher, Kandagawa Jet Girls is a mu...

In today's contest, we're giving away copies of wacky and weird multiplayer game Toasterball! You guys know how much I love weird stuff. I don't have to keep telling you -- but you can bet your sweet ass I won't stop. Today's prey is a nice...

Marevlous! has released the opening movie to its up-and-coming waveracer Kandagawa Jet Girls, which hits the surf on PS4 in Japan next week. Much like the publisher's Senran Kagura, Kandagawa Jet Girls is a "multimedia project" which encomp...

Arcade1Up is showing its new range of 3/4-scale arcade cabinets at CES 2020, and one of them – an online-enabled NBA Jam machine with Tournament Edition and Hangtime – should be a crowd-pleaser. It's just one of those classic li...

MLB: The Show has, for many years, been about the only worthwhile baseball game on the market. Originating as MLB back on the PlayStation, it's outlasted rivals such as Major League Baseball 2K and MVP Baseball. Though there ...

The concentrated, caffeinated campaign continues. PlayStation has seen a lot of Monster Energy promotion lately, given that it's prominently placed all over Death Stranding. Now, it's infiltrating December's PlayStation Plus offerings. As a...

Over the course of last week, fans of EA's seemingly-forgotten series Skate were feeling a little blue, as reports filtered through the internet that the publisher had legally abandoned the trademark, essentially cancelling the series itsel...

I say this so often, but never in a million years did I dream that Sega would not only exit the console business, but partner up directly with Nintendo for decades to come. Mario and Sonic were so unilaterally ubiquitous with "video games" ...

2K NBA Playgrounds, a modern-day reimagining of NBA Jam but with current players, is being ported to mobile as a free-to-play game. It's currently in open beta on Android in select markets. It is going to be a microtransaction wastela...

NBA Live fans can't catch a break. During an earnings report today, EA revealed that NBA Live 20 has been canceled following a delay back in July. Now, the series is jumping ahead to next-gen consoles. "New consoles are always an opportunit...

Hamster are returning once again to Nintendo's "Vs." series for this week's Arcade Archives release, which sees NES classic Vs. Golf available to download now on Nintendo Switch.Released back in 1984, Golf was released within the first year...

Sony San Diego has released a catcher's mitt full of details pertaining to the next entry in "Base Ball" simulator MLB The Show '20, which is heading to PS4 March 17, 2020.The cover athlete for this entry is none other than Javier Bá...

I've already given my thoughts on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020's bizarre and lovely story mode, but to most people, the minigames are what matters. Here's a full, official list. For reference, every single game is ...

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 arrives next month, and although these games are usually slept on by a lot of folks, this iteration has been getting a little more attention due to its Switch exclusivity and focus on retro ...

Sega has released a short new trailer for its colourful sports title Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, headed to Nintendo Switch in November. Titled "All The Fun", the short teaser offers a look at some of the events and mo...

What the Golf? is as good as I hoped it'd be, which is to say, "very." I'm honestly relieved! The game takes an otherworldly view of golf, twisting and turning a basic premise in increasingly outlandish ways not unlike something out of Wari...

Sega has dropped a new trailer for upcoming Nintendo Switch sports compendium Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The new video showcases the titles "Dream Events", competitions and sports that step away somewhat from the str...

The Summer season may be coming to an end, but retro game enthusiasts Hamster are keeping the sports-day spirit riding high, having released Konami classic Track & Field on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, as part of the publisher's ongoing Arc...

Not content with taking on Mario in upcoming Nintendo Switch title Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Sonic the Hedgehog is getting a second Olympics Games title, this time on mobile devices.Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo ...

Today's contest is for a Switch copy of arcade soccer game Golazo! I like soccer as much as the next guy, but let's get one thing straight - it can be downright awful to sit through. When the action is up it's aces, but when a grown man is ...

Sega may have got off to false start with its upcoming sports compendium Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. A recent update to the publisher's TGS 2019 website appears to have revealed the entire launch roster for the track ...

There's something inherently old-school about water skiing. One of the more classic water sports (grow up) water skiing wither conjures up images of girls from the 1930's forming dangerous pyramids, or some poor sap getting annihilated in m...

Spike Chunsoft has revealed the full roster of wrestlers headed to Fire Pro Wrestling World as part of a joint collaboration with Japanese joshi promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom.The DLC will be made available for purchase on August 21-22...