Here's some unexpected collateral damage from the coronavirus pandemic: NBA 2K20 is endlessly simulating games until it eventually crashes under the strain of its own processing. Let's rewind and explain. Last night, the NBA indefinitely su...

Super Mega Baseball has quietly been one of the most outstanding sports series over the past half decade. This cartoony game has the arcade-like sensibilities of an easy-going dinger-fest, but it's also deep enough to turn into an imp...

Spike Chunsoft continues to add new content to its ridiculously expansive wrestling title, Fire Pro Wrestling World. The latest update sees the sandbox wrestler return to joshi promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, with a second batch of ama...

It has been a long time since we last heard from Ubisoft's arcade-like three-on-three roller derby game Roller Champions. After a surprise reveal at E3 (that leaked well ahead of time), Ubisoft launched an open alpha so that everyone could ...

Marvelous! has released a trailer spotlighting two more Senran Kagura teams, arriving in cheesecake racer Kandagawa Jet Girls as new DLC characters. The four new "Jetters" join their SK pals Ikaruga, Yomi, Ryobi and Ryona, who were added to...

Although the brand hasn't been in the greatest shape in the past decade or so (most people point to 2007's Proving Ground as the beginning of the end, though some would say even earlier than that), the name Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is etched ...

Just in time for this weekend's Super Bowl, retro-publisher Hamster has re-released that ground-break football title Tecmo Bowl on PS4 and Nintendo Switch - though it should be noted that this is the original arcade version, and not the leg...

Madden is wading into dangerous territory. For the first time in Madden's history, an equipment update will give players a stat boost. EA Sports released the patch notes for Madden 20's January update, and it includes the addition of the Ni...

This weekend, World Wrestling Entertainment held its Royal Rumble PPV from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Highlights from the annual free-for-all included a shocking return by a beloved legend, a dominant performance from giant stack o...

Sega has launched a unique coin-op variant of recent Nintendo Switch release Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in locations across Japan. The fun-looking arcade features 12 events from the home version, as well as multiple c...

Our pals over at Ultimate Rivals: The Rink have given us a free year of Apple Arcade to give away in today's contest! Wayne Gretzy is great at hockey -- that's a given. After all, his nickname is The Great One. But is Alex Morgan any good a...

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...