EA consistently releases new entries in its sports franchises every single year. They then spend the following year updating and patching their release while working on next year’s title. Earlier this week, we saw the final franchise update to Madden 21 and now we’re seeing an NHL 21 update as well. Unlike the rather beefy
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The timing is later than usual, but the first look at EA Sports’ NHL 21 will arrive Monday with the game’s official reveal trailer and likely the announcement of its cover star. The upcoming iteration of EA’s annual hockey franchise was quietly announced last month in a letter published by series developer EA Vancouver, which
FIFA 20 was unveiled at EA Play yesterday, and it comes with a whole suite of improvements that players have come to expect from each new entry in the annual series. In addition to the features covered in last month’s blog post, there are also gameplay tweaks to ball physics, improved animations, controlled tackling that
EA will finally be talking about FIFA 20 in more detail at EA Play 2019, but the developers have decided to talk about some gameplay improvements beforehand. In a new blog post, the developers of FIFA discuss listening to community feedback. While they do touch on FIFA 19, a majority of the post is focused
In a bizarre turn of events, publisher Electronic Arts has once again pulled another Star Wars project from development — this time citing concerns that the timetable for their current project would take too long. And while they are reportedly “fully committed” to creating a game in the Star Wars universe, co-developer of Rogue One has a lot more hesitation about EA’s
The eSports presence of EA’s FIFA series is ever-growing, and EA is taking things one step further by partnering with the Premier League in the UK to create the ePremier League Tournament, stylized as ePL, which will begin in January 2019. FIFA is one of EA’s most popular franchises worldwide, and the Premier League is
Most sports game fans know how EA’s NHL series was neutered with the jump to next-gen. After spending a few years recovering, the developers have finally caught up with themselves and are now trying new things. NHL 18 saw the exciting and intense NHL Threes mode added, while this year NHL 19 sees the addition
EA Vancouver and EA Romania recently unveiled FIFA 19’s reworked Kick-Off and Ultimate Team modes, and today they gave us a first look at The Journey. This year’s story mode is titled The Journey: Champions, and sees Alex Hunter join Real Madrid. The official Alex Hunter Twitter account teased some exciting news yesterday, and it
EA’s wildly popular FIFA series is once again hitting PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this September with FIFA 19. This version of the game comes with its fair share of notable improvements, including the addition of Champions League, an entirely reworked Kick-Off mode, and vastly improved animations. Last month, DualShockers attended an EA
While soccer has never really caught on in the United States like the rest of the world, EA’s FIFA series remains one of their most lucrative best-selling series. 2018 has been a big year for soccer with the World Cup, and EA plans on following that up with FIFA 19 on PC, PS4, Xbox One,
Mixed martial arts has captivated fans for quite some time and with the upcoming EA Sports UFC 3, EA Sports is looking to bring players closer to the action than ever before with one of the most realistic interpretations of the sport yet. EA has released its brand new reveal trailer for EA Sports UFC 3 that
Yesterday I got to get my hands on the newly-revealed EA UFC 3 on PS4, and although it’s still an early build, it looked and played incredibly smooth and showed off many of the new improvements that developer EA Canada have been boasting about. Graphically, technically, and simply authentically, the game has been boosted to the next
While wrestling has been a tradition in gaming for decades, mixed martial arts has still been growing in bringing the popular sport over to games, with the latest iteration of the sport heading to consoles next year. During a reveal event for the upcoming EA Sports UFC 3 in New York City, DualShockers had the opportunity to
With the advances of technology and graphical power that happens with each console generation, sports games, in particular, get closer and closer to emulating their real-life counterparts, and with the newly-revealed EA Sports UFC 3, players will get one step closer to feeling like they really are in the octagon. During a reveal event in New