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The WNBA in NBA 2K20: Proof of a long-overdue concept

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The unavoidable reality behind NBA 2K20’s avoidable microtransactions

Old-school NASCAR owners find excitement in their esports teams

Madden’s secret, best single-player mode is Ultimate Team

Why are we asking where the hell is NBA Live again?

NBA 2K20’s gameplay reveal for the WNBA is met with sickening, saddening mockery

An unbeatable poker bot offers glimpses of video game AI’s future

Anti-loot box bill poses a real threat to sports video games

The newest esports league might be the future of stock car racing

Sports’ story mode sequels have a hard act to follow — their own

NBA Live 19’s women give depth to the game’s most interesting mode

NBA Live 19 takes direct aim at NBA 2K19’s grabby microtransactions

The lesson of the NBA Elite 11 demo, and why I won’t delete it

Let’s remember the real reasons we loved EA Sports’ NCAA Football series

Madden NFL turns 30: an appreciation

Tecmo Super Bowl, 27 years young, is growing up into an esport

Subscriptions for sports games? Ultimate teams stand in the way

How Madden’s Longshot turned down a future Hall of Famer, and got its best character

How did someone who doesn’t like sports still make a good sports video game?

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Madden brings back colleges, but an NCAA video game remains a longshot

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Top Spin maker rallies on with Tennis World Tour

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NBA Live 18’s show-don’t-tell presentation earned it another second chance

It's 'EA Sports FIFA,' not 'FIFA 18' for Nintendo Switch

MLB The Show’s ‘ShowTime’ mode makes an uncommon rule relevant

Tecmo Super Bowl’s world championship is reborn as a tournament worthy of the big time

Two top MLB talents, gone too soon, live on under new names in a video game

Playing for the love of the sport — all of them — in Super Slam Dunk Touchdown

Yet another quiet death for NBA Live defines sports games’ shrunken landscape

Mutant Football League adds the voice of NBA Jam, and predicts tomorrow’s big game (update)

Will the Switch bring sports back to Nintendo?