Review
NHL 15 highlights all the problems of annual sports games
Notes from the purgatory of menus.
Sports
Feature
What would The International’s crowd-funding model look like in traditional sports?
Esports leads the way.
Review
A new Madden ignores and confronts all the NFL’s problems
How much reality should we demand from our videogames?
Feature
Dota 2 as religious experience
For spectators, The International 4 was sublime.
Article
The International, Day 2 and 3: The Wily, Genius, Totally Average Superstars of Tournament Play
Do we worship the player? Or do we worship the game?
News
New Push Me Pull You footage is soccer for your intestines
The natural end of two-player sports is upon us.
News
Esports could learn a lot from the World Cup
Turning games into global events.
Article
The World Cup is here; its videogames never left
Speak, nostalgia.
News
Cortana is pretty good at predicting World Cup winners
Cortana—everyone’s favorite blue-skinned malfunctioning AI buddy from the Halo games—has a knack for predicting World Cup soccer matches, it seems. Since Microsoft has adopted her voice as the equivalent of Siri for Windows phones, she’s carrying out all kinds of non-shooting-oriented voice commands
News
Watch a paralyzed teen in a mind-controlled robot suit make the inaugural kick at the World Cup
The World Cup was won on the first kick.
News
Oh look, a soccer videogame with guns
Because guns.
Review
In Trials Fusion, we are all murderers
What does the future look like for motorcycle trials? Short answer: not good.