Welcome to the first post of a new weekly segment on Rival Spot’s blog, the FIFA 12 Simulator Series. Every week, we’ll simulate the biggest games of the weekend to come via FIFA 12 to try and predict the outcome. In a way, it’s just a fun way to try and guess how the biggest [...]

FIFA 12 is the latest edition of the internationally popular football (or soccer) game from EA sports. Coupled with new interactive features in the Career Mode, a brand new impact engine and a level of unpredictability installments of past years simply failed to live up to, FIFA 12 seems blow any potential competition – normally Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer – straight out of the water.

As the 2011 MLB playoffs get set to start on Friday evening, it’s time to look ahead and predict which team will stand tall in October. The full series-by-series breakdowns are below: Tampa Bay – Texas A tricky series, because the Rays made such an incredible run on their way to winning the AL Wild [...]

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The first set of ratings for NBA 2K12 have been revealed in an Operation Sports producer blog, where Erick Boenisch lays out details for the new “Creating a Legend” mode. Displayed within the post are two screenshots, showing the Miami Heat roster and Kobe Bryant’s player card. More importantly, we get our first look at [...]

September 13, 2011 was a day of significant baseball milestones, after a pair of veteran pitchers achieved some big time numbers on the field. First, it was Mariano

No, it’s not quite the real thing, but FIFA addicts can try a taste of their favorite sports title with the release of FIFA 12′s demo for the Playstion 3 and Xbox 360. Available to download from both the Playstation Network and Xbox Live, the 1.42 GB file includes six different teams and gives gamers [...]

With the arrival of FIFA 12 getting closer each day, it was time for EA Sports to release the complete soundtrack list for the upcoming release. As usual, the global game features tunes from far and wide, including 39 artists from 15 countries. Those include Australia, England, Italy, the USA, Brazil, Venezuela, Germany, Holland, New [...]

With no NBA basketball on the horizon, much of the relevant hoops action is taking place overseas. In one such event, sponsored by Nike, LeBron James took to the floor in Taiwan for an All-Star charity game. There, he was obviously the best player in the floor, but that doesn’t mean everything was well and [...]

After years of speculation and a long, drawn-out process, Cesc Fabregas is officially headed back to Barcelona FC, leaving behind an Arsenal club that failed to win trophies during his captaincy. The final details of the 24-year old’s transfer are laid out below, courtesy of The Guardian: The saga came to an end when Fábregas [...]