Tips & Settings
EA Sports FC Formations and Tactics Explained
How formations, team tactics, player roles and quick tactics work in EA Sports FC, plus what 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 each favor in-game.
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Beginner Guides
How Player Ratings Work in Sports Games
What overall ratings measure, how attributes are weighted by position, and how badges, PlayStyles and potential work in FC, 2K, Madden and The Show.
Racing Games
The Official F1 Games Explained: Career, My Team and How Releases Work
How Codemasters' official F1 games work: Driver Career, My Team, Braking Point, F1 World, assists, setups, and why 2026 arrived as an F1 25 expansion.
Beginner Guides
EA Sports NHL for Beginners: Skill Stick, Skating and Game Modes
New to EA Sports NHL? Learn the control schemes, skating, passing, shooting, deking and defense basics, plus what each main mode offers in NHL 27.
Beginner Guides
MLB The Show for Beginners: Hitting, Pitching and Fielding Basics
A beginner's guide to MLB The Show: hitting interfaces and the PCI, pitching options from Classic to Pinpoint, fielding, baserunning and the main modes.
Tips & Settings
Difficulty Levels and Sliders in Sports Games Explained
What really changes between Rookie and the hardest level, how gameplay sliders work in Madden, NBA 2K, MLB The Show and NHL, and how sim slider sets are built.
Tips & Settings
Force Feedback Settings Explained: Getting Your Wheel to Feel Right
What force feedback tells you, how gain, clipping, damping and kerb effects work, and how GT7, Forza Motorsport and F1 25 menus differ.
Series Histories
Madden NFL Series History: How John Madden Football Became an Annual Institution
From a 1988 Apple II release to Madden NFL 27: how EA's football series grew, won an exclusive NFL license and became a yearly ritual.
Series Histories
NBA 2K Series History: From Sega Dreamcast to Today
How NBA 2K grew from a 1999 Dreamcast game into basketball's dominant series: the 2K era, MyCAREER, Jordan and Mamba tributes, and NBA Live's decline.
Series Histories
From FIFA to EA Sports FC: The History of EA’s Football Series
How EA's football series grew from FIFA International Soccer in 1993 to EA Sports FC 27: key eras, the PES rivalry, Ultimate Team and the 2022 split with FIFA.