GameSpot tackles SportsGamer.com

  • By GS_News, GameSpot
  • Posted Jul 3, 2007 4:44 pm PT

Today, GameSpot announced the acquisition of SportsGamer.com. Founded in May 2006, the New York City- and Cincinnati-based site focuses exclusively on mainstream sports games, including FIFA soccer, NFL Football, Major League Baseball, and NASCAR racing. Unlike most review- and preview-centric...

Today, GameSpot announced the acquisition of SportsGamer.com. Founded in May 2006, the New York City- and Cincinnati-based site focuses exclusively on mainstream sports games, including FIFA soccer, NFL Football, Major League Baseball, and NASCAR racing.

Unlike most review- and preview-centric sites, SportsGamer specializes in gameplay strategy and tips, including video gameplay tutorials. It also provides online stats, leaderboard tracking, and forums for its growing community.

"I'm really excited to have SportsGamer as part of the GameSpot team," said GameSpot Senior Editor Brian Ekberg. "The site's intense focus on postrelease coverage of the biggest sports titles is just one of the things that sets it apart. In the coming months, we hope to expand the reach of both our sites to continue to bring readers the best sports game coverage around."

117 Comments

  • SPEEZUS

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 5:03 pm PT

    THIS MAY BE THE DUMBEST SH!T EVER

  • CowbellFanatic

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 3:40 pm PT

    What is the actual point of this?

  • UzEE

    Posted Jul 14, 2007 2:27 pm PT

    Thumbs up to GameSpot!

  • _Sam_

    Posted Jul 13, 2007 3:49 pm PT

    I'm curious to know how much they acquired it for...

  • Twinturbo120

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 9:58 pm PT

    wat gorilla_killa said lol

  • Slash_out

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 8:41 am PT

    Let's hope GS.com won't do stupid changes like the new reviews system by making everything "more simple, cause we (the readers) are not smart enough".

  • AlexLove

    Posted Jul 9, 2007 11:44 pm PT

    The bigger, the better...Long live gamespot.

  • DouglasBuffone

    Posted Jul 9, 2007 2:37 pm PT

    I think this is going to be a great addition to the site

  • thefjk

    Posted Jul 9, 2007 2:23 pm PT

    Take that IGN!

  • gorilla_killa

    Posted Jul 9, 2007 1:41 pm PT

    all who hate sports games hate me.

  • French023

    Posted Jul 8, 2007 10:50 pm PT

    gamespot needed somthing like this! I'm really excited

  • telvisnostic

    Posted Jul 8, 2007 10:38 pm PT

    Sounds interesting.
    I basically only like sports games so that new site is a plus for me.

  • NinjaMunkey01

    Posted Jul 7, 2007 3:28 am PT

    just to say I was looking at the forums and someones message has been hidden for saying "cool". does gamespot actually look at others messages before deducting points and hiding messages? weird...

  • Le-Beave

    Posted Jul 7, 2007 2:52 am PT

    Nice...

  • gongshow7

    Posted Jul 7, 2007 1:52 am PT

    I just hope they relay the information here. I love GS and im sure the site is great (big fan of sports games) However im hoping they dont keep all the exclusive stuff to that site alone nwo that its a borther/sister site of GS. Anyway keep up the good work fella's, sites great.

  • erich20012001

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 11:10 pm PT

    I had 2000+ posts there until I retired/got banned. But I couldn't stay away long, so I made a secondary account...still not as good as www.thebreakaway.net

  • mimeprizeis

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 8:46 pm PT

    Great, now show GameTrailers who is boss!

  • Vyce3

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 6:17 am PT

    that might be the last nail in Operationsports.com's coffin

  • Agulf

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 3:48 am PT

    So will this be integrated in gamespot or will the page stay? I don't really see the need of having two different game sites to visit, if the same company owns it. This would go great with the new gamespaces. Plus, the statistics would be a great addition to our gamespot accounts...

  • t_biggin

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 9:25 pm PT

    You know what would be cool - getting sports games a subsite to themselves. I hate sports games and always have while others love them and always will. Put them in different sections because I'm sick of hearing about fricking Madden (and EA games in general) when I don't give a rat's ass if the 2007 version has 2 more players than 2006.

  • 209vaughn

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 8:26 pm PT

    Great site. Good pick up GS.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 7:54 pm PT

    Excellent

  • Raykuza

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 6:32 pm PT

    I may hate sports games, but an expansion of GS is good no matter what.

  • EPaul

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 3:29 pm PT

    Hostile Business Takeovers FTW

  • diablobasher

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 11:47 am PT

    cool, i guess...

  • Godsofplunder

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 11:16 am PT

    Great news! It's a wonderful thing to see the site expanding.
    I just hope it don't take from the good thing GAMESPOT already has!
    Congrats!

    - Gods of plunder

  • kyo_tetsuei

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 9:21 am PT

    SAT analogy time.
    EA is to video games as GameSpot is to:

    A) ....

    Aw, screw it.

  • Reetesh

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 8:30 am PT

    Very nice move hope they dont "unite" the message boards like during GameFAQs.

  • dryden555

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 7:49 am PT

    curious news. The gamefaqs merger several years ago didnt seem to be a good or bad thing.

  • Daytona_178

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 5:56 am PT

    Go forth Gamespot, divide and conquer!

  • Thorpe89 Site moderator

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 1:51 am PT

    I guess probably good news for those are are into sports games.

  • MotorChallenged

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 12:25 am PT

    Maintaining your monopoly by buying your competitors? Naugthy!

  • ThePhilatron

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 11:45 pm PT

    I second what gorilla_killa said.

  • Dreski83

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 11:36 pm PT

    I look foward to see how this unfolds...

  • donscrillinger

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 11:19 pm PT

    i agree with GKILLA G4tv is now trash what happend to the games .

  • seg555

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 7:26 pm PT

    I hope gamespot buy out g4. G4 was good at the bigging which was a channel about video games, but lately all that is on g4 is crap. X play was a good show but now it is ****

  • drangel_jam

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 5:19 pm PT

    I hope it's worth it.

  • musicaz70

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 4:37 pm PT

    well, i hate sports games. but the idea of strategies and tips thing i think is really great. man i want a site like that for shooters and mmo's [there sort of are ones for mmo's but their all so unorganized]

  • FlashCharge

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 4:15 pm PT

    Will look forward to this new expansion for Gamespot.

  • bgres077

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 3:55 pm PT

    Why don't you guys work on getting rid of the bugs before buying out other sites?

  • Brainkiller05

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 2:32 pm PT

    GameSpot is taking over the world

  • bigmick07

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 2:22 pm PT

    this is a very good aquisition, because now gamespot doesn't have to worry to much about the 30-40 sports games that come out each year.

  • Latinbro1

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 2:01 pm PT

    eh

  • gobigred40

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 1:39 pm PT

    DIdn't this used to be maddennation.com?

  • jord121290

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 12:28 pm PT

    "why this is relevant to gaming? Because last time I checked Gamespot wasn't a sports outlet."

    Uh?? It's a site about sports games, so of course its relevant to gaming.

  • quickhhh

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 12:27 pm PT

    go gamespot!!!

  • kalkhaja

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 11:35 am PT

    Good move by GameSpot, I wanted more sport articles and previews!

  • Agreb91

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 10:06 am PT

    Pretty cool.

  • HyperMetaDragon

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 9:58 am PT

    Hopefully it's merged with the Sports part for GameSpot.

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 8:12 am PT

    GameSpot is becoming the EA of websites (well, GS is still quality though). Earth is next!

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