The Feb. 27, 2026, SBJ Gaming news covers Sega Football Club Champions celebrating its 30th year with a global release, Rocket League's Boston Major's milestone, the and boost NASCAR saw from the Daytona 500 for its gaming efforts.

You might have seen some recent buzz around Sega Football Club Champions 2026. This free-to-play soccer management sim for PlayStation, PC and iOS/Android debuted Jan. 22, and in a little more than a month, the publisher said it had garnered over 2 million downloads.

The Rocket League Championship Series Major at Boston University’s Agganis Arena was another sellout (5,000 each day) Saturday and Sunday. Now, sellouts aren’t news for Blast events — they often choose venues that fit their crowds. Setting viewership marks, however, doesn’t happen at every event.

The Feb. 13, 2026, edition of the SBJ Gaming newsletter reports on how the 2025 World Series inspired the gameplay director to create a new mechanic for pitching, other changes to bring a more modern, analytical feel to fielding and pitching and Roy Campanella joining the Storylines pantheon.

Ares Interactive’s new 7th Inning studio revealed that Baseball Hits 26 features Mariners C Cal Raleigh as its cover athlete for its upcoming free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android. Ares Interactive has not noted the release date yet.

The Jan. 30, 2026, edition of SBJ Gaming covers the TGL's first video game endeavor with HypGames' PGA Tour Pro Golf for Apple Arcade, NBA 2K26 leading the list of best-selling games for 2025 and the top-selling Winter Sports games of all time.

2K Sports’ NBA 2K26 was the bestselling sports video game in the U.S. for 2025, finished No. 2 in sales for all games in behind Battlefield 6, per tracking firm Circana’s December report on the industry.

Last week, TGL revealed its first entry into video games, adding four courses to PGA Tour Pro Golf. As part of Apple Arcade, it’s available not just on mobile platforms (iPhones and iPads) but the Mac as well. But why did TGL choose to enlist a mobile studio for its first foray into video games?

In a deal befitting a tech-infused golf outfit, TGL is working with mobile gaming studio HypGames to appear in PGA Tour Pro Golf on Apple Arcade. This is the first time TGL has been in a video game, on mobile, consoles or PC.

The Jan. 16, 2026, edition of the SBJ Gaming newsletter looks at Blizzard Entertainment's latest promotion with sports, a pregame tavern tailgate for World of Warcraft's Midnight expansion and player housing, along with how Asmodee is using the Timberwolves to promote Catan.