Tag Archives: Sports

It’s the news that budding Big Sams/Joses/Pardews have spent the summer gnawing at their fingertips for: Football Manager 2017 is coming on November 4. (Budding Pardews, though? Rather you than me. And I’m a Palace fan.) Developed (as ever) by Sports Interactive, the game is coming to PC, Mac, and …

Realistic player faces have become something fans insist upon across all sports games – so every year Konami and EA do their utmost to one-up each other on the football licenses front. It’s the latter who usually win out, but PES 2017 (opens in new tab) is making efforts to …

Desperate to know how your favourite NFL team’s back-up running back is rated for Trucking ahead of Madden 17’s August 23 release date? Then do a little dab, because EA has unleashed a colossal spreadsheet which will tell you this, and every other default rating in the game. (If you’re …

After providing a sneak peek at Juventus in FIFA 17 (opens in new tab), EA has revealed how another club looks in the game’s new Frostbite engine: German champions Bayern Munich. New FIFA 17 (opens in new tab) screens show rescanned facial likenesses (starheads, in FIFA parlance) for Arjen Robben, …

It’s not only FIFA 17 (opens in new tab) and Madden 17 (opens in new tab) making a big deal of Ultimate Team this year – NHL 17 sees the hockey equivalent upgraded with a concept called ‘synergy’. Previously, your dream roster was built around the concept of player chemistry; …

EA has announced an official partnership with Italian giants Juventus – and released some fine-looking screens of the 32-time domestic champions taken with FIFA 17 (opens in new tab)’s Frostbite engine.  Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Claudio Marchisio, Giorgio Chiellini, and Paulo Dybala are the first names to be confirmed as …

One downside to the always-exciting NFL Draft is that, following its conclusion, you have to wait four months to use the league’s newest star players in Madden career mode. This is why, from May to August, Ultimate Team becomes the game’s biggest draw: in EA’s now-ubiquitous build-a-roster mode, you can …

“If you only knew the power of the Darkslides.” That’s not only a borked Star Wars quote, it’s also a new special move in the recently revealed sequel to the one of PS Vita’s most surprising indie smashes. Webster’s – or, Roll7’s – Tricktionary redefined what a skateboarding game could …

The new generation of consoles has been kind to Madden. While the PS4 and Xbox One version of last fall’s Madden NFL 25 only features slightly upgraded visuals from its last-gen counterparts, its significant gameplay improvements won over hardened football fans. Less than a year later, Madden 15 arrives as …

A treasure trove of gaming riches You probably heard all about the great big-name announcements that came out of Sony and Microsoft’s Gamescom press conferences. The Bloodbornes and Halos, the Uncharteds and the Tomb Raiders–great stuff, all of it. But both conferences contained lots of equally interesting games from smaller …