sports

Big Ant Studios are slowly making a name for themselves with their sports titles. Branching out from cricket, they found themselves giving tennis a crack with AO Tennis. After numerous updates, that clumsy first attempt was starting to resemble something more palatable. Now they’ve opted to give a sequel a […]

AO Tennis 2 – PS4 Review

16 Jan, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged AO Tennis 2 / ash barty / australian open / big ant studios / nick kyrgios / online multiplayer / rafa nadal / sports by Mike

Super Tennis Blast is an arcade focused tennis game from Barcelona-based coders Unfinished Pixel and offers up the sort of gameplay this sub-genre of sports games had back in the ’90s. Now back in the day Super Tennis on the SNES (no relation to this game) was our jam and many […]

Super Tennis Blast – PS4 Review

5 Jun, 2019 in PS4 tagged sports / sunglasses on while you sleep / super tennis blast / tennis / weiner dog by Richie

Snooker games are fairly rare so getting two of them in the same week must be some sort of sign of the apocalypse but here we are reviewing another one having just published our review of Snooker 19. Where that game had the official World Snooker license and over 100 real […]

Snooker Nation Championship – PS4 Review

23 Apr, 2019 in PS4 tagged getting high on the basketball court / snooker / snooker nation / sports / wiener dog by Richie

It’s not very often I get to review a sports game where the sport is completely new to me. Crossminton is perhaps better described by it’s alternative name: Speed Badminton. The racquet sport eliminates the net and uses a quicker shuttlecock called a speeder. The playing field is smaller with […]

eCrossminton – PS4 Review

21 Apr, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged crossminton / daydream software / ecrossminton / ineternational crossminton organisation / minigames / racquet / speed badminton / sports by Mike

We’re probably not required to tell you that Snooker 19 is a snooker simulation but it is and it comes to us from Leamington Spa-based indie studio Lab42 who have a mobile and porting based softography behind them but are now trying their hand and simulation of the relaxing sport […]

Snooker 19 – PS4 Review

19 Apr, 2019 in PS4 tagged ripstone / simulation / snooker / sports / weiner dog by Richie

I often wonder why mobile ports attract the wrath they do. Having covered a few, there always seems to be some substance to them, whilst simplified in controls and a little lacking in presentation. I’ve rarely seen it feel so wrong to hold it against a product. Timber Tennis Versus, […]

Timber Tennis Versus – PS4 Review

18 Nov, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged digital melody / multiplayer / Pixel art / sports / timber tennis versus by Mike

It’s September and that can only mean one thing. PES has had a few weeks to shine, and shine it did, but now FIFA is back, ready to suck all of the oxygen out of the genre and to try to establish its place at the top of the pile […]

FIFA 19 – PS4 Review

30 Sep, 2018 in PS4 tagged fifa / football / simulation / soccer (whatever) / sports by Richie

We don’t know what it is about Survios Games but they seem intent on getting us out of our seat with their VR games. Their previous games were Sprint Vector, which was an exhausting parkour game that made you run by pumping your arms, and Electronauts which had hitting a […]

Creed: Rise to Glory – PSVR Review

26 Sep, 2018 in PSVR tagged boxing / creed / fitness / PSVR / rocky / sports by Richie

I can’t imagine HB Studios expected to becoming the leading developers of golf sims but, with EA very much out of the picture, they’ve found themselves grabbing some PGA licensing. With that, a touch of legitimacy arrives to a still very independent project. What the license does give you is […]

The Golf Club 2019 – PS4 Review

18 Sep, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged golf / hb studios / online multiplayer / PGA / sports / the golf club 2019 / this one's for my pa by Mike

In a World Cup year, it barely feels like football’s been away but, as August rolls around, the new season begins and Konami come out of the traps early in an effort to steal a tiny march on EA’s juggernaut. Whilst still seen by some as the purer sim, this […]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 – PS4 Review

4 Sep, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged football / konami / pes productions / pro evolution soccer / sports by Mike

Baseball games have been somewhat monopolised by Sony with their highly successful MLB The Show series. Whilst it does allow plenty of room for alternative to spring forth, it still feels somewhat rare for a developer to bring America’s pastime to consoles. Metalhead did just that with Super Mega Baseball […]

Super Mega Baseball 2 – PS4 Review

7 May, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged american rounders / baseball / bat / metalhead / sports / strike / super mega baseball 2 by Mike

After the quarter that EA have just had, what better way to let off steam than with a game where you punch people in the face? That’s right, EA’s UFC series is back. And if you think EA had a rough 2017, the Ultimate Fighting Championship had a worse one. […]

EA Sports UFC 3 – PS4 Review

30 Jan, 2018 in PS4 tagged EA / fighting / mma / simulation / sports / ufc / UFC3 by Richie