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I think annual sports games run a perpetual tightrope of trying to freshen up a familiar series on a limited development cycle. Visual Concepts have certainly rose and stumbled over the duration of their seminal basketball series. NBA 2K23 enters the court with a lot of historical content and a […]

NBA 2K23 – PS5 Review

September 16, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged basketball / historical content / larry bird / magic johnson / michael jordan / nba 2k23 / sport / sports management / visual concepts by Mike

Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 5 is the latest installment of Italian motorsports sim specialists, Milestone srl’s surprisingly new motorbiking series. We say surprisingly because despite their being five of these now, this series only started in 2018 and has had a new installment each year. It seems somewhat […]

Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 5 – PS5 Review

March 16, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged monster energy supercross 5 / motocross / motorbikes / racing / sport / supercross by Richie

NASA will probably tell you golf and space go hand in hand. Ever since they hoofed balls on the Moon, there’s been a fascination with sport where the gravity simply isn’t there. Golf video games tend to play a lot more with reality and Golf Club: Wasteland is opting for […]

Golf Club: Wasteland – PS5 Review

September 4, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged apocalypse / golf club wasteland / mars colonist / narratively-driven / radio talk show / ruins / space / sport by Mike

Tennis World Tour 2 is the sequel to Big Ben Interactive’s poorly received tennis game Tennis World Tour. We actually reviewed the PS4 version of this sequel last September, giving it 4 out of 10, a score that was in range of its Metacritic rating but Nacon have given the game […]

Tennis World Tour 2 – PS5 Review

March 26, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged nacon / simulation / sport / tennis / tennis world tour 2 by Richie

It doesn’t feel that long ago I was reviewing Ride. In the five years since, Milestone’s iterated, added, chopped and changed a formula that is finally starting to feel complete. With more tracks, races and bikes, Ride 4 is close to overtaking Tourist Trophy as my go-to bike racer. Whilst […]

Ride 4 – PS4 Review

October 10, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged harley davidson / honda / milestone / motorcycle racing / motorsport / online multiplayer / racing / ride 4 / sport / time trial / track day / yamaha by Mike

Sport is very slowly getting back on the menu. The real Tour de France is hoping for a race in August whilst the virtual equivalent is hitting shelves when the original race was due to be scheduled. We live in unprecedented times but, you can rest assured that Cyanide will […]

Tour de France 2020 – PS4 Review

June 3, 2020 in PS4 tagged classics / cyanide / cycling / racing / sport / time trial / tour de france 2020 by Mike

I didn’t get on with Rugby 18. Part of it was my own ineptitude but I couldn’t escape the slow, weathered grind and found tries hard to come by. The content, whilst officially licensed, felt slight and ran out of steam quickly. EKO Software have returned to the series after […]

Rugby 20 – PS4 Review

February 1, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eko software / maul / premiership / pro d2 / pro14 / ruck / rugby 20 / scrum / sport / top 14 / try by Mike

Football, Tactics and Glory is obviously a football game and that’s a risky proposition for developers and publishers in this FIFA dominated world. After all, EA’s footballing behemoth has it all now. The players, the teams, the tournaments, the stadiums which may require England football tickets. But look at that second […]

Football, Tactics and Glory

January 27, 2020 in PS4 tagged football / sport / strategy / tactics / turn-based by Richie

In the early days of PSVR we reviewed VR Ping Pong. Although I didn’t personally review it I did play it and it was an enjoyable enough approximation of table tennis which lacked content, variety in visuals and the AI was too hard for its own good. Here we have […]

VR Ping Pong Pro – PSVR Review

November 17, 2019 in PSVR tagged coming soon / environments / mini games / ping pong / pro / PSVR / sport / vr by Gareth

Pro Evolution Soccer was beginning to lose its charm with me. Last season, the game provided a challenge beyond my reach whilst there wasn’t much new to shout about. With a new name and touting an improved Master League, eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 is looking to jump start some […]

eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 – PS4 Review

September 22, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged efootball pro evolution soccer 2020 / esports / euro 2020 / konami / online multiplayer / pes productions / sport by Mike

It only feels like five minutes since we were reviewing Snooker Nation Championship which was one of two snooker titles to come out in close succession earlier this year. While it lacked the licensed players and venues, we found it to be more fun than Snooker 19 but we did […]

Pool Nation – PS4 Review

July 12, 2019 in PS4 tagged jimmy white or something / pool / pool nation / snooker / sport / tables by Richie

There’s a wonderful sense of timing with Big Ant Studios’ latest cricket release. Cricket 19 arrives whilst the Cricket World Cup is well underway and ahead of this summer’s Ashes series. With potentially more eyes on the sport, this cricket sim might find more favour amongst fair-weather and die hard […]

Cricket 19 – PS4 Review

June 9, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ashes cricket / bat / big ant studios / bowl / club / cricket 19 / field / international / online multiplayer / sport by Mike