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There’s a lot I take for granted with NBA 2K25. The series has always looked authentic and kept the presentation to a high level. It’s no different here with the commentary remaining insightful, if bordering on repetitive. Arenas and players look accurate with the court-side activity remaining lively and active. […]

NBA 2K25 – PS5 Review

September 13, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged basketball / career mode / larry bird / lebron james / magic johnson / michael jordan / NBA 2K25 / sports / steph curry / team-building / visual concepts / women by Mike

Tennis games feel few and far between and it seems like an age since they were truly great. Top Spin might be back on the menu these days but, aside from that, Big Ant Studios appear to be the only studio available to bring a licensed version of the racquet […]

Tiebreak: Official Game of the ATP and WTA – PS5 ...

August 31, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged big ant studios / career mode / creation tools / novak djokovic / online multiplayer / sports / tennis / tiebreak official game of the atp and wta by Mike

Horatio Goes Snowboarding is an arcade-style mix of two genres, the obvious snowboarding part and another section that is a basic traffic-avoiding game in the style of Frogger. It comes to us by way of Infinite State Games, the studio behind the fantastic Rogue Aces and the maddeningly addictive Don’t Die, Mr […]

Horatio Goes Snowboarding – PS5 Review

December 22, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / horace goes skiing / horatio goes snowboarding / retro / snowboarding / sports / zx spectrum by Richie

As regular as Chelsea (spit!) getting an easy draw in the cups, here is FIFA 22, this year’s iteration of EA’s incredibly successful football simulator. It comes as their nearest competitor, Konami’s PES series, has somewhat imploded by turning into the awfully named, free-to-play eFootball. So, you’d forgive EA for taking it easy […]

FIFA 22 – PS5 Review

October 2, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged come on you Rs / EA / fifa / fifa 22 / football / sports by Richie

As more years go by, Visual Concepts’ NBA 2K series feels like a stuck record. Whilst it is uncontested, the basketball they deliver is largely of astounding quality. Last year’s effort felt like a backwards stumble. The changes to shooting appeared to backfire and many post-release patches were handed out […]

NBA 2K22 – PS5 Review

September 20, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged basketball / mycareer / myteam / nba 2k22 / online multiplayer / quests / sports / visual concepts / wnba by Mike

You know, I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to get used to seeing EA’s logo on an F1 game. This is Codemasters’ first title since the acquisition and I think more than a few people wondered what influence, if any, the new bosses would have. As it turns […]

F1 2021 – PS5 Review

July 28, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged braking point / career mode / codemasters / F1 2021 / george russell / lando norris / lewis hamilton / motorsports / online multiplayer / racing / sports / story mode / time trial by Mike

As the registered sports bloke, I’m given a lot of sports titles to tinker with. Handball is a new one on me. Coming from EKO Software, Handball 21 takes the top leagues of the European game and looks to bring it to a videogame audience. As a newcomer, I’m interested […]

Handball 21 – PS4 Review

November 17, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged barcelona / eko software / handball 21 / paris saint germain / sports / ultimate team by Mike

What an odd thing this is. With 2020 being what it is, you’d be forgiven for seeing a sports title skip a year. Sadly, contractual agreements being what they are, sometimes that’s not an option. With not a whole lot of fanfare, the imaginatively titled eFootball 2021 Season Update, arrives […]

eFootball PES 2021 Season Update – PS4 Review

September 22, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged eFootball PES 2021 season update / frank lampard / konami / online multiplayer / pes productions / ryan giggs / soccer / sports by Mike

Update: Since this review was first published, a patch dropped on 14th September which does improve the shooting. It’s more reliable but I still feel it’s a bit finicky. I’ve been having more success from outside the paint and the timing feels better. I still don’t feel it’s where it needs […]

NBA 2K21 – PS4 Review

September 11, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged basketball / career mode / myteam / nba 2K21 / online multiplayer / slam dunk / sports / visual concepts by Mike

Super Soccer Blast is an arcade style football game and by that we mean that it leaves all of the fancy presentation, realism and licensing at the door and instead offers the kind of football action we were used to seeing twenty or so years ago. Having grown up playing Match […]

Super Soccer Blast – PS4 Review

June 14, 2020 in PS4 tagged arcade / football / soccer / sports / super soccer blast by Richie

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

January 16, 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

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