Review by Nick H. Of all the different sports options out there, I think basketball works best for crazy arcade action. NBA Playgrounds manages to mostly capture the essence of what made NBA Jam so popular decades ago, though its attempt to update the formula also misses the mark at…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Over the last few years, the WWE series has done a nice job of adding substantial new features while improving upon some of its weaker areas. This has made the annual releases something for wrestling fans to look forward to. This year’s release of WWE 2K17…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I’ve got a pretty overwhelming mania for the Olympic Games right now. It happens every time since Sydney in 2000, when, after attending about a dozen events in the two weeks I realised just how much I enjoy the atmosphere, aesthetics, and energy of the Games.…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Nick H. So this one came to me after sitting on the grassy hill of a local minor league baseball team. Baseball is not my favourite sport; I’m more a girdiron of basketball kind of guy. That being said, I’ve always enjoyed going to baseball games. I…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Due for a full release next month, a little demo for Pocket Card Jockey has arrived on the Nintendo 3DS, and immediately I have fallen in complete love with it. In the same way that Nintendo Pocket Football Club immediately grabbed my attention thanks to its…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. To quote a very interesting and wholly unserious movie that you should probably watch, even if you don’t enjoy it, “if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball”. In a lot of cases this statement holds true for our heroes in one of…
Read MoreFIFA 16 overflows with authenticity from its visuals, to the presentation and down to the on-field play as well. Year by year, the FIFA series seems to take smaller steps in iterating over the prior season’s game than some of EA’s other sports titles, but the end result is still…
Read MoreI love fishing. I’m terrible at it, but I love it. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I’m terrible at it. I once spent a whole week on a houseboat in a prime fishing river, with all the cool baits and fishing rods, and didn’t catch a single fish…
Read MoreBig Ant, the Australian developer behind the excellent Don Bradman Cricket and TableTop Cricket titles, has exclusively announced to us that it is in active development of a sequel to Don Bradman Cricket. While we weren’t given any timeline on the release of the game, the development is happening now,…
Read MoreOh Rugby 15… how I so wanted to like you. Rugby is a sport that I feel needs more attention, as it is a sport that is ripe for a video game adaptation – it is both fast and aggressive. Rugby 15 is the first attempt to take the sport…
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