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End of Year Community Awards: Best Mobile Game of 2017
With 2017 having come to a close we look back on the developments that have taken place and acknowledge the various efforts in sports gaming. The next category in the annual Community Awards is open for voting. You can check out the winners from previous years here. Best Gameplay, Best Career/Story Mode, Best Franchise Mode, Best Team-Building Mode, Best Presentation, Best Online Play, Best Post-Release Support and Best Racing Game can already be voted on! Categori...
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AO Tennis has released on mobile in advance of the upcoming console version
In December publisher Big Ant Studios made the surprise announcement of AO Tennis for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game is set to release on January 16 but only in Australia and New Zealand, with a worldwide launch happening at some point this spring. In the meantime developer Tennis Australia today launched a mobile game under the same name. AO Tennis is the official game of the Australian Open. Create your own player, take them through the complete Australian Open tournament, right ...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Racing Game of 2017
With 2017 having come to a close we look back on the developments that have taken place and acknowledge the various efforts in sports gaming. The next category in the annual Community Awards is open for voting. You can check out the winners from previous years here. Best Gameplay, Best Career/Story Mode, Best Franchise Mode, Best Team-Building Mode, Best Presentation, Best Online Play and Best Post-Release Support can already be voted on! Categories still to come incl...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Post-Release Support of 2017
With 2017 having come to a close we look back on the developments that have taken place and acknowledge the various efforts in sports gaming. The next category in the annual Community Awards is open for voting. You can check out the winners from previous years here. Best Gameplay, Best Career/Story Mode, Best Franchise Mode, Best Team-Building Mode, Best Presentation and Best Online Play can already be voted on! Categories still to come include Sports Game of the Year, B...
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Mutant Football League releasing on PS4 and Xbox One this month
Having debuted in late October for PC the return of Mutant Football League (in spiritual successor form to 1993's Mutant League Football) will be complete when it reaches consoles later this month. Mutant Football League now has an official digital release date of January 19 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game (which I reviewed on PC) is rough around the edges but features some elements missing from the genre for far too long. Those who paid into a Kickstarter tier for a copy o...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Online Play of 2017
With 2017 having come to a close we look back on the developments that have taken place and acknowledge the various efforts in sports gaming. The next category in the annual Community Awards is open for voting. You can check out the winners from previous years here. Best Gameplay, Best Career/Story Mode, Best Franchise Mode, Best Team-Building Mode and Best Presentation can already be voted on! Categories still to come include Sports Game of the Year, Best New or Non-Yearly Sp...
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Press Row Podcast: Biggest stories of 2017
With the Press Row Podcast’s 2017 Sports Game of the Year and Racing Game of the Year determined we now turn to discussing the most important stories in the sports gaming world from the last year. These stories not only impacted the games in 2017 but could influence the direction of the various franchises and even the genre and the entire industry as a whole. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, on Android with the Stitcher app, or with Pocket Casts on...
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The Line Drive for December 31
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦These were the 12 biggest stories in sports gaming for 2017. ♦Awards voting: Presentation - Team Building Mode - Story Mode - Franchise - Gameplay. ♦Don't miss the CFP previews with NCAA Football 14: Rose Bowl - Sugar Bowl. ♦MLB The Show 17 is on digital sale for just $10 to PS Plus members for a few more days. ♦Details...
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