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Need To Evolve | As Need For Speed turns 30, the devs currently running the series say the biggest challenge new entries face is "literally the age of the franchise"

"The trajectory has been bumpy, actually, in some cases."

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sleepers or Junkers? | "Need For Speed is always too ahead of its time" Veteran NFS developers on the series' habit of polarising releases that end up beloved

"I was shocked how highly rated some of the fans made that game. Because I had thought that’s a bit of a lump of coal in my resume."

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Create your own dynasty.

Nov. 21, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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EA Sports FC 25 Tactics Codes and Best Formations

Try out the best formations in EA Sports FC 25 with these ready-made Tactics Codes!

Nov. 20, 2024 James Billcliffe

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EA Sports FC 25 Wonderkids: Best young players in career mode

Add some of the highest potential young players in EA Sports FC 25 to your squad and develop the stars of the future!

Nov. 19, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Get free coins and cosmetics in NFL Universe Football with these codes.

Nov. 19, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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EA Sports FC 25 Best Kits: Coolest international and club shirts

Including internationals, club teams and deep cuts, here are 25 of the best kits in EA Sports FC 25 to kit out your Ultimate Team!

Nov. 18, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Nov. 18, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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Basketball Legends codes

Block, steal, shoot!

Nov. 15, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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EA FC 25 Division Rivals Rewards

Every reward you can get and how the FUT mode works.

Nov. 15, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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EA FC 25 FUT Champs Rewards

Everything you need to know about the weekend league for EA's Ultimate Team.

Nov. 15, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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EA Sports FC 25 RttK Upgrade Tracker

How close are your Road to the Knockouts cards to their next upgrade in EA Sports FC 25? Here's where to find out!

Nov. 13, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Touching Down Soon | It's In The Game: Madden NFL is about to give EA's American football series the documentary treatment, and here's hoping it does a deep-dive on that Greg Jennings touchdown

Sure, he was putting the team on his back, but there has to be more to it than that.

Nov. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hit And Run | "We're in the business of making great big hits", Take-Two CEO says after shuttering good studios and selling good indie publisher Private Division to a mystery buyer

We have actually shuttered those things, it's confirmed, half a year after man said those things weren't being shuttered.

Nov. 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Oct. 31, 2024 Connor Makar

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Majiming Expectation | So far, the Like A Dragon: Yakuza TV show is pretty much what I thought the Yakuza games would be before I played the Yakuza games

It might not be going full karaoke, but as a Yakuza fan, I don't feel like I'm totally wasting my time.

Oct. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bloody Bicycle Kicks | FEAR FA 98 is a weird indie lovechild of footy and Silent Hill that’ll let you summon demons and kick about severed heads, and it looks like a terrifyingly chaotic laugh

You can also try to attack opposing players with rusty scissors and axes, just in case your trusty two-foot slide tackle isn't enough.

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Oct. 22, 2024 Amelia Zollner

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James! | Silent Heelflip: Mary's sick, but James is sicker now he's been modded into Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Sorry I couldn't visit you in the hospital Mary, I was busy popping ollies with the boys.

Oct. 21, 2024 Connor Makar

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Hyphens | NBA 2K25 Season 2 is launching alongside Gravity Ball, a paid DLC that's "American-Gladiators-meets-futuristic-basketball-meets-paintball"

Accessible via The City, it's been developed by the same folks who did Lego 2K Drive.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Beeegggg | EA Sports FC 25's third title update is beefier than an old-school centre back, with over 1000 words of changes and fixes, including balancing tweaks and nerfs

If you've been getting by on Trivela spam, it's bad news.

Oct. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Strikers to sign in Career Mode

Efficient Strikers are the backbone of any successful team, and these are some of the best in EA Sports FC 25!

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Wingers to sign in Career Mode

Rapid LWs and RWs with amazing pace and dazzling skills can make all of the difference in EA Sports FC 25.

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Midfielders to sign in Career Mode

Here are some of the best CAMs, CMs and CDMs to add to your team in EA Sports FC 25!

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Full-backs to sign in Career Mode

Whether it's as an attacking Left Back or a Right Back in midfield, the best LBs and RBs in EA Sports FC 25 are a threat!

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Centre Backs to sign in Career Mode

The best CBs in EA Sports FC 25 have a rock-solid mixture of speed, strength and tackling ability.

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Best EA Sports FC 25 Goalkeepers to sign in Career Mode

A great team starts with a great goalkeeper.

Oct. 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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It's-A-Me... Alarmo | Nintendo Switch 2? What Switch 2? Surely the announcement you've been waiting on is the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo

Couldn't have timed it better.

Oct. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Not A Load of Balls | EA Sports FC 25 Review - gameplay over gimmicks makes for a season to remember

There’s a lot that EA Sports FC 25 does which isn’t iterative - and that, actually, is a good thing.

Oct. 4, 2024 James Billcliffe

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George Is Not Upset | Nobody panic, but Xbox Game Pass' latest batch of additions is giving everyone the power to truly explore the depraved depths of a stocky balding man's soul

We're opening up Pandora's big salad here, don't say I didn't warn you.

Oct. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Safe For Now | EA Sports FC 25's second update hits PC first, and you won't be able to get destroyed by a console player controlled league two team until they get it too

Because cross-play, innit.

Oct. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Kicking Kin | EA Sports FC 25 includes a pair of brothers, but only one of them's a footballer, and you might not guess how it's happened right away

No, it's not one of the ball boy skins or that one fan you see going nuts whenever you concede.

Sept. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

Sept. 30, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Kiryu... | Like a Dragon: Yakuza's latest trailer gives us our first look at live-action Majima in motion, uncomfortably long tongue, baseball bat, and all

The series is due out next month.

Sept. 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Shootout Nerves | EA Sports FC 25's first title update is now live, and it should prevent your game getting unstable after you lose on pens

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Sept. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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EA Sports FC 25 Best Formations for Meta and Starter Teams

A top-tier formation can help you to extract the best from your players in EA Sports FC 25.

Sept. 23, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Hit And Miles | At its best, #Drive Rally feels a bit like what'd happen if Colin McRae was in Crazy Taxi, but there’s still plenty of room for improvement

Look, why do you need me to take you on a romp through the German countryside in my Rover before I drop you off at pilates?

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sept. 18, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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Ice Nice? | EA Sports FC 25's soundtrack is here, so you can join in the debate as to whether its over 100 tunes live up to the spirit of Goodbye Mr A

When it comes to songs that'll become engraved in your brain over the next year or so, things are never black and gold.

Sept. 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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PODCAST | The best games that bricked consoles

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: the 360 era was a golden age but man, the hardware sucked.

Sept. 14, 2024 Jim Trinca

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All NBA 2K25 locker codes and what they get you

How to get some extra locker codes as well

Sept. 13, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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A good small forward is the biggest part of a team

Sept. 13, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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Hitting Another 900? | Skateboard man Tony Hawk teases that he's working with Activision on "something the fans will truly appreciate"

This is seemingly to do with the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater turning 25 this year. Feel old yet?

Sept. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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It’s LeBigggg | NBA 2K25 review: A 7-foot 6, 300-pound center that’s plenty skilled, but still a bit turnover-prone

2K’s basketball behemoths have long felt like a pretty strong package, but this year isn’t a wholly authoritative slam dunk for reasons beyond VC.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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A strong shooting guard to land every opportunity

Sept. 10, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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The right PG build to handle any challenge

Sept. 10, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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Solid Gold | Mbappe, Rodri and Haaland highest rated players in EA Sports FC 25, plus big upgrade for Bellingham

Bonmati is the highest-rated Women's player in EA Sports FC 25 after her Ballon D'or win.

Sept. 9, 2024 James Billcliffe

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REMEMBER THE NAME | EA Sports FC 25 New Icons & Icon List

More than 100 legends of the game are likely to grace the pitch in EA Sports FC 25, including Gianluigi Buffon, Gareth Bale and Lillian Thuram.

Sept. 6, 2024 James Billcliffe