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The best sports video game ever

The best sports video game ever

The latest sports games aren’t always the best. There’s an obsession with incremental changes and bullet points in the sports game scene that challenges fans’ ability to take a step back and see each game as its own title in its own right. It’s something that I address in my own sports reviews on this ...

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MLB Show 21 pinpoint pitching is too hard to be learned

MLB Show 21 pinpoint pitching is too hard to be learned

Be careful what I wish for. That is the doctrine of MLB The Show 21‘s new pinpoint pitching system. For all of its shortcomings, I liked the pitching controls on the Major League Baseball 2K series – the final MLB sim on an Xbox platform. MLB 2K13 and its predecessors required unique gestures on the ...

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MLB The Show 21 Review – A Familiar Rift of the Bat

MLB The Show 21 Review – A Familiar Rift of the Bat

When a longstanding sports series migrates to a new generation of consoles, the fan base expects changes. Developers usually answer this call with improved graphics, inventive game ideas, and advanced features that couldn’t be achieved with older hardware. MLB The Show 21 isn’t a strong argument for upgrading in any of these areas. You have ...

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How big is your backlog?

How big is your backlog?

It’s time again for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites ponders a single burning question. Then we ask for your opinion. This week we ask Kotaku: How big is your backlog? Wake up sleepyhead! Time to see some mistakes.picture:: CD project red Brian Not too big I think. I’ve played Civilization VIbecause I ...