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Mad Streets Coming Soon To Xbox

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It has now been revealed that Indie start-up Craftshop Arts Inc.’s beat-em-up party game Mad Streets will officially be releasing on Xbox consoles on August 27th.

With its colourful art style and the ability to play the game either alone or with up to four friends; Mad Streets looks a huge amount of fun, and should provide for plenty of entertainment and replayability with its physics based action and pick up and play value.

Dennis Opel, Founder of Craftshop Arts Inc., had the following to say about Mad Streets:

“I’ve been making classic feeling action games for over 20 years; I’m super excited to get this fresh take on pick up and play, fighting party games, in the hands of players. Mad Streets still continues to make us laugh on a daily basis, we hope the players feel the same.”

Mad Streets will be available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S for $19.99/£14.99/€14.99.

The Top 10 Players in NBA 2K22

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The top 10 player ratings in NBA 2K22 have now been confirmed, with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Steph Curry all being given a 96 overall rating.

Kawhi Leonard, Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Luka Doncic, James Harden and Dame Lillard make up the rest of the top 10, whilst on the WNBA side of things we see NBA 2K’s first female cover star, Candace Parker, being given a 93 overall.

NBA 2K22 will officially be released on September 10th for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

The Rise Of Women’s Sports In Video Games

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A look at the rise of women’s sports in video games, the progress that’s been made so far, and the further work that needs to be done to help push women’s sport forward in the future.

NBA 2K22 will feature a female cover star in Chicago Sky’s Candace Parker, EA PGA Tour will be adding female golfers and golf tournaments when it launches in 2022, and FIFA has also made some major steps forward this year, allowing you to create and use female pros in Pro Clubs as well as naming Alex Scott as the first English speaking female commentator in FIFA history.

Sports Interactive meanwhile have announced that they’ve already started work on a multi-year project to integrate women’s football into Football Manager, and overall there are definitely some positive signs of a brighter video game future for women in sport.

Despite the positive steps that have very definitely been taken, however, there’s still plenty more that can be done, and plenty of scope for sports game developers to shine an even stronger spotlight on women’s sport in the future.

The A500 Mini is coming in 2022, complete with Worms and Kick Off 2

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In recent years we’ve seen a whole host of different retro consoles given a fresh lease of life, from Nintendo’s Mini NES and SNES, right through to the Sony PlayStation Classic.

The trend certainly doesn’t show any signs of stopping any time soon though, and in early 2022 we’ll see another incredibly exciting mini console coming in the form of the A500 Mini, inspired by the Amiga 500 which was originally released way back in 1987.

The A500 Mini will feature a total of 25 classic Amiga titles, so far there have only been 12 games confirmed, however, and those are as follows:

Alien Breed 3D, Another World, ATR: All Terrain Racing, Battle Chess, Cadaver, Kick Off 2, Pinball Dreams, Simon The Sorcerer, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, The Chaos Engine, Worms: The Director’s Cut, Zool: Ninja Of The ‘nth Dimension.

The console will come complete with a 1.8m wired USB classic mouse, a 1.8m wired precision 8-button gamepad, a USB-A to USB-C power cable, and a 1.8m HDMI cable.

The A500 Mini is all set to hit the shops in early 2022 with a suggested retail price of GBP£119.99/ EUR€129.99/ USD$139.99/ AUD$199.99.

Five A Side Football 2022 Coming Soon to iOS and Android

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We’ve all secured major glory in Football Manager with some of the world’s finest footballing superstars, but have you ever taken charge of the Villains and achieved absolute defensive destruction with Tyrone Minger?

Five a Side Football 2022 is available tomorrow through the Apple App Store and Google Play, providing you with a choice of 20 different five-a-side teams and a database that includes 300 comedically named players.

There are three different match speeds to choose from as you attempt to manage your team to five-a-side glory, selecting five fit players and telling them whether to attack or defend. It’s simple, it’s fun, and you can pre-order it now through Apple or Google.

NBA 2K22 Soundtrack to Feature a Fresh Approach

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2K today announced a fresh approach to their soundtrack for NBA 2K22, where instead of there just being one soundtrack throughout the course of the year, there will be new songs added to the NBA 2K22 soundtrack on the first Friday of every season.

Some incredible UK artists will be highlighted this year with the likes of Aitch, Ghetts and Skepta all being confirmed for the soundtrack, as well as some huge global artists including Travis Scott, Young Thug and Megan Thee Stallion.

Similar to last year, there will also be ways for aspiring artists to become part of the NBA 2K22 soundtrack, and the evolving playlist throughout the course of the year should provide for a more varied and interesting soundtrack experience than ever.

Alfie Brody, NBA 2K Vice President of Global Marketing, had the following to say:

“Over the years, we’ve seen 2K become a platform of music discovery, and we wanted to bring that concept to life in NBA 2K22. Through our exclusive partnerships with some of the top record labels out there, we’re able to create a dynamic soundtrack, complete with early access to unreleased tracks, new artists, and opportunities for fans to become part of the experience and solidify their place in video game history.“


NBA 2K22 will officially be released on September 10th for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Is PES (eFootball) Destined to Just Become a Mobile Game?

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After rebranding from Pro Evolution Soccer to eFootball, there are concerns in the PES community right now that after more than two decades of releasing football focused console video games, Konami could now be looking to prioritise the mobile gaming space moving forward.

Series producer Seitaro Kimura insists that “We’re still making games on consoles first. We then take that exact same experience and make it available for mobile devices”, however all of the visual evidence that we’ve seen so far has hinted at a lower quality graphical experience than had been expected from the next-gen consoles, and with Konami’s New Football Game build there were a number of features that had seemingly been removed from the game, suggesting a watered down gameplay experience for this years title.

Is there genuine cause for concern here that Konami could be serving a mobile quality game across all platforms, or will it ultimately hold true that the company has made efforts to tailor the visual quality of the game to the hardware of each device?

Speculation will no doubt continue to mount over the course of the coming weeks, with Konami not set to provide more details about their plans and intentions with eFootball until late August.

Pokémon Unite Coming Soon to the Nintendo Switch

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TiMi Studios’ new free-to-play online multiplayer experience Pokémon Unite will officially be arriving on the Nintendo Switch on July 21st, and just by logging in before August 31st you’ll be able to pick up the mythical Pokémon Zeraora as a playable character.

The game will be launching later this year for iOS and Android, if you do have a Nintendo Switch though then you’ll soon be able to get your hands on it and start exploring what the game has to offer.

You can find an official trailer for Pokémon Unite below:

Cover Stars Confirmed for NBA 2K22

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  • NBA 2K22 75th Anniversary Edition
  • NBA 2K22 Standard Edition

Cover stars have today been confirmed for NBA 2K22, with two-time NBA All-Star Luka Dončić all set to grace the Standard Edition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant fronting the 75th Anniversary Edition, and history being made as Chicago Sky’s Candace Parker becomes the first ever female cover star in the NBA 2K series.

Candace Parker had the following to say on Twitter about the news:

Since the WNBA was first added to the game back in NBA 2K20, 2K Sports has continued to keep pushing forward with its focus on the WNBA, and this latest move to feature a female cover star for the very first time highlights the companies continued focus to keep pushing and forefront the women’s game in its NBA 2K video game series.

There will also be an additional region specific variant of the game in Japan where players will be able to purchase a special version of the Standard Edition that features Washington Wizards Rui Hachimura, the first ever Japanese player to be drafted in the first round and also the first Japanese player to ever reach the NBA Playoffs.

All editions of NBA 2K22 are scheduled for worldwide release on September 10th 2021.

Confirmed New Features For FIFA 22 Career Mode

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If you head on over to the FIFA 22 page on the Xbox website, you’ll find confirmation that FIFA 22 career mode will allow you to “Create football’s newest team, design your unique kit, stadium and badge, and manage your club to glory in Career Mode”.

The My Player mode has also been overhauled and FIFA 22’s Player Career mode will now “immerse you in your pro’s journey like never before”.

Last month we learned that there will also be an online career mode coming to FIFA in the future, right now there has been no confirmation that this mode will be readily available in the game in FIFA 22 though, and we would therefore imagine that online career mode will be something to watch out for in FIFA 23 or even FIFA 24 rather than something that you can expect to see coming to the game in September.

Regardless of when online career mode will arrive in FIFA though, the future looks to be incredibly bright when it comes to the popular offline game mode, and the create a club and stadium creation functionality should be fantastic fun to play around with and explore when FIFA 22 drops this summer.