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Street Fighter to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop (which is coming up this August), Street Fighter will be collaborating with NERDS Clothing, compiling a selection of songs inspired by the sights, sounds, and action of the Street Fighter franchise.

Featuring artists such as D-Block, Dave East and Smoke DZA, the album will enjoy a physical release in Q4 of this year and will be available in the U.S. only.

Street Fighter 6 was released last month and has so far sold over two million copies worldwide.

7 Confirmed New Features for EA Sports FC 24 Career Mode

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Today we’re going to be taking a look at 7 confirmed features for EA Sports FC 24 Career Mode.

Total Management System

Including the brand new total management system, providing you with more control than ever before over exactly how your team plays, allowing you to focus on different tactical visions for your club such as tiki-taka, gegenpress, and park the bus.

Ability to Hire Coaches

And the new total management system will also go hand in hand with the freshly added ability to hire different coaches in the game in order to compliment your tactical vision.

Dynamic Moments

Dynamic moments will provide you with more realistic detail in those all important moments throughout your career, with open top parades through the city for example which will help add a bit of character when you win a trophy, and Ballon d’Or cut scenes which should help things feel especially real when you reach the peak of your powers in player career.

Match Ready Training

Training has also been tweaked, enabling you to set individual and team training plans to ensure that players are entering matches with maximum sharpness, and even allowing you to activate temporary PlayStyle boosts to players to help assist you in each match.

Spectate Mode

Spectate mode meanwhile will provide a more Football Manager style approach should you so wish, setting and tweaking your tactics throughout the match, just as a manager might in real life.

Player Agent Feature

Whilst in player career you will now have an agent that will attempt to help guide you through your career, offering advice over potential transfer moves etc. and setting you objectives and targets to try and achieve as you seek to reach the top level possible as a player.

Play As Player Camera

A new camera angle has also been added, enabling you to become the focal point of every match as you look down at the ball at your feet, fully immersed in the virtual world of football.


Are there any features that you’d like to see added to EA Sports FC career mode in the future?

EA SPORTS FC 24 Official Gameplay Trailer Revealed

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For the first time in 30 years, EA Sports is no longer partnered with FIFA, and the first official gameplay trailer for EA Sports FC 24 is now live, showcasing new skill moves, the introduction of female stars in Ultimate Team, and alluding to new play styles that will be present in the game.

We also now know that the new game will feature cross-play in Pro Clubs, enabling those across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC to play with friends on different platforms, and there will be separate cross-play functionality for those on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.

EA SPORTS FC 24 will be officially released on September 29th (with 7 day early access available to those that pre-order the Ultimate Edition), and you can check out the official trailer below:

Wild Card Football to Provide Arcade Style Madden Alternative

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Arcade style American football fun is all set to return later this year, as Saber Interactive (who previously brought us such titles as NBA Playgrounds and WWE Battlegrounds) prepares to unleash Wild Card Football upon the world.

Wild Card Football will provide 7-on-7 American football action, enabling you to create your very own dream team (choosing from hundreds of real life pro players).

The game will feature power-ups, the ability to create custom team logos/uniforms, and if you’re a fan of games like NFL Blitz, Mutant Football League and Mario Strikers? Wild Card Football should certainly be of appeal!

Wild Card Football is officially set to release for PS5/PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC on October 10th, and if you’d like to see what sort of thing you can expect from the game? I’d highly recommend checking out the official announcement trailer below:

Riders Republic gets a skateboarding update this September

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Season 8 is coming to Riders Republic this September, complete with a brand new skateboarding add-on that’ll allow you to live out your childhood dreams of becoming the next Rodney Mullen.

With the game already allowing you to cycle, ski and snowboard (amongst other things), the addition of skateboarding certainly feels like a natural evolution, and it’ll be interesting to see how authentically they’re able to bring the sport to life in-game.

You can check out some early gameplay footage below which should give you some idea of how the Riders Republic skate add-on will look and play when it launches this September.

 

NBA 2K23 is now available on PS Plus

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With the NBA post-season now nearing its conclusion, NBA 2K23 has now been made available as one of the monthly titles on PS Plus, and if you’re a PS Plus subscriber then you’ll now have until July 3rd to get it downloaded.

The other titles available on PS Plus this month are Jurassic World Evolution 2 and Trek to Yomi, so there’s definitely plenty of quality content available for June, NBA 2k23 is our personal pick of the bunch though, and if you decide to give it a go? Maybe we’ll see you out there on the court!

Josh Allen is the Madden 24 Cover Star

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The Madden 24 cover star has officially now been revealed, and there’s exciting news for all Buffalo Bills fans out there as it’s their very own Josh Allen.

Since being drafted by the Bills back in 2018, Josh Allen has been able to make quite a name for himself out in Buffalo, and there’s genuine hope that the 7th overall pick could ultimately help guide them to glory.

In the 2020–21 season Allen was right on the cusp of taking the Bills to the Super Bowl, he’s twice been involved in the Pro Bowl, and in Madden 24 he’s officially now set to be the cover star, something that he’s stated on Twitter is “a childhood dream come true”.

Early access for Madden 24 will officially begin on August 15th, the worldwide launch will then take place on August 18th, and if you pre-order the game then you’ll also receive the following:

F1 Manager 23 Release Date Confirmed

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F1 Manager 2023 now has an official release date, with the game officially set to drop digitally on July 31st across PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Players that pre-order the game will receive 3 exclusive scenarios, whilst those that purchase the deluxe edition will receive an additional 12 exclusive scenarios as well as also gaining access to the game four days early.

Brand new for F1 Manager 2023 is a new Race Replay mode, challenging players across two different disciplines; Starting Grid and Race Moments. Starting Grid will replicate the track conditions and grid positions from the real-world F1 race, whilst Race Moments will provide you with specific objectives part-way through a race, enabling you to make important strategic decisions. As these are based around real race outcomes; the Starting Grid and Race Moment for each location will be added to the game following the conclusion of every real-world race.

An all new visor cam has also been added for this years iteration, providing you with a great new way of immersing yourself in the race and following all the action.

You can check out a brand new gameplay trailer for F1 Manager 2023 below:

Architects announce support bands for European Tour

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Architects will be performing a number of tour dates across Europe this summer, and have now announced the support bands for their shows in Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary.

While She Sleeps will join them in Bulgaria, Swedish metalcore band Imminence will support them in Poland, whilst over in Hungary they’ll be joined by Sleep Token. In addition to this, Heriot will be providing support for all three shows.

Architects released their tenth studio album The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit through Epitaph Records last year, have an incredible back catalogue of material, and if you’re heading to Download Festival next weekend then you’ll also be able to catch the band there, where they’re sure to put on as huge a show as ever.

Massive Wagons Announce UK Tour

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Having previously performed a ten date run of shows back in April in support of their latest studio album Triggered!, Massive Wagons will once again be touring the UK this November, taking in nine more tour dates across the UK.

The band will begin the tour at Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms on April 13th, tickets are officially on sale now, and the following is a full list of dates for the tour:

Tue 14th Nov – NORWICH Epic Studios
Wed 15th Nov – SWANSEA Patti Pavilion
Thu 16th Nov – FROME Cheese & Grain
Sat 18th Nov – BOURNEMOUTH The Old Fire Station
Sun 19th Nov – HOLMFIRTH Picturedrome
Tue 21st Nov – LIVERPOOL Hangar 34
Thu 23rd Nov – NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Fri 24th Nov – TROON Winterstorm Festival
Sat 25th Nov – NEWCASTLE Northumbria University