
A heartfelt tribute to the Negro Leagues anchors the latest edition of sports video games’ longest-running success

A heartfelt tribute to the Negro Leagues anchors the latest edition of sports video games’ longest-running success

Heat, a solid game that built up a dedicated audience, probably didn’t get the fairest shake in public opinion after it launched three years ago. Electronic Arts reorganized its action-racing development in response. Unbound arrives with the same lack of glamour, the same diminished cachet, but it is so much more fun, and so much more worth my time racing and running from the law, that the game feels like racing’s comeback player of the year.

Players are as fast as ever — when they have to be — as motion capture gets more lifelike

Can profound depth in its single-player modes overcome the microtransaction machine?

Bigger picture, the game sags at the edges, but for football’s essential tasks, it sings

It’s a whole new game, but still very familiar, for the right reasons!

A ‘lite Franchise’ mode is an unexpected winner

And reminds me why ‘Diablo meets guns’ was so fun to begin with

Thrilling, on-the-edge racing across multiple vehicles; why has no one thought of this?

Outstanding combat and richly detailed world prop up a lengthy tale that still feels incomplete

A perk tree full of non sequiturs is well worth exploring in Drinkbox’s delightful dungeon-crawler

A gorgeous open world and deeply satisfying racing await, as do difficulty spikes and information overload

Die-cast visuals and strong racing action bring back great memories of a living room grand prix

Newcomers will enjoy a Drive To Survive-like story mode, and old-timers get a slew of options to extend their experience

Expect to get knocked off your game, but Velan Studios’ all-new sport is worth bouncing back