Review Madden NFL 24 (PS5) - Another Five Yards Forward for EA Sports' Football Sim

Moving the chains

It’s hard not to feel a pinch of sympathy for the Madden NFL 24 team. Despite what the most exasperated online pundits claim, you can tell EA Tiburon cares deeply about its officially licensed American football game. Unfortunately, a challenging annual release cadence – paired with an overreliance on the oft-criticised but...

• Mon 28th Aug 2023
• Reviews
• EA Sports
• PS5
• Madden NFL 24

Review EA Sports PGA Tour (PS5) - Truly Stunning Sim Plays a Very Pretty Round of Virtual Golf

Fairway to heaven

It’s been almost eight years since EA Sports politely bowed out of the virtual golf arena with its half-hearted Rory McIlroy PGA Tour on the PS4, ending decades of dominance from the publisher – and inviting 2K Sports to take its place. But after a couple of commercially successful PGA Tour 2K titles, the Redwood City...

• Fri 7th Apr 2023
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• EA Sports
• PS5
• EA Sports PGA Tour

Review Madden NFL 23 (PS5) - EA Sports Settles for Another Safe Five Yard Gain

Thanks, coach

The story goes that John Madden refused to sign off on EA Sports’ original football sim until it put 22 players on the field. The rest, of course, is history – and the Madden NFL franchise has been striving for realism ever since. That ambition comes in the form of a few buzzwords this year, including the distinctly marketing-led...

• Mon 5th Sep 2022
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• EA Sports
• PS5
• Madden NFL 23

Review Madden NFL 22 (PS5) - Franchise Finally Gets Some TLC in Improved American Football Sim

Throw it in rotation

Prior to the release of the disappointing Madden NFL 21, publisher EA Sports made a promise to series stalwarts that it would improve Franchise in future entries. The lack of improvements to the popular campaign mode in last year’s entry was the straw that broke the camel’s back for many fans, and it triggered a series of...

• Fri 20th Aug 2021
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• EA Sports
• PS5
• Madden NFL 22

Review Madden NFL 21 (PS5) - Three and Out for Tired Football Sim

The NFC East of sports sims

It’s hard to find any optimism in the Madden NFL 21 community, but a few football fans with a glass half-full of Gatorade had hoped that this year’s PlayStation 4 game was so disappointing because EA Sports was all-in on the next-gen upgrade. Now the PlayStation 5 version is readily available, we’re afraid to say...

• Sun 6th Dec 2020
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• EA Sports
• PS5
• Madden NFL 21

Review Madden NFL 21 - Football Brings All the Boys to the Yard

Fumble

Madden NFL 21 finds itself in a particularly peculiar position this year. The football simulation’s launching less than three months prior to the PlayStation 5, and while there will be a free upgrade to the next-gen console, it really shows. Despite bundling in a potential series cornerstone in the Yard, this is a relatively low-effort...

• Mon 31st Aug 2020
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• EA Sports
• PS4
• Madden NFL 21