Given the fact that Virtua Tennis 2009 marks just the fourth entry in the franchise in around a decade, there was a real hope that - just because Sega had snuck a year name into the ...

It comes to something when even the stars of snooker acknowledge that it's a sport on the ropes, and that it needs to come up with something of real impact to drag itself out to the ...

You may not have heard of Shaun White. Although you might have heard of his father, Robert, who produced a famous lemonade back in the eighties. You remember, the stuff you had to drink secretly at ...

If you're looking for a football game with the gloss of a FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer, then it's fair to say that New Star Soccer 4 isn't it. The work primarily of one man, it ...

In the past, FIFA Manager has tended to be the second choice behind the Football Manager series, but the host of new features in this year's offspring has undoubtedly breathed life into a genre that has ...

With a slick interface and a game mechanic that's now built on a decade and a half's worth of solid experience, it's little surprise that Football Manager 2009 is as exhaustive and engrossing as it is. ...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is a game that finds its publisher, Konami, licking its wounds somewhat. Last year's outing was a bit of a mess, and a game that took three steps forward, four steps back. ...

There's been some recent controversy in the football world about whether video replay footage should be used to clarify important penalty decisions and the like. To our mind, the answer's simple: use it. The argument that ...

In the land of computer processors, it took a significant charge from AMD for Intel to spring fully into life and shake off the complacency that had left it suddenly having to claw back ground from ...

Not much, if we're going straight to the nub of matters, has been changing in the world of John Madden, an American Football gaming franchise that has transcended decades and formats like no other. After a ...

Although we were expecting just another cheap knock-off to cash in on Olympic fever, the low-cost Summer Olympics from DTP Entertainment actually proves to be surprisingly engaging. As with the official Beijing 2008 game that came ...

Nintendo Wii owners who are increasingly frustrated with the onslaught of casual party games that flood the format are unlikely to be any happier after spending some time with Big Beach Sports. Yet this quite straightforward, ...

The art of knackering your games controller in the pursuit of athletics gold dates back to the very early days of gaming, where the wary staff of WH Smith were inevitably increasingly wise to the graveyard ...

The phrase 'boxing clever' is something of an oxymoron. Our idea of clever pugilism is not getting into the ring in the first place. After all, who wants to end up with cauliflower ears or a ...

A 47MB update greeted us as we loaded up Top Spin 3 for the first time. Add on the installation time and it was a fair while from inserting the disc before we were able to ...

One of the first things we warmed to in this horse racing management simulation was the ability to name your own two-year-old steeds. Naturally, the first young filly we christened was called Camilla. And her brother ...

Okay, so Euro 2008 is a sore point for English fans. Less said the better and all that. Luckily, with EA's UEFA Euro 2008 you're free to replay the qualifiers and maybe do better than a ...

And so it has come to this. The latest phenomenon from Nintendo has seen your reviewer standing on a wireless balance board in front of his television, while a games console passed judgement on his (lack ...

Sublime idea, this. Take the workings behind the brilliant Virtua Tennis games, bring in a host of Sega characters, mix them all together, and you have a family-friendly sporting game that prides itself on fun above ...

American football is chock full of tactics. There are a bazillion different plays and variations on plays, strategy changes just before the snap, barked code words ("Blue 16! Blue 16!") and all that jazz. At times ...