Earlier in the week, AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic began querying why his likeness was being used in FIFA 21 since he wasn’t a member of FIFPro, a global union that handles image rights for affiliated footballers. Tootenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale also added his support to the issue, calling for an investigation.

Football, chocolate, and a really nice bottle to keep your drinks cool in. What more could you ask for?

Street Power Soccer's fancy footwork can't disguise its soulless gameplay, complete lack of challenge, and an entire pitch of technical shortcomings.

Developed by SFL Interactive and Gamajun games, Street Power Soccer is what happens when you apply Street Fighter and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater to football. While it has plenty of authenticity within its DNA, this is a game that is focused on competitive fun, breaking a few rules of physics and showing off your skill with a controller to turn a ball into an expression of power.

Instead of randomised loot box offerings, Rocket League will instead switch over to Blueprints, digital plans that can be grabbed after every game. With a blueprint, there’ll be more transparency given to players as to what they’ll be capable of crafting, with unused loot crates being converted into “unrevealed blueprints” come December.

There was only one way to settle the ancient feud between Xenomorphs and the Predator race, and that method involved an entire NRA convention’s worth of bullets back in the 1990s video game boom. If SEGA had been given a chance, they’d have settled the hash between two of the deadliest species in a much different way. On the sports field.

FIFA 19 shows that sometimes it’s not all about reinventing the game so much as it is about making improvements to what already works so well. FIFA 19 is probably the best FIFA to date, but EA will not want to repeat the tweak-performance next time out.

Last night, in a shock announcement, the entire Portuguese national football team signed with Juventus. Well, it may seem that way to those who believe that Cristiano Ronaldo carries that team, but his departure from Real Madrid – the club that’s been his home for nine years – came as a surprise. It’s also probably come as a bit of a blow to EA’s FIFA team