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If you go purely by game scores, you'd think it was a masterpiece, but the reviews almost all mention the same problems. It's a good example of why putting stock in review scores alone is foolish.

Forest have been able to grind out results lately in a way that Leeds, with arguably more skilled players, haven't. They could probably do with a Dyche-esque figure.

Bear in mind that the story and characters aren't as good as in Three Houses. The tactical combat is very good, though.

This is an entertaining match filled with moments of brilliance and silly errors.

Ireland are already flexing their muscles.

Is the alternative ending Cena winning at One Night Stand and the promised riot happening?

I'd love it if companies only revealed games when they were more or less finished. Obviously, keeping shareholders happy is why we don't see that very often with the biggest titles, but it's nice on the rare occasions when it does happen. I think most publishers are starting to get a little better at focusing their showcases on games slated to release in the near-ish future, especially now that so many of them have their own smaller reveal events instead of doing one big blowout at E3. You'll still get the occasional "Here's a logo; pre-order now!" moments, but I haven't noticed as many as there used to be.

Jeff Grubb, along with a few others, reckons that there will be a Nintendo Direct next week.

Well, he was rubbish anyway.

It's good that we're seeing actual gameplay footage this soon before release. Trailers with canned animations only go so far.

It seems that neither Forest nor Everton fans actually wanted him, so it's a strange one. Luckily, it's a short-term deal.

Awoniyi, Lingard and Gibbs-White are injured, while Dennis hasn't really done anything to justify his place. Surridge isn't really up to Premier League standard and Wood looks well short of match fitness.

I wonder what will happen next for him. On a football level, he's missed significant development time, and on a more important level, there will still be doubts surrounding him. Can Man United realistically bring him back into the fold?

I'm not really sure about the idea that Forza and Flight Sim are niche, but Demon's Souls is a major title. Forza Horizon 5 has significantly outsold Demon's Souls, even though it's on Game Pass, and Flight Sim has sold around the same number of copies on Steam alone as Demon's Souls has altogether. More people were playing Forza Horizon 5's early access, available only to those who bought it outright, than Returnal ever sold. The Last of Us remake has enjoyed a significant boost since the show started, but it also didn't set the charts alight when it first came out. What's "deserving of attention" will always be subjective, or at least dependent on the definition. For me, Ghost of Tsushima was more interesting than Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok were ever going to be because it was a new IP, but the latter two games were obviously going to garner more hype because they were sequels to popular games. I suppose Microsoft's recent output has been more intriguing to me because they're putting out more new properties than Sony is. Really, I'd say that the only "new" Sony-published game that's exclusive to PS5 is Returnal, and, as said, that wasn't the big blockbuster that the likes of Uncharted et al. are. The PS5 will inevitably sell huge numbers if Sony just keeps focusing on the same series, but my head will turn more when their studios deliver some fresh IPs. Give us a Naughty Dog RPG or a Sucker Punch tactical game. Yes, it's less safe than The Last of Us Part 3 and Ghost of Tsushima 2, but let's live on the wild side for once. Clearly, that's a memo that most game publishers could do with reading. Anyway, that's my tuppence worth that I imagine hardly anyone will agree with.

We're always taught not to leave things until the last minute, yet all these massive clubs with state-of-the-art facilities seem to do it all the time.

Someone at the BBC isn't happy.

The new Theatrhythm (Final Fantasy rhythm game) is getting a free demo tomorrow. It's looking very generous too, with thirty playable tracks.

I have nothing against Wrexham or their fans historically. Even though they'll probably deny my team promotion, I don't begrudge them for having something to smile about after years of non-league football. I find the excessive media attention a bit annoying, and perhaps rather disingenuous. Whenever I see McElhenney and Reynolds doing anything Wrexham-related, it always seems to be in the form of comedy skits. It's hard to shake off the feeling that there's still a major "Look how wacky we are" factor in play. Plus, as said, the notion that they're some sort of plucky underdog when they're packing their squad with established Football League players is a huge stretch. I've come across people who believe that McElhenney and Reynolds created Wrexham FC, and others who think that it's a Youtube club in the nether depths of the football pyramid. They're one of the oldest professional clubs in the world, and so this misconception that their zany Hollywood owners are putting together something never before seen in the community is all too misleading. There's got to be a point at which they both lose interest and sod off, at which stage you wonder how they'll have impacted the club's long-term future. No doubt, they'll have plenty of material to fill out their documentaries right now, but how about when they hit the inevitable plateau and aren't doing anything particularly noteworthy? It's all well and good that they're apparently aiming for the Premier League, but unless they get some serious outside investment, that really isn't likely to happen.

The next game is going to be on Game Pass at launch, just as the previous two were.

It's only fair. Most of Liverpool's home-grown legends supported Everton growing up.

This is a good result. It means that Wrexham have another match to add to their schedule and hopefully compromise their title push. Yes, I'm clutching at straws.

10 Australian Opens and 22 Grand Slams. Sadly, Djokovic is a brilliant player.

What's the Elusive Contract Arcade like? I never did the Elusive Contracts before because the "one failure and you can never, ever try again" format put me off.

I think the perception of Xbox is influenced somewhat by the fact that they don't have full console exclusives now, with every first-party game coming to PC as well. Getting people into the so-called "Xbox ecosystem" is more of a priority than shifting huge numbers of consoles. I dislike Microsoft as a massive corporate monolith, much as I do Sony, but I think their first-party output has been very good since the Series S and X consoles launched. I've had lots of enjoyment from the following Microsoft-published games over the last couple of years: Gears Tactics Microsoft Flight Simulator Age of Empires IV Forza Motorsport 5 As Dusk Falls Pentiment That's not mentioning first-party games that were also on Playstation due to previous contractual obligations, such as Wasteland 3 and Psychonauts 2. While I haven't finished it yet, I'm also really liking Hi-Fi Rush. I love that, along with Pentiment, Microsoft-owned studios are being allowed to get a few people together and make smaller passion projects as the bigger games are being developed. Honestly (and I know it's not a popular opinion), I played Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War (2018) for a few hours and wasn't really drawn in, so their respective sequels were never going to be on my radar. Obviously, though, they're big hitters that get a lot of attention, which is something that Xbox, perhaps unfairly, doesn't have a lot of. I do think that this year should be the year the new consoles start justifying themselves to the masses. Sony's only major full PS5 exclusive right now is Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, with God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon: Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7 all playable on PS4. I find it hard to count The Last of Us: Part 1 and Demon's Souls when they're both very similar remakes of games you can still buy at a much lower price. This year, there are possibly two Final Fantasy exclusives on PS5, while I think the vast majority of Microsoft's output is going to be unavailable on Xbox One. Again, that's not an issue if you already have a good gaming PC, but there are still plenty of people who will prefer the plug-and-play sofa experience of the consoles.

Sabalenka/Rybakina and Djokovic/Tsitsipas will contest the two singles finals.