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Best sports games for Xbox One 2021: Take on the competition in these top titles

(Pocket-lint) – Whether your chosen sport is golf, football, basketball or something else entirely, there’s a good chance there’s a simulation out there that you can fire up on your console and enjoy. 

With the arrival of a newer generation, some of the latest and greatest sports games are available at an excellent rate on the Xbox One. Since many of the most recent titles were developed for both Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, too, there’s a good chance that dual compatibility is offered- a real bonus for those planning to upgrade at a later date.

Let’s round up some of the top sports titles available for the platform below, then, and allow you to create historic comebacks, lift trophies and smite the virtual competition.

Best sports games available for Xbox One

EA Sports

Madden NFL 21

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EA’s latest instalment in the Madden franchise offers a solid step-up in gameplay over recent titles – and that’s not something that can be said every year, believe us. 

You’ll have to play on newer consoles to really feel the graphical leap forward, but the new gameplay features – such as revamped tackling and the new ‘skill stick’ – and improvements to Face Of The Franchise are all on show in Madden 21 for Xbox One.

Naturally, Madden Ultimate Team is still the go-to mode for online play, featuring regular live promotions and the chance to build your dream team.

EA Sports

FIFA 21

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EA’s FIFA series is still the king of football sims, with the latest instalment offering some interesting new gameplay features. 

In an edition that bridges the gap nicely between the new generation of consoles, attacking play has been overhauled. Agile dribbling, creative runs and positioning personality all help create an absolute goal-fest. 

We would prefer a bit more emphasis placed on other games modes besides FIFA Ultimate Team, and perhaps some balance between attacking and defending to be restored, but this is still a worthy update to the franchise.

EA Sports

NHL 21

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Another of EA’s evergreen sports series comes recreates the world of ice hockey, with NHL 21 providing fans with a solid experience – even if some typical flaws remain.

Single-player has received a revamp in the form of the excellent new Be A Pro mode, allowing users to journey from prospect to legend, while online gaming flourishes with upgrades to World of CHEL and Hockey Ultimate Team Rush modes.

It’s just a shame that some legacy issues continue to plague the series, such as ping pong passing and stale offensive play, but it’s still a decent entry – especially if you can pick it up at a discounted rate.

2K Sports

NBA 2K21

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The NBA 2K series is arguably the frontrunner when it comes to offering gamers realistic, immersive and enjoyable gameplay, and the same is still true in the latest go-around. 

Some of last year’s most obvious flaws, such as the shooting mechanic, have been repaired. And though the gameplay improvements are more incremental than a complete overhaul, this is more due to strong previous titles than a lack of innovation.

With that said, we’re put off by the MyCareer and MyTeam modes becoming an increasingly dull grind without giving in to microtransactions.

2K Sports

PGA Tour 2K21

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Golf games have been in relatively short supply over the Xbox One’s time, but PGA Tour 2K21 – the first in a rebranded series from 2K – sneaks in before the new generation and gives users an excellent sim.

With more expansive PGA Tour licensing than The Golf Club series, users can explore a career mode alongside the sport’s biggest names, with gems like TPC Sawgrass, Quail Hollow and East Lake Golf Club also featuring.

It’s certainly not the perfect title just yet, with the career mode in need of some consequence and more refined storyline presentation, but it’s a very solid outing with a burgeoning online community, too.

2K Sports

The Golf Club 2019

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Before there was PGA Tour 2K21, the publisher had The Golf Club – with the latest in a trio of releases being this edition.

It’s less refined and aesthetically pleasing than the company’s newer release, but it still holds its own thanks to rewarding mechanics and the familiarity of some real-life courses. 

Unfortunately, it also offers up similar jarring commentary and animations that can really break the illusion that you’re out on the course for real.

Writing by Conor Allison. Editing by Dan Grabham.

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Tesla’s Autopilot may not have been available at the time of the ‘driverless’ Texas crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a two-page preliminary report on the deadly crash of a Tesla Model S in Texas last month in which local authorities said there was no one in the driver’s seat.

There are several relevant disclosures in the NTSB report. The first is that security camera footage from the owner’s home captured the owner entering the driver’s side door, while his companion got in on the passenger side. The car leaves the house, travels 550 feet before departing the road on a curve, hitting a drainage culvert, a raised manhole, and a tree. The car then burst into flames, killing the two occupants.

The second relevant finding is that NTSB crash investigators tested whether Tesla’s advanced driver assist system Autopilot would work on the part of the road where the crash took place. There has been much speculation from Tesla’s many interested online observers as to whether Autopilot would even function on the road near the crash site.

Using Autopilot requires both the Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (Tesla’s brand name for its adaptive cruise control function) and Autosteer (which assists in lane departure and centering) to work. According to NTSB, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control could be engaged but not Autosteer.

Tesla claims that its own data suggests local officials were mistaken when they reported that the car crashed without someone in the driver’s seat. The company’s executives have stated that the steering wheel was “deformed” and the seatbelts were buckled, leading them to conclude that someone was behind the wheel.

There was some limited data recovered from the crash. NTSB said the fire destroyed the onboard storage device located in the vehicle’s infotainment console. The restraint control module, which records data associated with vehicle speed, belt status, acceleration, and airbag deployment, was recovered but was also damaged by the fire.

The board likely will not issue its final report on the crash this year. By comparison, the NTSB’s investigation into a California man’s death while using Autopilot in his Tesla Model X took two years to complete.

The crash took place on Saturday, April 17th, in Spring, Texas. According to KHOU in Houston, investigators at the scene were “100 percent certain” that no one was in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash. Minutes before the crash, the wives of the men were said to overhear them talking about the Autopilot feature of the vehicle, which was a 2019 Tesla Model S. The two victims were identified as Everette Talbot, 69, and William Varner, 59, a prominent local anesthesiologist.

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PlayStation 5 consoles will be hard to find in stores even in 2022, Sony warns

Sony has already sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles and aims to sell a further 14.8 million over the next 12 months. However, Bloomberg reports that the tech giant has warned analysts that the console will remain in short supply through 2022.

There is strong demand for the PS5, however the global semiconductor shortage has made it difficult to increase production, so for now the PS5 will be difficult to find in stores. Earlier, Sony had predicted that supply will pick up in the second half of this year, but it no longer believes that. It didn’t set a new estimate for when supply will improve.

“I don’t think demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more units of the PlayStation 5 next year, our supply wouldn’t be able to catch up with demand,” Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki reportedly said at a closed-doors briefing.

The is good news, however. Sony believes demand for its console is not driven solely by the pandemic, which has forced consumers to seek entertainment at home. Also, even with a limited supply the PS5 managed to outsell the highly successful PS4 in the initial period of availability.

Rivals Nintendo and Microsoft are also suffering supply issues with their own consoles (Microsoft estimates those will ease up by July). The PlayStation and Xbox use AMD-designed APU’ s that are fabbed at TSMC’s 7 nm foundries, while Nintendo’s Switch has an Nvidia-designed chipset that is also fabbed by TSMC (though at an older 16 nm node).

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Sony may finally be making a black DualSense controller

Mustafa Mahmoud
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When the PS5 was first revealed, one of the most controversial aspects to the console was its colour scheme, which adopted a black and white two-tone look. The DualSense controller shared a similar colour scheme. Some fans liked the look, while others did not. For the latter group, it would seem as though Sony will finally be making alternate colour options for the controller.

According to the Spanish website AreaJugones, and as reported by Eurogamer, Sony will be launching two new DualSense controller colours “very soon” – a red and a grey one. How exactly these controllers will look both in terms of shading and whether they will keep the two-toned look is currently unknown, however alternate colour options is something which fans have been eagerly anticipating.

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As mentioned, the black and white two-toned look of both the PS5 and its accessories have proven to be somewhat divisive. With the side plates on the PS5 being swappable, trading that two-tone look for something different is relatively simple.

Until now however, changing the colour of the DualSense required the controller to be fully disassembled, painted and then put back together. As such, if this leak proves to be true, then PS5 owners who are not fans of the black and white look should soon be happy.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the PS5’s colour scheme? What colours do you want to see offered? Does the colour matter to you? Let us know down below.

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