Sports Gaming News Weekly Wrap-Up – Need For Speed Unbound Review, PGA Tour 2K23 Tips & More

Every Sunday we get you caught up on the sports gaming news you might have missed during the busy week. This week we have our Need For Speed Unbound review, PGA Tour 2K23 tips and more.

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It won’t take any astute video game player very long to realize that leveling up can help you out a great deal in PGA Tour 2K23. The biggest reason to want to soar through the levels as quickly as possible is that you can gain a skill point every time you ascend to a new level. These skill points can unlock advantages during a round that become both better and easier to unleash as you get to the higher levels. There are also the nice level rewards of apparel, equipment, and fitting rewards to be obtained through the clubhouse pass. Those who pay for the premium pass will receive some sort of reward for every level unlocked.

Rumored to be focusing on those young highly talented youngsters who have/are currently making a name for themselves at this winter’s World Cup, Phenoms could be similar to Future Stars, which has featured in past editions of FIFA. What could potentially differentiate the Phenoms from Future Stars is making them related to those nations who qualified and/or made it to the quarterfinals (Brazil, Croatia, Netherlands, Argentina, Morocco, Portugal, England, and France).

At least, that was the theory, but it does seem like it’s just players who have looked good at the World Cup, regardless of how far they got.

It has been almost three full years since the last release in the Need for Speedseries. The previous release, Need for Speed Heat, came in 2019 by Ghost Games. It was not hated or anything but ultimately didn’t quite live up to the hype. With that in mind, while Criterion helped with that game, Need for Speed Unbound is the first time it has been back in control since 2013’s

Speaking of Criterion, the last Need for Speed to have their fingerprints all over it was 2013’s Need for Speed Rivals. While that was a solid game, 2012’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted was one of my favorites in the series, along with 2010’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, also a Criterion game. In other words, I think the way Criterion develops games fits nicely with the Need for Speed series.

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Steve is the Editor in Chief at Operation Sports. He's been here since the year 2000 posting news, features and interviews, along with keeping the hardcore sports gaming community alive and well for over two decades. He covers almost every game related to sports but enjoys basketball, football and baseball games the most.