25th Oct

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Tom has a milestone first EA Sports FC match against his son, and respectfully destroys him; Marie plans out her seasonal planting in Stardew Valley; Will sees old FPS friends returning to play Battlefield 6; Kelsey feels the chokehold of Pokémon Legends: Z-A; and Bertie muses on the mutability of feelings about the survival crafting genre.

What have you been playing?

EA Sports FC 26, Switch 2To see this content please enable targeting cookies.

It’s finally happened. After years of trying to get my son into football (and he has shown some interest in watching Spurs, poor lad), he’s finally said the words every football-loving parent dreams of hearing: “Can I play FIFA (EA FC 26)?” The Switch 2 version isn’t the one I’d choose to play, but that’s what he wanted.

He played it for a few days and boasted about how great he is, so there was only one thing I could do: attempt to completely destroy him. Now, I’ve not played EA FC or FIFA for a good while, and the Switch controllers don’t love my hands, but I was determined to show my superiority – albeit with a few classic dad caveats to excuse any less than stellar skills.