The history of brilliantly terrible World Cup video games

Source: guardianTech June 24, 2026 · 07:00
As football fans revel in the real world tournament, its digital counterparts continue to stumble in capturing the ​hyped up ​atmosphereDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereI come with a warning to all football fans: if you’ve been enjoying the World Cup enough to think, “I’d like to re-enact this on a football video game”, do not go to Netflix and play Fifa World Cup: Launch Edition, the officially licensed game of the tournament, which streams via your smart TV or computer. Developed by the virtually unknown Delphi Interactive, it’s a juddering, dated calamity, with sluggish controls (via your phone, once you’ve downloaded the app) and commentary courtesy of Clive Tyldesley that delivers all the excitement of a robotic train station announcement.Until this, it w…

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