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When Concord received its first proper gameplay showing at Sony’s State of Play showcase in May, widespread reception for the hero shooter was mixed at best, with many looking at the game’s seemingly rote offerings with a fair amount of skepticism. However, the game’s developers have defended their upcoming shooter by calling the trailer that was premiered in May a “tiny slice” of the game itself.

Speaking in a recent interview with VGC, when asked about Concord’s gameplay reveal trailer and the response to it, IP director Kim Kreines assured that there was much more to Concord, which has been in the works for “years and years”, than its May reveal suggested.

“Yeah, that trailer,…

Sea of Stars has made a lot of fans since its launch over a year ago, and strong word of mouth for the retro turn-based RPG continues to attract more players to it. In fact, developer Sabotage Studio has announced that it recently passed another milestone on that front. 

Taking to BlueSky, the developer announced that Sea of Stars has been played by over 6 million players across all platforms since it came out last August. That’s up from 5 million players in March earlier this year. 

Sabotage Studio recently also released a substantial free update for Sea of Stars titled Dawn of Equinox, which added three-player co-op, combat improvements, a revamped prologue, a new Speedrunner Mode, and more. Next year, the studio will also…

Carlo Ancelotti believes Zinedine Zidane s good relationship with his players is the key to his success at Real Madrid.

Madrid missed out on setting a new LaLiga record on Wednesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Villarreal, Zidane s team failing to record what would have been a record 17th consecutive league win.

Zidane served as assistant to the current Bayern Munich coach at the Santiago Bernabeu side in 2013-14 and Ancelotti has revealed it was then already clear to see all the players respected the Frenchman.

Zidane has a lot of charisma and the players respect him. I saw it when he was still my assistant and I think that s the key to his success, Ancelotti told L Equipe.

The players had problems with [Rafael] Benitez and then everything chan…

Phil Foden said his Manchester City career so far has been a dream as he paid tribute to the guidance senior players like David Silva and Vincent Kompany have given him this season.

The 18-year-old midfielder has emerged as one of the club s brightest youth products for years, enjoying double the number of Premier League appearances he made in 2017-18 and regularly featuring in Pep Guardiola s starting line-up in cup competitions.

Foden s rise to prominence has been rapid but he is keeping himself grounded with the help of City s experienced old heads, who have been on hand with words of wisdom while he hones his game.

It s a dream, Foden told the Daily Mail. I ve been a City fan from young and I ve watched these players growing up as well. To play with them and…

Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Paris St Germain capitalised on the dismissal of Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals with a 4-1 win in the second leg.

Barcelona ran out at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys armed with a 3-2 triumph from their first meeting in Paris and when Raphinha capitalised on Lamine Yamal’s skilful approach work to fire the opener, they had sight of the last four.

But a setback came in the 29th minute when defender Araujo was sent off for tripping winger Bradley Barcola on the edge of the area, VAR confirming the on-field decision for a red card.

We did it!

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)

The pressure built on the home goal and PSG hit back through Ousmane Dembele in the 40th mi…

Diego Simeone is not prepared to risk the fitness of Atletico Madrid attacking trident Luis Suarez, Diego Costa and Joao Felix by starting all three players against Real Sociedad on Tuesday.

Costa marked his return from his latest injury lay-off with a penalty in Atletico s 3-1 win over Elche on Saturday, a game in which Luis Suarez scored his first two goals since recovering from coronavirus.

Joao Felix has carried much of the burden in his team-mates absence but left the pitch with a knock in the final quarter of the contest, though he is back in training and in contention to face Sociedad.

Simeone has yet to start a game with all three players and does not intend to alter his formation on Tuesday, although he is not against using all three if Atleti are chas…

Rio Ferdinand believes both Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United will be delighted after they announced they were parting ways on Tuesday.

The decision comes after Ronaldo s bombshell exclusive interview with Piers Morgan, in which he said he felt betrayed by senior figures at the club and claimed he had no respect for manager Erik ten Hag.

United responded by saying they had initiated appropriate steps , and on Tuesday revealed the five-time Ballon d Or winner and the club had gone separate ways by mutual agreement.

Ronaldo released a statement of his own saying it was the right time to seek a new challenge , and Ferdinand, a United legend and former team-mate of Ronaldo, says both sides will be satisfied.

Speaking on the BBC s World Cup coverage, Fer…

A wasteful Napoli were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Roma in Serie A, with a late Tammy Abraham header securing a point for the visitors.

The visitors took the lead from the penalty spot a minute before the hour mark, with Paulo Dybala converting after Juan Jesus fouled Sardar Amzoun.

However, Napoli equalised six minutes later through Matias Olivera s deflected shot, and completed the turnaround with their own penalty six minutes from time as Victor Osimhen tucked away after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was felled by Renato Sanches.

The hosts could not hold on, though, and were pegged back with two minutes to go. Substitute Abraham s header from a corner was eventually awarded following a VAR review after he had initially been ruled offside.

TAMMY!

—…

that both Everton and Queens Park Rangers could go head-to-head in the January transfer window to sign highly-rated youngster Brice Dja Djedje from French side Evian.

The 21-year-old came through the ranks at Ligue 1 side Paris Saint Germain, but joined Evian in 2009, where he has since gone onto impress and has now caught the eye of these two English Premier League clubs.

It is thought that it could come down to which one of these two is willing to splash the cash on Dja Djedje, or of course, who will offer him the best contract.

The Ivorian is tipped by many to go on and have a fantastic career, but he may feel as though now is the time to make the next step.

It is certainly a big decision for the full-back, as he will want to get the balance right be…

Dutchman Bert van Marwijk has signed a one-year deal to become Saudi Arabia s new head coach.

Former Argentina boss Alejandro Sabella had been widely expected to take up the post following the recent departure of Faisal Al Baden but turned the offer down, prompting the Saudi FA to approach van Marwijk.

The 63-year-old, who guided the Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup final and won the KNVB Cup during his time with Feyenoord, is determined to help guide Saudi Arabia to the 2018 World Cup in Russia to end their 12-year absence from the tournament. 

I have declined quite a few offers in recent years, he said. The big difference this time was that I was given the freedom to set my own staff. 

It is a great challenge and I hope I can help the team wi…