The 10 Best Sports Games To Play in 2017

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The 10 Best Sports Games To Play Right Now

Sports games are something of an odd duck in the video game market. Whilst sports are games by definition, video games tend to be more speculative in nature. They’re more associated with science fiction and fantasy. Or at least exciting adventures in our world. The games on this list bridge that gap to an extent, allowing the technical minded sports fan to play as their favorite team or player while still giving the more escapist gamer a fantasy they are as unlikely to live as fighting a dragon.

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