REMATCH Beta Test Preview: Itching For a Rematch

Paris-based developer Sloclap is perhaps best known for developing in-depth combat systems, as evidenced by their two released titles so far: 2017’s Absolver and 2022’s Sifu. As such, at least at first glance, it was surprising to see this studio announce REMATCH — “an online multiplayer football experience”. This being said, after playing about 10 hours of the beta test that went live last weekend, April 12-13th, it is clear to me that REMATCH is a Sloclap game through and through, and it is all the better for it.

For those of you familiar with my reviews, you would probably have guessed that I love football (soccer, eh?) and football games, which is why it’s personally upsetting to see the decline of both FIFA / EAFC and Winning Eleven / PES / eFootball in the last decade or so. Football Manager, too, my favourite of the lot, has had a difficult time recently, especially since Sports Interactive and SEGA have, after two already significant delays, canned the 2024-2025 season’s... Read more