New Star Games is a British independent video game developer specialising in sports role-playing video games. It was founded by Simon Read in 2003.

Their most well-known product is the New Star Soccer series, role-playing football games in which the user controls one player in a squad, making decisions about his career and lifestyle along the way. The game received the "Indie Sports Game of the Year Award 2008" from GameTunnel.[1] It was the first non-text based game released by New Star Games.

In addition to sports career games, New Star Games notably released Super Laser Racer, a stylised futuristic combat racing game. This was the first of the developer's games to be made available on Steam. Simon Read approached Steam with New Star Soccer 5, but Valve were apparently not interested in distributing it,[2] a decision they would later reverse.[3]

In 2013, the mobile version of New Star Soccer received a BAFTA Game Award in the Sports/Fitness category.[4]

The company also experienced success with their 2020 game Retro Bowl, which at its peak became the most downloaded game on the Apple App Store.[5]

Games

References

  1. ↑ Indie Sports Game of the Year Award 2008 from GameTunnel.com
  2. ↑ New Star Soccer 5 FAQ from newstarsoccer.com
  3. ↑ New Star Games Newsletter 31 May 2012 from ymlp.com
  4. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (14 March 2013). "What next for New Star Soccer?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Orr, Aaron (9 November 2021). "How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "New Star Soccer". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sensational Soccer for Windows (2006)". MobyGames. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Star Soccer - Download football game". www.newstarsoccer.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  9. ↑ New Star Tennis
  10. ↑ New Star Hockey 4 website
  11. ↑ "New Star GP". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "New Star GP". New Star Games. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Super Laser Racer
  14. ↑ "New Star Soccer G-Story". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "New Star Manager". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ↑ Buoyant
  17. ↑ "Retro Bowl". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "New Star Baseball". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "Retro Goal". www.newstargames.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.


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