New Star Games is a British independent

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specialising in

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s. It was founded by Simon Read in 2003. Their most well-known product is the ''

New Star Soccer ''New Star Soccer'', also known as ''NSS'', is a series of football video games developed and published by New Star Games. The games let the player create and control a football player's career as he moves through the ranks of the leagues and nat ...

'' series, role-playing

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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. 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

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. Simon Read approached Steam with New Star Soccer 5, but Valve were apparently not interested in distributing it, a decision they would later reverse. In 2013, the mobile version of New Star Soccer received a BAFTA Game Award in the Sports/Fitness category. The company also experienced success with their 2020 game ''

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'', which at its peak became the most downloaded game on the

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Games

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'' *'' New Star Soccer 2'' *'' New Star Soccer 3'' *''Sensational Soccer'' *'' New Star Soccer 4'' *'' New Star Soccer 5'' *''New Star Tennis'' *''New Star Hockey'' *''New Star GP'' *''Super Laser Racer'' *''New Star Soccer G-Story'' *''Euro Cup Manager'' *''World Cup Manager'' *'' New Star Cricket'' *''New Star Manager'' *''Buoyant'' *''

'' *''New Star Baseball'' *''Retro Goal''

References

External links

New Star Games official websiteList of New Star Games
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