Go Racket to Racket with Cross-Platform Multiplayer in Matchpoint – Tennis Championships
We are happy to confirm that Matchpoint – Tennis Championships will feature cross-platform multiplayer, so you can put your tennis skills to the test across all announced platforms. You can truly put your tennis skills to the test as you rally with friends and challenge competitors across multiple platforms. Delve deeper into the brand-new title in the latest Developer Diary video which explores multiplayer mode and the game’s other thrilling features.
Join Producer Kevin McIntosh and Game Designer Dave McIntosh as they discuss all things Matchpoint and delve into some of the features that you will experience in your journey to becoming World #1. From choosing the right coach to implementing the best play style, this second Developer Diary video provides insight into the game’s true-to-life tennis tactics that will put your skills and decision-making to the test. Whether its career management or going racket to racket in the game’s newly announced cross-platform multiplayer mode, Matchpoint – Tennis Championships is packed with exciting and dynamic features that combine to create an authentic tennis gameplay experience.
Matchpoint – Tennis Championships will be released with Xbox Game Pass for console and PC and will be available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles (supported through Smart Delivery), PlayStation 4|5 and Windows PC on 7th July 2022. The title will be available on Nintendo Switch™ on 20th October 2022. Spinning with excitement? The tennis simulator game is now available for pre-order with a 10% discount on the Kalypso, Microsoft and Sony stores!
Check out the newest Developer Diary below:
Features
- Enter the world of professional Tennis. Matchpoint – Tennis Championships offers a deep career mode featuring a unique merit-based ranking system.
- Create your own 3D tennis star. Choose your look, fashion and play style with an array of customization options including true to life techniques such as left-or right-handed, onehanded or twohanded backhand.
- Dominate the court as a tennis professional. Matchpoint - Tennis Championships features 16 real-life international tennis stars from the professional circuit, like Nick Kyrgios, Kei Nishikori or Amanda Anisimova, including their gear from brands such as Nike, Yonex, Babolat and many more!
- Customize your athlete and wearables. From rackets to clothing, create your own tennis star and unlock special equipment by winning competitive matches.
- Master all strokes and shots in grand style. Determine the outcome of a rally by choosing the best technique for the time: top spin, flat, lob or slice shot.
- Take on opponents in local or online matches. Play against a cunning AI or face your friends and rivals on the court via local sessions and online cross-play.
- Study your rival’s moves and tactics. Watch your opponents and get to know their strengths and weaknesses to gain a tactical advantage before you even hit the court.
- Practice makes perfect: hire a personal coach to hone your skills. Buff your strengths and diminish your weaknesses with an in-game coaching system of individual training modules.
- Fine-tune your tactics in Practice and Mini-Game modes: Jump into a variety of mini-games to hone your perfect game and become a force to be reckoned with on the court.
- Compete in exhibition matches at spectacular venues around the globe. Each court has its own characteristics; study your arenas of play and adapt your game to grass, clay and hard courts.
- Replay mode. Breakpoint or deciding match point, capture your fiercest rallies on film and study the outcomes to improve your game.