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The Golf Club bringing procedurally-generated golf to PC, Xbox One, and PS4

HB Studios has stuck its fingers into many sporting pies over the years, often pitching in with EA series including Madden NFL and FIFA, and is now preparing to tee off with a sport 'em up of its own. The developer today announced The Golf Club for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Intriguingly, it'll procedurally generate its courses, to always offer something new.
Alice O'Connor
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HB Studios has stuck its fingers into many sporting pies over the years, often pitching in with EA series including Madden NFL and FIFA, but is now preparing to tee off with another sport 'em up of its own. The developer today announced The Golf Club for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Intriguingly, it'll procedurally generate its courses, to always offer something new. Players aren't entirely subject to the whims of some diabolical golf engine, though, as they'll be able to customize courses it spits out. Courses can be shared online, and rolled into tours and tournaments so all your chums can play the same set. HB says procedural generation massively cuts down loading and waiting times too. The Golf Club is slated to launch this spring. A little insider knowledge, to explain the name: a "golf club" is the name of both the stick golflings use to kick the ball and the wattle and daub hut they retire to afterwards to drink so very much gin.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    January 22, 2014 10:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, The Golf Club bringing procedurally-generated golf to PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

    HB Studios has stuck its fingers into many sporting pies over the years, often pitching in with EA series including Madden NFL and FIFA, and is now preparing to tee off with a sport 'em up of its own. The developer today announced The Golf Club for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Intriguingly, it'll procedurally generate its courses, to always offer something new.

    • Deathlove legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      January 22, 2014 10:32 AM

      Interesting to see someone take on the big dogs, always. PLEASE DON'T SUCK

      • Sephiras legacy 10 years
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        January 22, 2014 10:53 AM

        Sounds neat and can't get any worse than tigerwoods

      • Hazim legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        January 22, 2014 9:30 PM

        Well if the game doesn't suck I'm sure you will more than make up for it in the sucking department. Because you suck. At golf.

    • Affliated legacy 10 years
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      January 22, 2014 10:35 AM

      Bring back Links!!!!!

      • Proven28 legacy 10 years
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        January 22, 2014 12:37 PM

        Links was the best... even when it took a minute to render each screen on my IBM PS/2!

      • daggot legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        January 22, 2014 12:50 PM

        It was a great game. Clearly started by people that were serious about both the sport and computer gaming. Considering what could be done with today's tech, this series really should come back and dethrone EA.

        I rather enjoyed watching the screen being drawn in.

      • riptyde legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        January 22, 2014 8:45 PM

        oh hell yes

    • bipolar legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      January 22, 2014 10:59 AM

      Hopefully it has some built in courses or a way to save generated courses. One of the fun parts of golf games is getting to know a course well and figuring out quirks of it, and trying to beat your best score on a course.

    • Degenerate moderator legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      January 22, 2014 1:15 PM

      whoa!

    • NFXFSX legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      January 22, 2014 2:31 PM

      I've been wanting a new golf game. I shall keep an eye on this. I loved Links.

    • Professer12 legacy 10 years
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      January 22, 2014 5:56 PM

      Hmm, well I guess I have two golfing games to be excited for now.

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      January 22, 2014 8:36 PM

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