Everybody's Golf (2017 video game)
{{short description|2017 sports video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox VG
| title = Everybody's Golf
| image = Everybodys Golf 2017.jpg
| developer = Clap Hanz
Japan Studio
| publisher = Sony Interactive Entertainment
| director = Toshiyuki Kuwabara, Keisuke Futami, Junichi Fuyuki
| producer = Masashi Muramori
| designer = Masashi Muramori
| programmer =
| artist =
| writer =
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| series = Everybody's Golf
| platforms = PlayStation 4
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|29 August 2017|PAL|30 August 2017|JP|31 August 2017}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Everybody's Golf, released as {{Nihongo foot|New Everybody's Golf|ニューみんなのゴルフ|Nyū Minna no Gorufu|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} in Japan, is a 2017 sports video game developed by Clap Hanz and Japan Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/everybodys-golf-ps4/|title=Everybody's Golf|website=Playstation|accessdate=30 August 2017|archive-date=24 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424223548/https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/everybodys-golf-ps4/|url-status=live}} It is the twelfth game in the Everybody's Golf video game series{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-04-20-everybodys-golf-lands-ps4-release-date |title=Everybody's Golf lands PS4 release date |publisher=Eurogamer |date=20 April 2017 |accessdate=8 May 2017 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428085643/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-04-20-everybodys-golf-lands-ps4-release-date |url-status=live }} and is the follow up to 2011's Everybody's Golf 6.
Gameplay
File:Everybody's Golf PS4 gameplay.jpg
The game features character creation and customization, online play and the ability to free roam around the game's golf courses. Players are also able to drive golf carts anywhere around the course.{{cite web |last=Kimura |first=Tomoyo |url=https://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/12/07/first-details-on-new-hot-shots-golf-coming-to-ps4/ |title=First Details on New Hot Shots Golf, Coming to PS4 |publisher=PlayStation Blog |date=7 December 2015 |accessdate=8 May 2017 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222152431/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/12/07/first-details-on-new-hot-shots-golf-coming-to-ps4/ |url-status=live }}
Development and release
The game was revealed at a press briefing prior to the Tokyo Game Show in September 2014, with a planned release in 2015.{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Martin |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-01-everybodys-golf-coming-to-ps4 |title=Everybody's Golf coming to PS4 |publisher=Eurogamer |date=1 September 2014 |accessdate=8 May 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808060013/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-01-everybodys-golf-coming-to-ps4 |url-status=live }} Shuhei Yoshida of Sony's Worldwide Studios said that the game features open world elements for the first time in the history of the series.
The game marks the end of the alternate Hot Shots branding for the North American market, with the title Everybody's Golf being used worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/20/15370788/new-hot-shots-golf-ps4-release-date-everybodys-golf-sony|title=The new Hot Shots Golf is dropping the Hot Shots name|website=Polygon|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421064724/http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/20/15370788/new-hot-shots-golf-ps4-release-date-everybodys-golf-sony|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vg247.com/2017/04/21/hot-shots-take-note-everybodys-golf-has-been-announced-again/|title=Hot shots take note, Everybody's Golf has been announced again|date=21 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421063836/http://www.vg247.com/2017/04/21/hot-shots-take-note-everybodys-golf-has-been-announced-again/|url-status=live}}
The pre-order pack before the game's release consisted of a number of in-game items: a course to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game series, a premium golf cart, exclusive character costumes and a PlayStation 4 dashboard theme. An update was released in collaboration with Level-5, who were celebrating their 20th anniversary and had a close relationship with Sony during their early years. It adds characters to the game from their Dark Cloud, White Knight Chronicles, Ni no Kuni II, Professor Layton, and Yo-kai Watch franchises.{{cite web|author1=Sato|title=Everybody's Golf's Level-5 Collaboration Has Dark Cloud, Ni no Kuni, Layton, Yo-kai Watch Costumes|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/22/everybodys-golfs-level-5-collaboration-dark-cloud-ni-no-kuni-layton-yo-kai-watch-costumes/|website=Siliconera|accessdate=25 May 2018|archive-date=25 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525061834/http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/22/everybodys-golfs-level-5-collaboration-dark-cloud-ni-no-kuni-layton-yo-kai-watch-costumes/|url-status=live}}
In March 2022, Clap Hanz announced the end of all online support for Everybody's Golf. The game's online services were eventually terminated on 30 September 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/29/everybodys-golf-online-servers-shutting-down-in-september | title=Everybody's Golf Online Servers Shutting Down In September | publisher=Game Informer | access-date=29 March 2022 | archive-date=29 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329220326/https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/29/everybodys-golf-online-servers-shutting-down-in-september | url-status=live }}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 78/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/everybodys-golf/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |title=Everybody's Golf for PlayStation 4 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=31 August 2017 |archive-date=2 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902202938/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/everybodys-golf |url-status=live }}
| Destruct = 8.5/10{{cite web |last=Devore |first=Jordan |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-everybody-s-golf-458137.phtml |title=Review: Everybody's Golf |publisher=Destructoid |date=31 August 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903064147/https://www.destructoid.com/review-everybody-s-golf-458137.phtml |url-status=live }}
| GSpot = 8/10{{cite web |last=Concepcion |first=Miguel |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/everybodys-golf-review/1900-6416750/ |title=Everybody's Golf Review |publisher=GameSpot |date=5 September 2017 |accessdate=5 September 2017 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906101608/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/everybodys-golf-review/1900-6416750/ |url-status=live }}
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Everybody's Golf received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
=Accolades=
Everybody's Golf was nominated for "PlayStation Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards.{{cite web |last=Gaito |first=Eri |url=https://www.bestinslot.co/golden-joystick-awards-2017-nominees/ |title=Golden Joystick Awards 2017 Nominees |publisher=Best in Slot |date=13 November 2017 |accessdate=20 January 2018 |archive-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110003232/https://www.bestinslot.co/golden-joystick-awards-2017-nominees/ |url-status=dead }} In Game Informer{{'}}s Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, it came in fourth place for "Best Sports Game".{{cite web |last=Cork |first=Jeff |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/04/reader-s-choice-best-of-2017-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=4 |title=Reader's Choice Best Of 2017 Awards (Page 4) |publisher=Game Informer |date=4 January 2018 |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522081018/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/04/reader-s-choice-best-of-2017-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=4 |url-status=live }} The game was also nominated for "Sports Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards,{{cite web |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-of-the-year-nominees-announced-for-dice-award/1100-6456107/ |title=Game Of The Year Nominees Announced For DICE Awards |publisher=GameSpot |date=14 January 2018 |accessdate=20 January 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180119015507/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-of-the-year-nominees-announced-for-dice-award/1100-6456107/ |url-status=live }} for "Game, Franchise Sports" at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards,{{cite web |url=http://navgtr.org/archives/3351/ |title=Nominee List for 2017 |publisher=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers |date=9 February 2018 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180215172210/http://navgtr.org/archives/3351/ |archive-date=15 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://navgtr.org/archives/3365/ |title=Horizon wins 7; Mario GOTY |publisher=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers |date=13 March 2018 |accessdate=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180314070824/http://navgtr.org/archives/3365/ |archive-date=14 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} and for "Best Casual Game" and "Best Social Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2018.{{cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Suzi |url=http://tiga.org/news/tiga-announces-games-industry-awards-2018-finalists |title=TIGA Announces Games Industry Awards 2018 Finalists |publisher=The Independent Game Developers' Association |date=19 September 2018 |accessdate=22 September 2018 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180922010642/http://tiga.org/news/tiga-announces-games-industry-awards-2018-finalists |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://tiga.org/awards/2018-winners |title=2018 Winners |publisher=The Independent Game Developers' Association |date=1 November 2018 |accessdate=2 November 2018 |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181103110952/http://tiga.org/awards/2018-winners |url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/everybodys-golf-ps4/}}
{{Everybody's Golf video games}}
Category:PlayStation 4-only games
Category:PlayStation 4 Pro enhanced games