In Knockout City, players are divided into team-based competitive shooters, armed with deadly dodgeball. It's considerably more intense than the dodgeball games of my school days, but maybe just as deadly." The multiplayer dodgeball brawler has attracted more than 2 million players in a 10-day block party to celebrate its 21-day launch.

The block party ends today, but new players can play up to Street Rank 25 for free before purchasing the game. According to Morgan Park's review, you can enjoy quite a few trick shots in the meantime. "far, close, slow, fast, fake, pass. ...... There are so many ways to use these tricks, but nothing is more satisfying than sending the ball 30 meters into the corner and watching it beat up an opponent who is preoccupied with what is in front of him. Hundreds of KOs later, I still can't get over the excitement."

Morgan considers this game one of the best games of the year, which is high praise considering it is almost halfway through. If you're interested, the game supports cross-play via Xbox Game Pass (via EA Play), so you can invite your console friends to play; what Knockout City has clearly taken advantage of is that what we really need is a cross-platform, socially distanced What we really need is a socially distanced, in-your-face dodgeball between platforms.

"Knockout City" is available for free to try (and buy) on Steam and the Epic Games Store.