Content warning: this article discusses graphic violence, disturbing imagery, and mature themes in an 18+ game.
As World Cup 2026 officially kicks off between host nations the USA, Mexico and Canada, I'm getting nostalgic for the World Cup football game that was most memorable to me when growing up: FIFA 98, or FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, if you're to go by its full title. Funnily, I never actually played it myself (as a Sega Saturn owner, that version was also notoriously inferior), but the game's licensed soundtrack, notably Blur's 'Song 2' as its theme song, and David Beckham as the cover star on the UK box art are still burned into memory.
