16 SEPT 2026: WE'RE BACK BABY!

It feels like it’s been forever but the NFL season has kicked off again, and that means the NFL Retro Bowl '27 Championship Leader-board competition is back baby! We’ve been eagerly awaiting the start of the new season here at New Star Towers, with the weekly results rolling in and tracking the progress of the competition as NFL fans from all over the world join in to support their teams. And here we are! So how did the week 1 results shape up? 

The early winners seem to the 49ers, with a big real-life win over the Rams, and a similar feat happening on the leader-board. The Ravens have also made an excellent start with a convincing real-life win over the Colts, and their fans' efforts taking them all the way to the lofty heights of 2nd on the leader-board. At the other end of the table, the Panthers and the Jaguars have had a tough start, both losing despite the Jaguars getting a handy win over the Browns in real-life. But hey, it's only week 1! You the players can change all that as we enter Week 2! Show your support for your team & move them up the leader-board by playing next week's game and setting the highest score you can. 

Special mention goes out this week to the Bills fan who posted this week's highest individual score on the leader-board: a mighty 12,935! Hats off to you! That's a hugely impressive score, and earns you the title of week one MVP! 

10 SEPT 2026: NFL LEADER-BOARDS ARE BACK!

As the NFL ’26-‘27 season kicks off, it’s also the start of our NFL Retro Bowl ’27 Championship leader-board! In case you didn’t take part last season, it’s pretty simple... Each week you get the chance to play your favourite NFL team’s real-life weekly game. You can try as many times as you like to set the highest score you can. Your score goes on your team’s leader-board along with those of all the other players who support your team. At the end of each game week, those scores, and the scores of all the other team leader-boards are totalled and posted on our NFL Retro Bowl ‘27 Championship leader-board. The competition runs for the whole of the regular season, and whichever team’s fans have posted the highest score by the time the final week rolls around are declared the winners. 

Last season it was a close-fought contest at the top of the table, but the Colts finally won out to finish just ahead of the Eagles. Who will win this season? It’s completely up to you! If you’d like to join in the fun, get yourself an Apple Arcade subscription if you haven’t already, and download the game from this link: https://apple.co/4byKfdZ!   

03 SEPT 2026: NFL RETRO BOWL '27 LIVE ON APPLE ARCADE!

NFL Retro Bowl '27 is back and now it's time to face the GAUNTLET! In this thrilling new high-stakes mode you are given limited resources and the formidable task of surviving a 16-game win streak. Along the way you must choose between safe match-ups or top-rated opponents, and the rewards of real players or powerful perks. Player XP and abilities carry over after a loss, with every run fuelling a heady climb towards an epic winner-takes-all showdown against a bitter division nemesis and weekly leader-board supremacy. 

The classic Career mode is also back and bigger than ever, with thousands of real-life NFL & NFLPA players to choose from and new options for assembling your dream team, including the fan-favourite 12-man roster.

The return of NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leader-board with a new campaign lets you join your fellow fans in pushing your favourite team to the top of the community leader-board while you earn prestige badges, and with the pass-and-play Exhibition Mode and new seasonal Game Center Challenges dropping through the year, there are more ways to take to the field than ever before! Retro has never felt so fresh!