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EA Sports and FIFA extend exclusive license until 2022
You know that couple where everything is just public displays of affection and love notes? That's Electronic Arts and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The two companies announced this morning they'll continue going steady until December 31, 2022. Under ...
FIFA Soccer 13 review: First touch
After the impressive FIFA Soccer 12 last year, it's easy to have high expectations for this year's soccer game from EA Canada. Barring any major setbacks to the series, the question of how great FIFA 13 would be wasn't an unreasonable one to ponder heading into the game's release. This is, without ...
EA: FIFA 13 scores 353K in North America on day one
NBA Live 13 may be lost, but EA's got one win on its hands at least, as FIFA 13 has sold at record numbers already. The popular soccer sim has sold through 353,000 copies on Xbox 360 and the PS3 in just one day, according to EA, giving those sales an increase of 42 percent over last year's ...
FIFA 13 launching with Wii U, gets all touchy
EA announced FIFA 13 for Wii U at today's EA Summer Showcase event, and the game's live demo features new touch controls using the Wii U GamePad. Among the new GamePad-oriented features is Team Management Control, in which players can perform substitutions, select formations, and control individual ...
FIFA 13 with Kinect lets the ref hear, react to your foul mouth
FIFA 13 is integrating Kinect in a variety of voice-controlled scenarios, allowing players to choose formations, make substitutions and call plays as they happen live, as the above video demonstrates. Kinect will also enable the referees to "hear" it when you react poorly to a bad call, and while ...
FIFA 13 GameStop pre-order perks make Messi so happy he could skip
Details for GameStop's North American FIFA 13 pre-order bonuses are in, and they look shockingly familiar. GameStop pre-orders will receive one gold pack per week for 24 weeks, each of which consists of 12 items, including players rated 75 and up, contracts, stadiums, staff and badges, along with ...
Open wide and scream for FIFA 13 launch dates, UK pre-order info
FIFA 13 is scheduled to launch on September 28 in the UK, placing the US date, supposedly, on September 25. The FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition will give UK buyers 24 FIFA Ultimate Team gold packs, one per week for 24 weeks and with a value of more than £15. Each gold pack includes 12 items, such ...
Modern Warfare 3 holiday numbers indicate franchise sales decline in UK
While the Call of Duty franchise has enjoyed year-over-year growth in terms of worldwide sales, numbers released this week for the UK tell a different story for that particular region. According to the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association, Modern Warfare 3 moved 2,814,298 units between launch ...
Lionel Messi is the new face and feet of EA's FIFA franchise
EA Sports has drafted Lionel Messi to be the face of its FIFA franchise, first set to appear on the cover of FIFA Street when it launches in March 2012. Messi plays for Barcelona, is 24 years old, was drafted out of Argentina at 16 and has scored more than 200 goals in his professional career -- ...
FIFA Soccer 12 review: Impactful
Video games have a rich history of vaguely emulating sports while being subject to the limitations of the systems we play them on. Sports gamers are accustomed to repetitive animations, unnatural movement, and broken mechanics, all ripe for players to take competitive advantage of. Somewhere ...
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Posted on May 17th 2013 12:00PM