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Pro Evolution Soccer Intends to Win Back Hardcore Fans

Owen Good — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EDT

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Acknowledging that they've rested on their laurels as EA Sports' FIFA siphoned off their fans, Konami's gunning "to win back the hardcore," with Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, a senior executive vows. More »

Regardless of World Cup, EA Sports Predicts an American Triumph

Owen Good — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Landon Donovan's miracle goal on Wednesday did far more than propel the United States to the World Cup's knockout stage. It's made America the No. 1 soccer video game market on the planet. More »

EA Sports Picks Spain to Win World Cup

Owen Good — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Spain emerged as champion from EA Sports' simulation of the World Cup final in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, with England losing on penalty kicks in a semifinal with Brazil and the Americans falling in the round of 16. More »

Bad Company 2 Sells Five Million, FIFA Sells A Lot More

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:30:00 EDT

EA's modern-day shooter Battlefield Bad Company 2 may not have been able to stand toe-to-toe with competitor Modern Warfare 2, but it's accounted for itself regardless, selling an impressive five million copies. A feat FIFA 10 was able to double. More »

Derek Jeter Loses Boxing Match, U.S. Stymied In Xbox 360 Tournament

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Four American gamers lost to non-Americans in the second annual Gillette EA Sports Champions of Gaming Tournament in New York City last night. But then, in a twist, two pro athletes beat two of the tournament-winning gamers. More »

It's Spain vs. Italy When World Cup Demo Releases Tomorrow

Owen Good — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:20:00 EDT

EA Sports tucked news of tomorrow's global release of its FIFA World Cup 2010 demo inside some marketing copy about the game's soundtrack, which no one cares about. Talk about burying the lede. More »

Line Up Your World Cup Shot, but First, Compose Yourself

Owen Good — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:20:00 EDT

With four matches coming down to penalty kicks in the knockout stage of the 2006 World Cup - including the Final - you'd better brush up your shootout skills, especially as the feature gets fine-tuned in 2010 FIFA World Cup. More »

Don't Like That Last Result? Rewrite History in FIFA World Cup

Owen Good — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:30:00 EDT

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Once the World Cup begins in June, gamers with the 2010 FIFA World Cup edition will be able to download and replay actual scenarios from the tournament, hours after they happen. More »

EA Sports: Motion Controlled Soccer 'Isn't Particularly Authentic'

Owen Good — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:20:00 EDT

EA Sports doesn't sound enthusiastic about integrating Project Natal or PlayStation Move motion control into its FIFA series, with the game's producer saying the soccer experience they can supply for such a game "isn't particularly authentic." More »

Modern Warfare 2 Bigger than Lady Gaga and Transformers Combined

Owen Good — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:20:00 EDT

No disc - game, CD, DVD, whatever - sold more in 2009 than Modern Warfare 2, in the U.K. anyway, where the game bested phenomena such as Lady Gaga and Susan Boyle, and standbys like James Bond and Harry Potter. More »

More Than Money, Licenses Give a League Control

Owen Good — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST

Sometimes I wonder if, in the future, a sports commissioner raised among our generation will fire up NBA 2K37 at the end of a terrible week, and let his cares melt away in a league where nothing bad ever happens. More »

EA Working Up Penalty for FIFA Quitters

Owen Good — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:00 EST

Ragequitting has been a strong topic of discussion as EA Sports Canada looks to FIFA 11's development, with the studio envisioning a system of reward and penalty for those who complete matches versus those who quit from a losing position. More »

Seven More Screens to Showcase the Pageantry of the World Cup

Owen Good — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:20:00 EST

EA Sports released another seven screenshots of its upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010, offering a look at the Italian, Spanish and American sides, and some wacky French fans. More »

EA Sports Confirms FIFA World Cup 2010

Owen Good — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:30:00 EST

EA Sports made its World Cup edition of FIFA 10 official today, although the title was entirely expected and its release date was telegraphed by retailers before Christmas. More »

FIFA 10 Gives Modern Warfare 2 A Run For Its Money

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:30:00 EST

While Modern Warfare 2 emerged as 2009's biggest-selling game globally, in Europe, it was a close-run thing, Activision's blockbuster shooter only just edging out EA's FIFA 10. More »

Two Big Outlets List FIFA World Cup Edition for April

Owen Good — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST

EA Sports has not yet announced a date for its 2010 FIFA World Cup version, but both Amazon and Gamefly have it listed for April 27. World Cup 2010 begins June 11 in South Africa. More »

Here Are Your FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Screens

AJ Glasser — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:40:00 EST

To go with its announcement that FIFA 10 sold more than 4.5 million units so far this year, EA also announced that downloadable content FIFA 10 Ultimate Team is on its way in February 2010. More »

FIFA 10 Sells "More Than" 4.5 Million Worldwide

AJ Glasser — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST

Based on internal figures, EA says FIFA 10 has sold 4.5 million units worldwide since it's launch in early October. This is in addition to FIFA 10 being the fastest-selling game ever, mind you. More »

Turning The Beautiful Game Into A Video Game

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST

As I've said, FIFA 10 comes as close as any sports game I've played to being just like the real thing. Begging the question: how do the developers actually turn a sport like football into a video game? More »

The PlayStation 3 Buyer's Guide

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

With at least one potential game of the year exclusively nesting on the Playstation 3 and a price drop under its belt, the PS3 has had a pretty darn good year. More »

The Xbox 360 Buyer's Guide

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST

New Halo, new downloadables for Mass Effect, Fallout 3, and Grand Theft Auto, new Forza. It was a pretty good year for Xbox 360 owners. More »

Maybe the Greatest of All Time, but not In Its Time

Owen Good — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

Of the major game-of-the-year awards given out each year, no sports title has ever taken top overall honors. And yet five years later, there is one still talked about in ways that year's winners are not. More »

Do Sports Games Offer Truly West - Japan Game Industry Competition?

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:00 EST

EA Sports exec has stated that the company is working to appeal to Japanese gamers. That works appears to have paid off: FIFA 10 is a hit in Japan. But could that be for a deeper reason? More »

FIFA 10 Is The Fastest Selling Sports Game Ever

Mike Fahey — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:40:00 EDT

EA celebrates the biggest European game launch in the company's history today, as more than 1.7 million copies of EA Sports' FIFA 10 sell during the first week of release alone. More »

FIFA 10 Review: 30-Yard Screamer

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Last year, EA Sports' FIFA finally managed to surpass long-time nemesis Pro Evo and emerge as the number one football game in the world, both critically and commercially. Let's see what it's managed to do in the 12 months since. More »

FIFA 10 Trailer Shows Where EA's Money Went

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:30:00 EDT

FIFA is the biggest of EA's many big franchises. Indeed, it's one of the biggest-selling series in the world. So when it comes to making ads for the thing, no expense is spared. More »

FIFA 10 Demo Hits This Week, And Next Week

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

It's that time of year again. Singing in the stands, jumpers for goalposts, and the impending release of yet another version of EA's annual football juggernaut (and single biggest-selling title), FIFA. More »

Sense of Urgency in FIFA 10 Latest Vid, Screens

Owen Good — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:40:00 EDT

The latest trailer for FIFA 10, going out today to coincide with the title's GamesCom appearance, highlights the raft of new features you can expect this year. One I just like the sound of is "defensive urgency." More »

FIFA 10 Delayed A Few Weeks [Update]

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:30:00 EDT

EA Sports have announced that the North American release date for FIFA 10 has been kicked back a few weeks, from October 2 all the way back to October 20. More »

EA Unveils FIFA 10 Box Art, Release Date

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Many Americans care deeply about who appears on the front cover of Madden. Many Europeans, on the other hand, do not. They instead care about who ends up on the front cover of FIFA. More »

Madden, FIFA Coming To iPhone

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:30:00 EDT

EA have quietly, perhaps even accidentally, revealed that their two biggest sporting franchises - Madden and FIFA - will be coming to the iPhone "soon." More »

Football Game Sponsoring Football Team

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:00:00 EDT

We've seen video game publishers sponsor a football team before. Sega & Nintendo have been doing it in Europe for years, and even the Xbox 360 is in on the act. But I can't remember ever seeing a game sponsor a team. More »

FIFA 10 "Gameplay" Trailer

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Here's your first trailer for EA Sport's annual juggernaut FIFA 10. Curiously for EA Sports, aside from the depth of field effects going on in the background, that really is "actual gameplay footage". More »

How FIFA Became The Biggest Sports Game In The World

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Madden is fine, Americans, but there's one sports game that towers above all others, and that game is FIFA. Once the laughing stock of the football world, it's now the biggest-selling and in many's opinion the best sports game on the market. Here's why. More »

FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:30:00 EDT

FIFA 10 is new. You knew it was coming, but still, new is new. And after reading our impressions of the game, why not sink your studs into the soft, fleshy shins of these screens More »

FIFA 10 Preview: It's The Early-Season Favourite

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:40:00 EDT

Despite being the world's most popular sport, and also EA's biggest-selling annual title, FIFA 10 was relegated to a small backroom presence at E3 while Madden was everywhere. Ah well. We played it anyway. More »