The first screenshots of FIFA 13 have appeared online along with details on First Touch Control, Player Impact, Complete Dribble, Tactical Free-Kicks and Attacking AI. Dark Side of Gaming reports FIFA 13 will be attempting to provide more realistic ball control by factoring in the strength, speed and technical skill of players as well as …
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We can expect to see more lifelike characters in upcoming EA games like FIFA 13 if the hype surrounding new tech adopted by the publisher lives up to its promise. While previously it was only possible to offer highly accurate 3D facial likenesses for the most recognisable players, a press release from Glasgow-based Dimensional Imaging …
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It seems funny now given FIFA’s market dominance, but PES was once the football series of choice for most people. Not just for gamers in the know and and football fans either, but for EA too, where FIFA “wasn’t liked”, according to EA Sports president Andrew Wilson. He told GamesIndustry.biz: “The easiest thing that could …
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Welsh football fans will be disappointed to discover their national team is again not officially licensed in latest FIFA release, UEFA Euro 2012. As with some previous FIFA games, the PS3, 360 and PC expansion includes a playable Wales team, but none of the official kits of players names are correct. ‘Aaron Rumsey’ and ‘Craig …
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EA has released a UEFA Euro 2012 trailer showing off the upcoming expansion’s new Expedition mode. According to the publisher: “The all-new Expedition Mode designed exclusively for UEFA EURO 2012 enables fans to build, manage and compete with a customized team against other European nations, crafting the perfect strategy for European domination. “Fans will choose …
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Electronic Arts has officially announced EA Sports UEFA Euro 2012. No surprise there, but wait. This is actually a digital expansion for FIFA 12 launching to tie in with this summer’s tournament in Poland and Ukraine, which kicks off on June 8th. Set for release on April 24th, 2012 in North America and Europe, and …
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EA has released squad updates for FIFA 12 reflecting transfers from the January transfer window. Gary Cahill finally made his switch from Bolton to Chelsea, Newcastle landed Papiss Demba Cisse, Spurs took on Louis Saha, and Djibril Cisse and Bobby Zamora joined QPR, among other transfers in a relatively quiet January window. Paul Scholes also …
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It’s been a good few months for EA, as in a positive financial call today the company announced that both FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 have hit 10 million sales since launch. Battlefield 3 launched on PS3, 360 and PC in October last year, while FIFA 12 kicked off on every platform known to man …
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Barcelona and Argentina football star Lionel Messi has been signed by EA as its new “global face of the EA Sports FIFA franchise”. The move is all the more significant as superstar Messi has in recent years been the face of rival Konami’s PES series. Messi’s first FIFA appearance will be as the cover star …
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The rather large FIFA 12 patch released yesterday gave some users more than they bargained for in the form of game crashes. According to an EA community manager, “some users have reported game crashes since installing the 10th November patch on PS3 and Xbox 360. “We believe this is caused by mismatched data in Creation …
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EA today released a massive FIFA 12 patch on PC and Mac, which is also set to hit PS3 and Xbox 360 later today. It offers a range of fixes and enhancements across various game modes, with the headline features being “a much-called-for lowering of the CPU AI in Pro Clubs, a slew of Career …
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If there was any remaining doubt that FIFA is the runaway market leader in the football genre, it has just been extinguished. Speaking to Gamerzines yesterday, EA Northern Europe boss Keith Ramsdale claimed FIFA 12 has been outselling PES 2012 by a giant margin. “When you look at Pro Evolution Soccer versus FIFA, only five …
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EA Sports is set to release a FIFA 12 console patch in the next two to three weeks introducing “big corrections”. The update was revealed by community manager Romily Broad on the latest FIFA 12 podcast. “Two or three weeks from now the first patch will happen and that’s going to make big corrections to …
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FIFA 12 isn’t out in the UK until next Friday, September 30th, but if you’re a paying EA Season Ticket subscriber you’ll be able to download and play this year’s instalment Tomorrow on Xbox Live. As of tomorrow night at 6pm Central European Time, the game will be available to download for Xbox 360 users, …
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If you’ve been waiting for the FIFA 12 PC demo, a new list of mirrors has appeared. That’s all you need to know, right? Oh, and it’s out at the end of this month. Here’s the link: http://www.ea.com/uk/football/news/fifa12-demo-02
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