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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 …

According to research by TorrentFreak, Crysis 2 was the most pirated game of 2011 with nearly four million illegal downloads. EA’s sci-fi shooter was downloaded 3,920,000 times between its release in March 2011 and the end of the year, though we’re unsure whether the numbers include the build that leaked a full month before release …

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 …

It would be fair to say that both FIFA and PES had pretty terrible penalty kick systems in the last round of versions. Konami have been first to show off their new system via a new video. Let’s face it.. can’t be any worse. Incoming search terms: fifa 12

EA’s launched a new developer movie further detailing FIFA 12′s new impact engine, which is designed to realistically track player contact and injuries. The video walkthrough comes from Aaron McHardy, lead gameplay producer on FIFA 12, who explains the improvements to the series’ collision system and more.

The PES Team may not be making a grand appearance at E3, but it hasn’t stopped them releasing a nice gameplay trailer. Is it me or does PES just look very robotic lately? Let the FIFA vs PES debate begin!

EA have released the first official FIFA 12 video, detailing the game’s new impact system. The fresh footage, following on from last week’s off-screen video, shows off the new system which will see players react to tackles depending on exactly where and how an impact hits their body, as opposed to relying on a handful …

Following the first FIFA 12 details that emerged at the end of last month, issue 73 of OXM comes complete with a chunky preview and interview on EA’s footy sim packed with a healthy dose of new info. The mag describes the difference between FIFA 12 and its predecessor as ‘profound’, with three key areas …

It’s official, FIFA 12 is the best FIFA game ever. That is if you can believe the opinion of EA Sports cover star Wayne Rooney, who hasn’t been paid to say such things. Honest. According to rough translations of the French Official PlayStation Magazine, FIFA 12′s feature list includes an ‘Impact Engine’ which realistically tracks …

The first FIFA 12 details have appeared via the French version of Official PlayStation Magazine. According to rough translations of the magazine, this year’s footy sim is set to include an ‘Impact Engine’ which realistically tracks player contact and injuries, plus “more human” player AI. Here’s the skinny, prior to the anticipated E3 reveal: • …

EA Sports has released an update for FIFA 11 freebie Ultimate Team. The update includes two new friends list-related features and over 50 “refinements”, the publisher says. Changes include updates to auctions to make it easier to track or repost expired items, Power Passing assistance switched off by default in online matches, and a number …

A key member of the team behind EA Sports’ FIFA 12 has highlighted player back stories and “match day atmosphere” as two areas for potential improvement. FIFA creative director Gary Paterson told the all-new edition of PSM3 that the title’s gameplay is getting “harder and harder to improve on”. However, the exec said that the …

PES cover star Lionel Messi has been having a secret affair with rival footy sim FIFA 11, according to comments made by his Barcelona team mate. Barcelona’s Gerard Pique is quoted by one of EA’s own Twitter accounts as stating that Messi – who’s appeared on the box of all recent PES releases – plays …

Codemasters says it has big plans for F1 2011, which means more than just the most up to date data from the new racing season. F1 2011 will “definitely not be a few new tracks and a few new drivers”, CEO Rod Cousens told MCV. He also said that Codies plans to launch a browser-based …

F1 2010 is just the start of a long running franchise for Codemasters, which the publisher hopes will become as important to the company as FIFA is to EA. That’s if Rod Cousesns has anything to say about it, at least. “There’s no reason why F1 can’t be as established and important a part of …