Soccer

In Real Life

EA Sports Delights In Signing Away Pro Evolution Soccer’s Three-Time Cover Star

6:00AM November 27, 2011 | Owen Good

Back in January, one of Lionel Messi’s teammates on FC Barcelona let slip that the football superstar greatly enjoyed playing EA Sports’ FIFA series. At the time, he was the three-time cover star of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer, from its 2009 to 2011 editions. More »


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Sports Video Game Outsold Gears Of War 3′s Launch

12:00PM October 6, 2011 | Owen Good

EA Sports’ hot streak at retail continues to ride strong; FIFA 12 sold 3.2 million copies in its first week, the label reports, citing internal analysis. That means FIFA 12‘s launch was bigger than Gears of War 3‘s More »


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The 6 Biggest Sports In The World In One Kinect Game

4:00AM September 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Why worry about which sports game to play on your Xbox 360 when you can get baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, football, and other football, all in one handy Kinect game? More »


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After Tragic Death, The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse For This Soccer Game

7:00PM August 4, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Today, soccer player Naoki Matsuda died due to cardiac arrest complications. He was 34 years old. Also today, a PSP game he promoted went on sale in Japan. More »


In Real Life

The Long, Strange History Of Video Games Sponsoring Football Teams

2:00PM July 29, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Summer pre-season trips are underway, the transfer market is in full swing and Wayne Rooney is back once again on the cover of a FIFA game. Yes, it’s time for another season of European football. More »


In Real Life

Ranking The Tech Nerds Who Own Sports Teams

4:20AM June 14, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

You might have wondered why so much attention was lavished on one doughy white guy after the Mavericks won the NBA title last night. More »


News

Leaked Video Gives In-Depth Look At FIFA 12 And Its ‘Impact Engine’

5:00AM May 22, 2011 | Owen Good

A leaked webcast of the improvements to and new features in FIFA 12 graced YouTube earlier this week, was removed, and has returned. It’s about 10 minutes of new stuff, some of it highly technical, but for FIFAphiles, it sheds plenty of light on the “Impact Engine” anchoring this year’s batch of upgrades. More »


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Chelsea Football Club Repels Invasion From Space Using Their Balls

1:00AM May 21, 2011 | Mike Fahey

These four members of the Chelsea Football Club probably wouldn’t mind us Americans calling it soccer, as long as we gave them proper acknowledgement for saving the entire planet from “giant alien invaders”, which are definitely not Space Invaders for legal reasons. More »


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Gamers More Agitated By Playing Sports Games Than Shooters

9:30AM May 5, 2011 | Owen Good

There’s a couple of ways to look at this latest video game study out of the UK. Either there is no meaningful link between playing violent video games and aggressive behaviour, or FIFA 11 is deadlier than Modern Warfare. More »


In Real Life

FIFA Commentator’s Sexist Remarks Put EA Sports In A Pinch

11:40AM January 27, 2011 | Owen Good

On Tuesday, Sky Sports sacked football commentator Andy Gray after his sexist disparagement of a female official made it into a pre-game broadcast. Gray still has a job, though: The voice of EA Sports’ FIFA series since 1997. More »