Over the course of this week's FIFA Interactive World Cup, Spencer "Gorilla" Ealing scored 46 goals across three days on his way to the grand final. In a 7-3 aggregate, Ealing not only took home $US200,000 ($252,223) in prizes, but the first FIWC win for England since 2005.

Some days, it can seem like every force in the universe is against you. This FIFA player must have done something in a past life, as for thirty straight seconds, as he lands the most improbable non-goal possible in FIFA 17.

In Madrid today, some of Europe's best virtual footballers gathered to determine who would move on to Berlin for FIFA 17 championship and for once, a PlayStation player pulled out the win.

Today on Highlight Reel we have FIFA abominations, Battlegrounds saves and crotch talk!

In this weekend's FIFA '17 Ultimate Team Regionals, one player put up a quick double that reminded me of my casual matches against friends.

The goal is very bad. Maybe one of the worst. But the music is perfect.

Following the tragic plane crash on Monday that took the lives of a majority of players from Brazilian first-division soccer team Chapecoense, EA offers FIFA 17 players a means to show their support via a free in-game badge and kit.

Know how Target has some great deals on games this week? Turns out Big W is coming to the party as well.

If bugs and glitches are a good time, then the ones in FIFA are the best time. And they are even better brought to life. 

FIFA 17 is praised for being true-to-life in every regard -- so true-to-life that, hell, developer EA even included a real guy's name and Twitter handle. And, boy, is he pissed.

September is officially past us, which means the latest version of FIFA is now out on store shelves. But there was a big question mark hanging over this year's FIFA: would the change to DICE's Frostbite engine spell the end of the hilarious glitches bringing players together in so many, many wonderful ways?

The answer: no. Not by a long shot.

Welcome to the next generation, FIFA. What took you so long?

Iceland, whose fairy-tale trip to the business end of Euro 2016 was one of the tournament's highlights, should be in this year's edition of FIFA. But they're not, following a dispute with EA over how much Iceland's football association would be paid for the team's rights.

Welcome to 2016, an age in which Nike and EA Sports collaborate on an actual pair of FIFA series football boots.

Today on Highlight Reel we have sweet Fallout heelys, unique FIFA celebrations, Overwatch plays, confused horses, and much more!

Across the Lifehacker, Gizmodo and Kotaku staffers we have a lot of gamers with a lot of different preferences. But one of us has been scarred with the unshakeable tag of Dudebro: our publisher Danny. He plays FIFA to death every year. He even plays UFC, bless his heart. And we all give him copious amounts of shit. Because while he might point to a past love of StarCraft and his aptitude with coding, deep down, Danny's a Bro Gamer.

There's nothing wrong with that, of course. Hell, I've spent nearly 400 hours playing a cricket game. And when the year is done and dusted, gamers like Danny might end up being the happiest of all. Because if you think about it, 2016 is an amazing year to be a Bro Gamer.

One of the largest football teams in the German Bundesliga, FC Schalke 04, has dug deeper into the world of esports this week by announcing the new members of their squad: a professional FIFA (the video game) team.

E3 is finally coming to a close, and now that we've had a few days to digest the conferences and all the footage: what are we most excited for?

I asked everyone around the office as to what demos and trailers piqued their interest at the annual conference, and here's what they had to say.

FIFA 17 has a story mode, EA said today at their press conference, while also supporting their local theatre troupe by hosting this beautifully committed one-man performance.