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USA-Brazil preview
Original at Fifa.com
• Tue, Jun 16
Before their debut against Egypt in this year's Confederations Cup, they played four matches against Egypt, one against Portugal in Mozambique, one against South Africa, and most recently against Nigeria in 2003. With a world-best five FIFA World Cup ...
Huge FIFA 10 developer diary
Original at CVG Online
• Tue, Jun 16
When we look at FIFA 09 the overall quality of the gameplay is good. We've been building our 'Next Gen' gameplay for three years, and we have managed to address most of our fundamentals to a really satisfactory level. However there were still some ...
First FIFA 10 Developer Blog
Original at IncGamers.com
• Tue, Jun 16
UK Written by line producer David Rutter, the first entry covers the three main areas for improvement in the game: refining the gameplay, responding to fan feedback and innovation. Rutter states that around 70 per cent of the team's efforts are ...
Rules Change May Allow German to Play for US
Original at New York Times
• Mon, Jun 15
FIFA also did away with a rule that limited switching national teams to players 21 and younger. According to an e-mail message Monday from the American federation spokesman Neil Buethe, the lifting of the age restriction is effective Oct. 1. ...
Spain rule Europe's beaches
Original at Fifa.com
• Mon, Jun 15
Spain successfully defended their European crown with a close-fought win over Russia in the final of the continental qualifying tournament for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009. The two finalists in the competition, held between 7 and 15 June in ... The Dynasty of Spain. Bleacher Report
Jermaine Jones Comes Looking for America
Original at New York Times
• Sun, Jun 14
FIFA also did away with the rule that limited switching national teams to players 21 years old and younger. Jones is 27. So, on the eve of the the United States' opening game of the Confederations Cup (against Italy on Monday in Pretoria, South Africa) ...
The Gooch says 'No' to racism, launches suit
Original at Globe and Mail
• Sat, Jun 13
Canada FIFA has called racism a “deplorable trend” and has joined with UEFA to campaign against discrimination, using such measures as player suspensions and relatively small fines against clubs and national teams. Some teams have even been ordered to play ...
Hands-on: Academy of Champions
Original at Joystiq
• Sat, Jun 13
CA FIFA lovers will find them far too simplistic, but casual Wii players will enjoy it. There are some wiimotion Plus tweaks throughout the gameplay, offering more accurate high and low kicks, and the Balance Board can be used for minigames, ...
Alleging Racial Remarks, Soccer Player Seeks 'Moral Compensation'
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Jun 12
United States FIFA has called racism a “deplorable trend” and has joined with UEFA to campaign against discrimination, using such measures as player suspensions and relatively small fines against clubs and national teams. Some teams have even been ordered to play ...
GFN: FIFA 10 HANDS-ON
Original at Gaming Front
• Mon, Jun 8
Texas EA Sports. Sports gamers were shocked by the quality of FIFA 2009 when it was released back in October with the graphics almost as real as you could possibly get them. The gameplay was also the best a sports game had ever seen. It's now time for FIFA ...
FIFA 10's key features
Original at CVG Online
• Mon, Jun 8
EA's passed over a fact sheet for FIFA 10 that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the latest version of its annual footy game. According to EA it "features core gameplay refinements based on responsiveness and intelligence, ...
FIFA 10 Preview: It's The Early-Season Favourite
Original at Kotaku Australia
• Thu, Jun 4
By Luke Plunkett on June 5, 2009 at 11:40 AM 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. ...
FIFA 2010 Details Revealed
Original at IncGamers.com
• Wed, Jun 3
UK The company has also analysed over 275 million online games played and made changes to the new FIFA game based on this data. EA will be announcing a new feature called "Be A Pro" for FIFA 2010 in the upcoming months. The game is developed by EA Canada ...
Ronaldo Voted FIFA World Player of the Year and European Player of ...Original at CNN
• Fri, May 22
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How To: FIFA 2010 Xbox 360 Intro unreleasedOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, May 14
By rss@youtube.com (audiovisuali) Author: audiovisuali Keywords: fifa 2010 xbox 360 trailer preview intro 3 red lights red ring of death fix xbox guide tutorial Added: May 14, 2009
Real Soccer 2009 Review
Original at IGN
• Mon, May 11
CA The production values don't quite get Real Soccer 2009 up to the standards of EA Sports' FIFA series on the handheld, so it lacks a bit of polish in the presentation – you can play multiplayer but only locally and you'll all need a downloaded copy of ...
Advantage Spain, Togo
Original at This Day
• Sun, Apr 12
Nigeria Spain and Togo broke records in the FIFA-Coca-Cola monthly World Ranking system for March. Spain, who continue to race from one victory to the next and are now unbeaten in 31 matches, are also breaking new ground in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. ...
How to Play EA FIFA 08: Skill MovesOriginal at wikihow.com
• Thu, Apr 2
Here's a video tutorial of EA FIFA 08 for Xbox 360. This tutorial shows you how to do tricks in FIFA 08 and improve your gaming skills. www.wikihow.com
How To: FIFA 09 PC skills video 2 |HD|Original at YouTube
• Sun, Mar 22
By rss@youtube.com (DoMManU5) Author: DoMManU5 Keywords: FIFA 09 PC skills video |HD| good goals compilation xbox 360 psp ps3 rainbow ps2 tutorial pes 2009 08 06 50 uc Added: March 22, 2009
North American FIFA Tournament Starts This Weekend
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Tue, Mar 10
By Chris Bauer(noreply@blogger.com) Rules 1) Winner sends result to the Cup Admin 2) Read our main FIFA leagues rules HERE 3) Must be a fair player 4) Players must act like professional gamers 5) No quitting after a forbidden move/glitch/cheat 6) The home team is the player who hosts the match
Xbox 360 Review: FIFA Soccer 09
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Mar 2
OH The FIFA series is Electronic Arts' preeminent soccer series. They bring out World Cup games every four years, and also release the UEFA series annually, but FIFA remains the flagship title. For years FIFA has been in direct competition with the Pro ...
Patch: EA unleash mammoth update to FIFA Manager 09
Original at Play.tm
• Mon, Mar 2
UK A hefty new update to the PC version of FIFA Manager 09 has been offered up by EA Sports this week, taking the best-selling football sim bang-up to-date with the latest goings on in the world of the beautiful game. The new update includes every winter ...
Review: Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Original at Stuff.co.nz
• Mon, Jan 12
New Zealand - The annual battle between Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer and EA Sport's FIFA to see who can get the best teams and tournaments each year still wages. ...
Opinion: FIFA 09 (PROMO)Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jan 1
By rss@youtube.com (xJoNnZix) Author: xJoNnZix Keywords: Fifa 09 Best Goals !! fifa the best goals you will ever see awesome nice great cool Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel messi Fernando Torres Kaka Arsenal Chelsea Manchester united Liverpool Inter Milan Juventus Roma Barcelona Real madrid Added: January 1, 2009
How To: FIFA 09Original at YouTube
• Mon, Dec 22
By rss@youtube.com (mcpopopapopo) Author: mcpopopapopo Keywords: FIFA 09 CHEATS TUTORIALS HINTS TRICKS FREE KICK XBOX 360 ROONEY STUFF WATCH VIDEOS SHOW DISSAPOINTED PS3 PLAYSTATION SONY ONLINE LIVE CODE GENERATOR MICROSOFT POINT GAMERTAG Added: December 22, 2008
FIFA Manager 09
Original at Electronic Arts (ea) Products
• Thu, Dec 18
FIFA Manager comes with even more licensed leagues. The database includes now far more than 1,500 clubs and 25,000 players. More than 7,000 of these players are represented with real-life pictures. An extensive editor ships with the game. It allows the users to add leagues, clubs and as many...
Ronaldo returns to Brazil, joins Corinthians
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Fri, Dec 12
Three-time FIFA player of the year Ronaldo joined the Brazilian team Corinthians on Friday, returning to his home country and ending months of speculation about his future. While the glamour and money will be considerably less than what he's accustomed to in European soccer, Ronaldo sa...
Patches and Fixes: FIFA Manager 09 Patch #1 - Demo Movie Patch ...
Original at Gamers Hell
• Tue, Nov 25
sound for the Live Ticker, including goal and stadium entry anthems - player positions are displayed optionally behind the player names - new text elements in Live Ticker. Related Resources: News: FIFA Manager 09 Patch #1 ...
EA Sports Chief Names His Brand’s 2008 Highlight, Predicts Fitness Gaming Boom
Original at multiplayerblog.mtv.com
• Thu, Nov 20
By Stephen Totilo Moore was referring to a presentation he gave earlier in the day at the BMO Capital Markets Conference, during which he said that the “FIFA Online 2” game in South Korea has been a rousing success. The game is free to play on PC but, like many Asian multiplayer online PC games, offers players a...
FIFA Soccer Blog: <em>FIFA 09 official patch out!!</em>
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Tue, Nov 18
By Suffwan I must say holy lord the PS3 version has so many more gameplay glitches (offline and online) than the 360 version. Another prime example of a poor port to the PS3. EA/Sony, release the flippin patch already before I go buy a new 360 ...
FIFA 09 Update Notes, Patch Coming Soon - Operation Sports
Original at Operation Sports
• Mon, Nov 17
We are pleased to announce a game update for FIFA 09 on Xbox360 and PS3, hopefully arriving sometime next week. In line with community feedback, we have spent time improving the gameplay experience and addressed the following problems. ...
My FIFA 09 online review (PS3/360)
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Thu, Nov 13
By Chris Bauer(noreply@blogger.com) Something we've been repeatedly asked about is the online portion of FIFA 09. A lot of you who are still waiting to get hold of the game have asked what modes there are now and if things like button-lag and jerkiness of play have been ironed out now. So for you guys, here is a little review of the on...
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Review
Original at 1up.com
• Wed, Nov 12
By Todd Zuniga Few sports-gaming mano-a-mano tussles remain because of exclusive league licensing, but the annual heavyweight brawl between Konami's Pro Evolution Soc-cer and EA's FIFA wages on. In one corner, you've got Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, the annual gameplay champion that pilfered the UE...
Download: FIFA 09 #2 [EU] Game Patch
Original at Videogamer.com
• Mon, Nov 10
Addresses a number of different gameplay issues and includes a DRM de-authorisation command. For UK English, French, German, Italian, and Dutch versions.
FIFA Soccer 09 UK Patch 2 [PC]
Original at GameSpot
• Fri, Nov 7
This UK version of this patch includes increased difficulty for online ranked matches from Semi-Pro to World Class, updated DRM package and more. Read the readme for details.
FIFA Soccer 09 Review
Original at IGN
• Tue, Oct 28
CA - Oct 28, 2008 It's been one of the most consistent and consistently good titles of all the EA Sports franchises on the handheld, and as long as the same development ...
Opinion: Pro Evolution Soccer creator would use FIFA engine if he could
Original at ElectricPig.tv
• Tue, Oct 14
But his comments do implicitly admit that, if anything, that FIFA has been ahead this last year – in terms of modes, gameplay and particularly visuals. ... Pro Evolution Soccer 2009: The First Night RWD Online Review: FIFA 09 quite possibly the best football game ever North Wales Weekly News
FIFA 09 - Any - V1.01 Patch
Original at gameshadow.com
• Mon, Oct 13
Electronic Arts has released the following FIFA 09 patch, it will provide additional support for online gameplay. Release Date: 13 Oct, 2008; Download Size: 3 MB.
Opinion: My FIFA 09 hints and tips
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Thu, Oct 9
By Chris Bauer(noreply@blogger.com) This is something I keep doing from when I used to play Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven, where you could sprint for 90 minutes without suffering from any noticeable drawbacks. In FIFA though, if you sprint all the time, you will occasionally knock the ball forward into the path of the o...
Review: FIFA 09 quite possibly the best football game ever
Original at North Wales Weekly
• Thu, Oct 9
Times Online UK - But well done EA, Konami must be worried as this is quite possibly the best football game ever. FIFA 09 is available now on the Xbox 360, PlayStations 2 and ... FIFA 09 (PS3/Xbox 360) Review VG-Reloaded.com FIFA chief due in Belgrade on Oct. 9 B92
My FIFA 09 review (in-depth)
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Fri, Oct 3
By Chris Bauer(noreply@blogger.com) The first point I wanted to make was how realistic the game was, and how much it felt like my real life trials and tribulations in Sunday League football. But the second point I have to make isn't such a positive one, and it counteracts the first; that goal that I scored, the wonderful long-ran...
Podcast: Sports Anomaly on the MLB Playoffs
Original at 1up.com
• Wed, Oct 1
By Todd Zuniga The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 78) is most assuredly a doozie! The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) chats with Greg Ford, David Ellis, Andrew Fitch, and Anomaly debut Aaron Boulding of ESPN discussing MLB playoff predictions from MLB 08 The Show and MLB 2K8, an interview with 76...
Podcast: Sports Anomaly Goes Hands-On With NBA 2K9
Original at 1up.com
• Thu, Sep 25
By Todd Zuniga Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 77) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) alongside Greg Ford, David Ellis, and Andrew Fitch as they dive into an endless pile of breaking news. Topics include living rosters in/a hands-on preview of NBA 2K9, FIFA 09's amazing 10-on-10 commercial, P...
Opinion: What next for FIFA?
Original at FIFA Soccer
• Thu, Sep 25
By Chris Bauer(noreply@blogger.com) Entirely new commentary (this year's game has lines from last year's; I'd love to see a team of four commentators, e.g. Martin Tyler & Andy Gray plus John Motson and another BBC colleague, to eliminate repetitiveness)Response times tweaked further again (they're great this year but...
Patch: EA have announced that Fifa 09 player stats will be updated weekly
Original at PS3 Daily
• Thu, Aug 21
UK - Aug 21, 2008 EA announced today that FIFA 09 purchasers will be able to sign up to a weekly update service called the Adidas Live Season, which updates the in-game stats ... ‘NHL 09′ demo delayed on PlayStation Network St. Louis Post-Dispatch NHL 09 Demo Released andPOP
Patch: EA at GC 2008 - FIFA 09, Godfather II, Rage
Original at YouGamers
• Wed, Aug 20
EA's press conference at Leipzig was short on news. FIFA 09 was pushed hard, and apparently there will be a new online feature that will update the players and rosters constantly with "Adidas Live Season". The rosters included are ...
Xbox 360 Review: FIFA Street 3
Original at Blogcritics
• Wed, May 14
By Brian Szabelski I'm a soccer fan, so theoretically, FIFA Street 3 should be something that's easy to talk about, as I'm probably supposed to have bought the first two games in the series already. Sadly, I don't have much time with the first two FIFA Street titles, but if they're anything like EA's other Stre...
Take-Two Interactive Software Advises Stockholders to Take No Action in Response to Electronic Arts Offer
Original at TechWhack
• Thu, Mar 13
By Sukhdeep Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable...
EA Sports Family Play simplifies controls on Wii games for Madden NFL 08, NBA LIVE 08 and FIFA 08 players of all ages and skill levels to play together
Original at videogamesblogger.com
• Fri, Jul 6
By supadupagama Watch out sports fans, the playing field has been leveled! Electronic Arts has made it easier for players of all ages and skill levels to play its most popular EA SPORTS games on the Wii through the all-new EA SPORTS Family Play style of gameplay. Debuting in the Wii versions of Madden NFL 08,...
More details and screenshots on FIFA 08
Original at Qj.net
• Tue, Jun 5
By Ryan C. And for those of us savvy in the online bit of things, there's always the Interactive Leagues, the online tournament now making its debut on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Represent your favorite clubs and face off against your rivals throughout the season in multiple divisions.