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October 7th, 2009 at 10:36am
Under Wii / Nintendo
EA’s annual footie franchise must be doing something right this year because FIFA 10 has apparently sold 1.7 million copies in Europe during its first week. According to EA, the title is “the fastest selling sports game ever and EA’s biggest European launch in history.”
Even with the positive launch, GI.biz spoke with an analyst who believes the sales aren’t going to help EA in the long-term. Doug Creutz of Cowan and Company notes that heavy discounts at supermarket chains and other incentives made initial sales strong, but if the situation plays out anything like FIFA 09, the year-on-year sales will only grow marginally. But like a head-butt goal in the first minutes of a match, FIFA 10 is putting on a good show during launch.
Source — EA announces record-breaking launch FIFA 10 (EA)
Source — FIFA 10 record sales won’t boost profits (GI.biz)
EA: FIFA 10 is fastest-selling sports game ‘ever’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 6th, 2009 at 05:58am
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The official governing body of football, FIFA, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Electronic Arts have announced that the new season of the FIFA Interactive World Cup begins today ‘inside’ EA’s latest and newly released football game, Fifa 10 on the PlayStation 3.
The FIFA Interactive World Cup, now in its sixth year, is a season-long tournament running alongside the real world football season, in which gamers from around the world will participate and compete against one another to claim their spot in the Grand Final.
In order to enter the tournament, gamers will need to enter live qualifier events taking place around the world, in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Africa and, of course, the UK, or by simply playing online.
This year’s FIFA Interactive World Cup has been split into two separate seasons, the first of which began on October 2nd and will conclude on December 18th this year, during which time ten of the best players in this season will be brought through to the Grand Final, which takes place at Port Olympic in Barcelona, on May 1st next year.
Players from the first season who didn’t make it into the Grand Final can try again during season two – that begins on January 4th next year, and ends on March 31st.
In order to enter the online portion of the tournament, competitors need to register ‘inside’ the retail version of Fifa 10 on PS3 now across Europe and Asia, and from the 20th of October for North American gamers.
The 31 finalists, alongside the 2009 FIFA Interactive World Cup Champion, Bruce Gannec from France, will compete to become the 2010 world champion of the tournament, and will receive an invitation to the FIFA World Player Gala as well as a $20 0000 (US) cash prize. The runner-up will receive $5000 (US), and the player who comes third will receive $1 000 (US).
According to a member of the FIFA Executive Committee and patron of the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC), Chuck Blazer, last year’s event was a roaring success: “More than 500,000 players vied for a spot in the Grand Final at last year’s FIFA Interactive World Cup. This makes it the FIFA tournament with the most competitors.
“The FIWC is becoming more and more popular among all age groups and the great thing is that everybody can participate,” continued Blazer. “Players can face each other whenever they want and wherever they are – this is truly unique.”
VP for Brand and Consumer Marketing at SCEE, Darren Carter is also extremely confident in the event, saying: “The FIWC is a great example of what can happen when you take one of the worlds best selling games, mix it together with the world’s favourite games console, and open it up to the community.
“We are very excited about this year’s tournament and wish everybody competing the best of luck.”
For all of the official rules, terms and conditions, head on over to the official FIFA Interactive World Cup website over here.
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By Mister-X
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September 21st, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Showing the far reaching effects of football (”soccer” for us Americans) fandom in a succinct two minute video, EA Sports asks UK residents in its latest ad for FIFA 10, “How big can football get?” From the looks of the insanity in the commercial (found after the break), we’re going out on a limb here and saying, “Substantially large.” Would you care to up that wager with a “significantly enormous?” Maybe a “demonstrably massive?”
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EA Sports: ‘How big can football get?’ Us: ‘Pretty big, we guess?’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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August 19th, 2009 at 02:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
We may not know much about the athletes on the various covers of FIFA 10, but we do know that this trailer looks damn impressive. In fairness, the game often looks rather stunning, but the sizzle reel that EA has whipped up for GamesCom (found after the break) is specifically meant to show off the game to its most active market — which certainly comes through in production quality. Though we don’t watch a ton of sports (and we play even less) we’re legitimately looking forward to EA’s next entry in the FIFA series, set to release this October.
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Here’s a beautiful FIFA 10 trailer from GamesCom originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 11th, 2009 at 10:29pm
Under DS
After EA announced a trio of British gents gracing the cover of FIFA 10 in Europe last week, the company today revealed the box art for the North American iteration. Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA appear on the box, with Jason Bateman Chelsea’s Frank Lampard taking center stage.
EA also revealed the game’s release date Stateside to be October 20, while a Euro release has been confirmed for October 2. We’ll be spending the extra few weeks figuring out what exactly Chivas USA is. Peep the full cover and a new video of FIFA 10 in action after the break.
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Who? EA reveals FIFA 10 North American cover athletes originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 6th, 2009 at 03:00am
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We’ve been known to dabble in a FIFA game from time to time, though cover athletes aren’t really our forte, if you will. Rather than address our ignorance dead-on, we’ll simply tell you that Frank Lampard of Chelsea, Theo Walcott of Arsenal and Wayne Rooney of Manchester United are donning the cover of this year’s footballer.
Believe it or not, the game will feature more than just players from English teams. (Yes, we’re just as shocked as you by that possibility.) The game is set to land in the UK on October 2, and Amazon and GameStop are putting the game’s US release on October 20th.
EA reveals UK lovefest with FIFA 10 cover athletes originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 15th, 2009 at 02:35pm
Under Xbox 360
MCV confirmed with EA that its latest entry in the long-standing soccer franchise, FIFA 10, will arrive at UK retailers on October 2. There’s no mention of a release date for North America, so we’ve put in word to EA to see just when we Yanks will receive the game. We’ll be sure to update you as soon as we hear back.
FIFA 10 hits the pitch October 2 in the UK originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 09:45pm
Under Xbox 360
EA Sports is ramping up the hype machine for its very crucial FIFA franchise, as it has issued out a new teaser trailer for the latest installment, FIFA 10. Thankfully, it’s not your average teaser trailer, as though it is short, it does contain actual gameplay footage. It looks like the one big improvement for this year’s version will be bullet time.
FIFA 10 offers brief glimpse of footy-filled gameplay originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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