Archive for the ‘FIFA’ Category
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Pre-Order Bonuses and Special Editions for FIFA 16, NHL 16, and NBA Live 16
Over the course of E3 week, in addition to trailers and feature news, EA Sports rolled out the pre-order incentives and special editions for FIFA 16, NHL 16, and NBA Live 16. Similar to Madden NFL 16, which had it's info go out earlier, the games outside of Live are essentially being offered in different tiers now. That, of course, is related to the amount of up-front Ultimate Team content desired by consumers.ﾃつ (more…)...
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Popularity of EA Sports games gauged through E3 trailer views
EA Sports rolled out new trailers for their upcoming games at E3. What kind of traction have they had on Youtube and is there anything to be gleaned from view numbers?ﾃつWhat probably stands out the most is how Madden really isn't drawing at a rate that would be representative of its sales numbers - something that seems to be a trend over recent years.ﾃつ (more…)...
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Hangout Video: E3 2015 Day Zero Reactions
The first day of E3 is in the books and it was relatively uneventful, though quite informative, in regards toﾃつthe upcoming crop of sports games. This year at E3 expectations were tempered as far as the yearly league-licensed games go and there were few deviations from what was anticipated. Madden NFL 16 got a new mode announced, NBA Live 16 made some big promises, and FIFA 16 had one of the longest presentations in recent memory. Meanwhile the oft-rumored, and perpetually teased, Joe M...
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FIFA 16 E3 Trailer and Features
EA Sports released a new gameplay trailer for FIFA 16 to coincide with the Electronic Arts press conference at E3. It's the first look at the game besides the initial reveal of Women's National Teams. Some new stadiums can be spotted as well, including Seattle's CenturyLink Field. A general gameplay features list accompanies the trailer! (more…)...
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Amid Corruption and Criticism The King of Sports Franchises Faces New Challenges
The last week has been eventful to say the leastﾃつin the world of FIFA. Not only were top executives in the organization arrested on corruption charges, and the video game associated with the governing body of the sport having announcedﾃつthat women would be in the product with FIFA 16 for the first time, but today FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced his resignationﾃつafter just being reelected to the position on Friday. On one front EA Sports finds themselves in a situation where t...
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Women Finally Being Added to FIFA Series
There couldn't have been much worse timing for EA Sports to make their first FIFA 16 related announcement, but that's what happened today. With the world's focus on the corruption charges levied by the United States against several FIFA officials the spotlight is on the organization right now in an unprecedented manner for all the wrong reasons. Still it's business as usual for EA Sports even as most FIFA sponsors attemptﾃつto shield themselves from the fallout - and that's following sev...
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Latest FIFA 15 Patch Involves Ultimate Team
Another patch released for FIFA 15 today on all systems and for the most part it only affects Ultimate Team mode. Support continues on the game, which was notably just added to EA Access, because of Ultimate Team. The rest of the game isn't being hampered by it (at this point) because complete focus would have turned to FIFA 16 long before now otherwise. The launch of "Team of the Season" had been delayed due to the desire to address more coin exploits with this patch. Some dramatic chang...
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FIFA 15 Now Available in EA Access Vault
FIFA 15's addition to the EA Access ﾃ｢竄ｬﾅ天aultﾃ｢竄ｬﾂ today brings the total number of titles offered by the service to 11. Like NHL 15 last month FIFA 15 has been introduced before its "season" has even come to a conclusion. In the case of FIFA we'll just refer to theﾃつPremier League in that sense which still has a few weeks to go - though its champion is a foregone conclusion. The Vault now contains all of 2014's EA Sports games: FIFA 15, NHL 15, Madden NFL 15, NBA Live 15, and EA S...
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