FIFA 13 Becomes Fastest Selling Sports Game in History
For the third straight year EA Sports has broken their own record to deliver the biggest sports game launch of all-time. Beginning with FIFA 11 (2.6 million) and topped by FIFA 12 (3.2 million) those worldwide sales records have now been shattered by FIFA 13.
An astonishing 4.5 million copies of FIFA 13 have been sold in the first 5 days on the market. That makes it the biggest videogame launch of the year and the fastest selling sports title ever.
The news started rolling in quickly t...
FIFA 13 Delivers Huge Sales Increase for EA Sports in North America
FIFA 13 is off to a big start in North America with first day sales 42% higher than FIFA 12 totaling 353K copies. It wasn't long ago that the region was fairly weak ground for FIFA but the growth has been staggering in the last three years.
FIFA 12 became the fastest selling sports game in history worldwide moving 3.2 million copies in its first week alone and going on to surpass well over 10 million. Coming off such a strong effort last year, and with record pre-order numbers of 1.3 mill...
FIFA 13 Career Mode Audio Improvements
With FIFA 13 just about released - and already out for those with the Season Ticket - EA Sports has pushed out a video looking at yet another feature. The commentary within FIFA 13 and its career mode is the focus of the video which includes mentions of the new 'Career Mode Radio' and sideline commentator. (more…)...
FIFA 13 Now Available to Download Through Season Ticket
Subscribers to the EA Sports Season Ticket program can now access the early release digital download of FIFA 13 on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The download size is 6.7 GB on the 360 and 6.2 GB on the PS3.
The digital copy of FIFA 13 will expire early Tuesday (6am ET) after which a retail copy will have to be purchased. All game saves and achievements will transfer over. For the first time all features and modes are accessible during the period including FIFA Ultimate Team.
The ‘Se...
FIFA 13 Ultimate Team Opens Up For Those Returning To The Mode
EA Sports has opened up early access to FIFA 13 Ultimate Team mode for returning players through the dedicated website. In order to participate during this early period FIFA 12's Ultimate Team mode must have been played at any point between March 7 and September 12 with a requirement that a security question was created during that time. The access provides the ability to begin building and managing an Ultimate Team for FIFA 13 with a number of features including the auction market open t...
Demo for FIFA 13 Now Available
The FIFA 13 demo is out now on the Xbox 360 (can be queued up for download here) and will be arriving on the PS3 when the store updates this afternoon.
Five teams are featured in the demo which comes in at 1.42 GB: AC Milan, Aresenal, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, and Manchester City. Halves are locked to three minutes with adjustable difficulty and game speed. Highlights and images grabbed during gameplay can be uploaded to the EA Sports Football website. The demo also includes an opportu...
Soundtrack for FIFA 13
EA Sports today revealed entire list of songs that will be featured on the soundtrack for FIFA 13. It's a massive collection of 50 artists - a selection of which can be listened to here by clicking on their respective images where links to the tracks have been placed. Continue on to check out the full list of 50 songs found on the FIFA 13 soundtrack! (more…)...
First FIFA 13 Gameplay Videos
The first actual gameplay videos for FIFA 13 are now beginning to flow out of the Gamescom convention. Though they're being captured off-screen which is never ideal they do provide an early opportunity to see the game in action to start and get an idea of how various announced improvements are factoring into the gameplay. Continue on to check out a handful - more will be added as they are uploaded - and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...