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Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e March 30th, 2012
Namco Bandai takes its flagship racing series in a new direction this week in Ridge Racer: Unbounded. The street racing titlefocuses on destruction as players smash their way through city courses and drive their opponents off the road. It also features a track editor, allowing them to create their own …
Read More »Why FIFA Street isn’t part of $100m Ultimate Team boom
EA’s FIFA Street is on store shelves as of today but it doesn’t include the lucrative online Ultimate Team mode. When asked by MCV why this was the case, FIFA Street’s creative director Gary Paterson said: We did think about Ultimate Team. It was something that we considered but we …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e March 16th, 2012
Electronic Arts’ urban football series returns this week in the revamped FIFA Street. The game steps away from pitch tactics and focuses on the skills and tricks. It’s the first FIFA Street title since FIFA Street 3 in 2008. Meanwhile, Rising Star releases two BIT.TRIP compilations for Wii and 3DS, …
Read More »1 week, 3.2m sales – FIFA 12 is a hit
FIFA 12 was released just last week (September 30th) and already the game has achieved total worldwide sales of 3.2m units, according to internal EA estimates. That makes it the biggest ever launch in the history of EA Sports and represents a staggering 23 per cent year-on-year improvement. It was …
Read More »March release confirmed for FIFA Street comeback
Electronic Arts has revealed that its urban football game will arrive on shelves in March 2012. The release window was confirmed by a leaflet included in all copies of FIFA 12, which launched last night in the UK, according to VG247. Previously the only date given for the title was …
Read More »What’s out today? w/e September 30th, 2011
EA rounds off September with the highly anticipated FIFA 12, the latest entry in the annual blockbuster football series. The best-selling sports game also marks the launch of new online social networking service, EA Sports Football Club, which is included in the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of the …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Andrew Wilson, EA Sports
The new EA Sports president has an ambitious plan to have all the label’s games run as connected cross-platform experiences. But, he tells Michael French, that means some tough decisions for retailers, publishers and console manufacturers During your Develop conference keynote last month you said customers had lost interest in …
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