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Read More »Leyton Orient ban squad from playing FIFA 14 after post-release winless streak
London-based Leyton Orient may be sitting top of League One, but that’s no thanks to EA’s FIFA 14 according to the club’s owners. Metro reports that Orient had won eight successive games at the beginning of the season right up until the release of FIFA 14, since which they have …
Read More »FIFA 14 demo on 10th September
A playable demo for FIFA 14 will be released on 10th/11th September, EA announced at Gamescom today. The demo will make its way to the Xbox 360 and PC on the 10th, but the PS3 version will arrive on the Indian PSN Store on the 11th. EA has said that …
Read More »Sony and FA announce PlayStation Schools’ Cup
The English Football Association and Sony have joined forces for what is to be called the PlayStation Schools’ Cup. Over 2,000 schools and 100,000 kids across England will a host of tournaments for the U12-U15 age categories that will be run between September and May. Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson …
Read More »EA files motion to dismiss latest NCAA suit
Company pushes against judge's ruling that prevents dismissal motions
Read More »New Hot Chip video is a football game parody
The latest track from British dance music band Hot Chip features a parody football video game as the subject matter of its video. In it we see two anonymous teams competing on the pitch, resulting in a standoff between two players. Then something else happens. We won’t spoil the surprise. …
Read More »PES 2013 demo hits July 25th
Konami announced today that the first playable demo of PES 2013 will be available on July 25th. The first demo will showcase new key features and lets gamers play with eight fully licensed teams. Available teams include England, Germany, Portugal, and Italy for European football and Santos FC, SC International, …
Read More »GamesAid opens Euro 2012 tipping contest
Think you know your football? Prove it and help raise money for charity in the process. GamesAid has teamed up with Sega and Football Manager developer Sports Interactive or a champion tipster competition for Euro 2012. All participants have to do is answer a series of questions on what they …
Read More »HMV and Microsoft raise £19k for Teenage Cancer Trust
A charity 5-A-Side football event held by HMV and sponsored by Microsoft has raised 19k for Teenage Cancer Trust. Sony Music emerged as the winners of the tournament, having come from two goals down to topple runners up OMD 4-3. Sony Music’s Ryan Slack was named as the player of …
Read More »Football sim I Am Playr hits 1m MAUs
Weekly userbase increases by 100,000 in just under a month
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