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Well this is going to go down a treat. The demos for EA’s FIFA 14 and new UFC title on Xbox One have suddenly been given a price tag. Both shorts will cost 3.99 to download ($4.99 in the US), with FIFA 14 at the very least having previously been …
Read More »FIFA: The Next Generation
FIFA 14 marked EA’s football next-gen debut Yet a flashy new engine is only a small part of what the development team has been working on. Ahead of FIFA 15’s full reveal MCV caught up with EA exec producer David Rutter… Iwant to think about FIFA like a franchise. I …
Read More »FIFA 14 back on top of UK chart; Minecraft PS3 debuts in 3rd
Titanfall has missed out on sixth UK No.1 thanks to fellow EA chart rival FIFA 14. It’s the 12th time the sports title has topped the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, taking it beyond the 11 No.1’s claimed by FIFA: Road to the World Cup 98. There’s a …
Read More »Amazing Spider-Man 2 takes No.1 from Titanfall
Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 has knocked off Titanfall to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the publisher’s first No.1 since Call of Duty: Ghosts back in December last year. The game outsold its predecessor The Amazing Spider-Man, which peaked at No.2 in 2012. …
Read More »FIFA beats Elder Scrolls to UK No.1
FIFA 14 has taken the No.1 spot in the UK Chart-Track Top 40 for the eleventh time. Only four other titles have managed this before – Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, Wii Fit, Zumba Fitness and FIFA: Road To World Cup 98. The game’s success means Bethesda’s The Elder …
Read More »Swap your Man Utd season ticket for a copy of FIFA, PES or Football Manager at GAME
Manchester United, Cardiff or West Brom fans are from this Saturday being invited to hand over their season tickets at GAME. For those whom United’s 0-3 thrashing at the hands of Manchester rivals City last night was too much, the retailer is offering a copy of either FIFA 14, PES …
Read More »January retail games sales jump 24 per cent
UK games retailers enjoyed a bumper January, despite a severe lack of new games. According to UKIE/GfK Chart-Track figures, 2.2m physical games were sold in UK stores last month, which is 5.4 per cent up over January 2013. The combined revenue of these games topped 58.5m, a 23.9 per cent …
Read More »FIFA 14 reclaims UK charts top spot for tenth week
After submitting to Lara Croft last week, FIFA is once again No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. FIFA 14 chalks up its tenth week at No.1 and becomes the eleventh title to join an elite group of games, which have recorded over ten weeks atop the …
Read More »Yes, that’s another No.1 for FIFA 14
EA’s FIFA 14 has claimed its fourth successive and ninth overall No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The traditional quiet start to the New Year delivers yet another largely unchanged Top Ten this week, with the regular suspects trading places and Call of Duty: Ghosts and …
Read More »Eight No.1’s and counting for FIFA 14
EA’s FIFA 14 is No.1 yet again this week, marking the eighth time it has topped the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the largest number of top spots a single title has claimed since the 10 weeks achieved by Zumba Fitness back in 2011. The top four …
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