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FIFA rules New Year and Christmas charts

The FIFA 14 comeback is complete, as EA’s football title is Christmas and New Year No.1. The game’s initial launch sales were lower than its predecessor – FIFA 13 – which remains the fastest-selling FIFA game to-date. But FIFA 14 has now overtaken it and is on track to become …

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Next-gen FIFA ‘is the best we have ever made’

Electronic Arts says FIFA 2014 on Xbox One and PS4 is the best football game it has ever made. The title will launch alongside both machines next month and producer Nick Channon says the game is a great base from which to launch more products in the lucrative football franchise. …

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FIFA 14 street date broken in Slovenia

While Britons patiently wait until tonight’s midnight launches for EA Sports’ hotly anticipated blockbuster, some Europeans have already got their hands on it. Sources have told MCV that FIFA 14 has been available in Slovenia since Monday – despite having a street date of September 27th. We have even been …

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VideoGamer firm launches new sports games site

Sportra, a website dedicated to sports video games, is now live. The site has been launched by Pro-G Media, the publisher of VideoGamer.com, and is run by former VideoGamer editor Tom Orry and new writer Brett Phipps. Sportra focuses on providing news, videos and gamer guides around the market’s biggest …

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Tesco opening 750 stores at midnight for FIFA 14 launch

Supermarket behemoth Tesco has detailed its promotional plans for the launch of FIFA 14. The blockbuster football title launches on Friday, and the supermarket will be selling the game from midnight from 750 of its shops. What’s more, Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson will be visiting Tesco’s Cheshunt store the …

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Gareth Bale remains FIFA 14 cover star

Winger Gareth Bale will remain the cover star of FIFA 14, despite his 85.3m transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid. Bale was unveiled as the player to stand alongside Lionel Messi on the front cover of UK version of FIFA 14 last month. The deal was between EA, Bale’s camp …

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EA wants to gauge interest in possible women’s football inclusion in future FIFA titles

You think that women’s football should be a feature of future FIFA titles? Then let EA know. That’s the message from the publisher, whose GM of Sports Matt Bilby told Polygon that the company first looked into the possibility five years ago, only to discover that there was little interest. …

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FIFA 14 demo gets solid release date

FIFA fans will be able to try out this year’s iteration of the UK’s best-selling video games franchise in just a few weeks. Electronic Arts confirmed during its Gamescom conference that a demo will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on September 10th. There has been plenty of …

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