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Belgian football club RSC Anderlecht has announced its intention to sign a FIFA player. The club will hold an open trial on April 29th and 30th, with up to 256 player taking part. Those that do well will be invited to annual RSCA fan day where the final round of …
Read More »AS Roma partners with Fnatic to launch FIFA division
Italian football club AS Roma have announced a partnership with Fnatic, that will see the two launch a FIFA division. The new partnership sees Roma sign FIFA players Sam “Poacher” Carmody, Aman “Aman” Seddiqi, and Nicoló “Insa” Mirra, who will represent the club going forward. While Roma’s name will be …
Read More »YouTuber NepentheZ pleads guilty to FIFA gambling accusations
FIFA YouTuber Craig ‘NepentheZ’ Douglas and business partner Dylan Rugby have pleaded guilty to charges of gambling they previously rejected, the BBC reported yesterday. After the BBC broke the news, Douglas took some time to explain the situation on Twitter (see below), saying he’ll upload a video in due course …
Read More »FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series to be broadcast on French TV channel Canal+ Sports
The Canal Esports Club has announced that it plans to stream the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series European finals on it website and show highlights on the Canal+ Sports TV channel. The competition takes place in Paris on February 4th. Europe’s best Ultimate Team players will be battling it …
Read More »Dutch Eredivisie league creates FIFA 17 Ultimate Team competition
The top Dutch football league, Eredivisie, has announced plans to launch a FIFA 17 Ultimate Team league known as the E-Divisie. The league will kick off on February 6th, with all 18 Eredivisie clubs fielding a player in the competition. Seventeen rounds of games later and the winner will be …
Read More »FIFA for Nintendo Switch is based on PS3/360 version, rumour says
The Switch version of FIFA has been subject to many speculations since the game was announced during Nintendo’s conference last week. According to Eurogamer’s Tom Phillips, the title will be based off of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of FIFA, he said on Twitter (see below). EA was …
Read More »EA Exec on early FIFA: reason for success was that game was developed & published a long way from head office
EA's football franchise nearly didn't make it to market
Read More »Celtic eSports League features eight football teams from the UK and Ireland
The Celtic eSports League is a new FIFA competition that features eight football clubs from the UK and Ireland. Crusaders FC, Dundalk FC, Hamilton Academical FC, Hibernian FC, Linfield FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, TNS FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC are all on board and the first competition is already underway. …
Read More »Real Betis joins VFO eSports league
Spanish football club Real Betis has signed three FIFA team captains in order to build a team for the upcoming VFO eSports league. The league features three 11v11 competitions, one for PS4, one for PC and one for Xbox One. Betis has signed Antonio “Tasteya” Coto to lead the PS4 …
Read More »Swiss football team FC St. Gallen sign FIFA player
FC St. Gallen, the oldest football team in Sweden, has signed a FIFA player to enter the world of eSports. Sandro “Neysk11L” Poschinger is the player they have gone all in on, and will now play for the club. He will represent them in tournaments and will most likely be …
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