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Despite its RRP of 49.99, consumers are currently able to pick up EA’s FIFA 10 – which is released today – for as little as 24.99 thanks to a fierce price war amongst the UK’s leading supermarkets. Tesco is currently offering the cheapest price in the UK at just 24.97. …
Read More »RRPs tumble as FIFA 10 arrives
In what has become an annual ritual at UK retail, this Friday’s release of FIFA 10 looks likely to spark a fierce price war at the nation’s supermarkets. Though we’ve yet to receive final confirmation from any individual chain, reports are suggesting that Tesco will be selling the Xbox 360 …
Read More »EA: ‘FIFA 10 will be the greatest football game ever’
Gamescom 09: EA Canada claims that 70% of its team focused on delivering requests from fan feedback
Read More »FIFA 10 grabs Lampard and Walcott
EA has announced that two of England’s biggest footballing stars will be joining Manchester United’s long-tine FIFA mascot Wayne Rooney on the cover of the upcoming FIFA 10. Former West Ham star and current Chelsea midfield boss Frank Lampard will appear alongside former Southampton FC striker and current Arsenal hopeful …
Read More »FIFA 10 dated for October
FIFA 10 will be released in the UK on October 2nd, MCV can reveal. EA today told MCV that the title would be supported by a multi-million pound campaign". Insiders have told MCV that this is widely expected to be EA Sports’ biggest marketing campaign to date in the UK. …
Read More »FIFA Manager 10 goes online
Publisher EA is to take its football management series online with the news that PC title Football Manager 10 will for the first time include both online and LAN multiplayer. Online functionality is just one of many enhancements on the way for the title. Deeper AI and player development options …
Read More »PES sells 8m units worldwide in 2008 financial year
Pro Evolution Soccer has sold over eight million units worldwide in the 12 months ending March 31st. The sales were announced in the publisher’s financial report, where Konami reported a 4.2 per cent increase in revenue. The firm also revealed that Metal Gear Online, the online part of Metal Gear …
Read More »EA Sports transformed by online play
EA is flaunting the popularity of its online game services by announcing that its Sports label has clocked 500m online games since June last year. EA says that an average of 2.2 million online games have been played each day since June; when the publisher first started releasing its 2009 …
Read More »EA resurrecting SSX on iPhone
Publisher EA has seemingly nailed its flag to the iPhone mast with the news that a number of its key gaming franchises are heading to the platform this year. Edge reports that snowboarding franchise SSX, the return of which was hinted at in the in-game commentary of 2008 racer Burnout …
Read More »FIFA 09 hosts 1.25m online games per day
EA has lifted the lid on a brand new multiplayer game mode called Ultimate Team that players of FIFA 09 on Xbox 360 and PS3 will be able to download from March 19th. The publisher says that over 141m games of FIA 09 have been played across Xbox 360 and …
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