Tag: Fifa 12
News UK Sales Charts: Rayman Origins Stages Miraculous Comeback
Just call it the comeback king; despite looking down and out when it launched on PlayStation 3 last year, Ubisoft Montpellier's cracking Rayman Origins has broken into the UK multiformat top-ten for the first time since its release
No doubt propelled by a slew of retailer discounts, the pretty platformer managed to climb ahead of Bethesda's RAGE to...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Tops For The Fourth Week In A Row
FIFA 12's still top of the league, after shutting out fierce competition from Just Dance 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to hold onto the top-spot for a fourth consecutive week
Shooty favourites Battlefield 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 rounded out the top five — while Zumba Fitness reclaimed its grip on the UK, posting two titles in the...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Maintains Its Reign At The Top Of The Charts
Buoyed no doubt by a strong week of football, FIFA 12 has held onto its position atop the UK sales charts for a third week running
With January ushering a mini-drought for new software releases, the chart is filled with familiar faces; with Battlefield 3, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Just Dance 3 and Skyrim all rounding out the top five. There...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Dribbles Its Way To The Top, Modern Warfare 3 Shoots Into Second
FIFA 12 headed into the festive season at the top of the UK sales charts, according to Chart Track's list of the top selling software for the week leading up to Christmas Eve
EA Sports' footie sim increased its sales by up to 34 percent in order to drive its way to the top of the charts, while Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 also saw a big enough...
News UK Sales Charts: Skyrim Scoops Christmas Number One
It's practically unprecedented for a game not published by EA or Activision to scoop the UK Christmas number one, but after a slew of heavy discounts and promising offers, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has broken tradition
The Bethesda published RPG toppled Just Dance 3, to finish up in first. That pushed Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 into third. The...
News PlayStation Access To Roll Out PS Vita Across The UK
Unsurprisingly, Sony UK's community event label, PlayStation Access, has announced plans to tour the PlayStation Vita nationwide
It'll be taking the so-called Vita Rooms to Manchester first, and later Birmingham, Glasgow and London. Playable titles will include: Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, FIFA 12, Reality Fighters, ModNation Racers: Road...
News UK Sales Charts: Modern Warfare 3 Lands Fourth Week At The Top
We told you Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wasn't going anywhere
The Activision published shooter has held its place at the top of the UK sales charts for four weeks now — and we doubt it's planning on relinquishing that spot anytime soon. With few new releases, FIFA 12 climbed into second, while Assassin's Creed: Revelations moved into third...
News UK Sales Charts: Modern Warfare 3 Fights Off Assassin's Creed
You shouldn't be surprised to see Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at the top of the UK charts for a second week
The record breaking Activision shooter beat off strong new competition from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations and THQ's Saints Row: The Third — both of which debuted in second and fourth respectively. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...
News UK Sales Charts: Modern Warfare 3 Debuts At The Top, Skyrim Finishes In Second
The only real surprise to this week's UK sales charts is that despite its $400 million opening, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 did not manage to outsell its predecessor's first week
In fact, according to Chart Track, sales were down by 1.5 percent on Black Ops. Someone get on the blower to Bobby Kotick quick. Thankfully, revenue was up by 1.6...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Dead Island Batters The Top Ten, While Macross Tops
Another week, another set of Japanese sales figures
It was another bumper week for 3DS hardware — get this, Nintendo released a pink system — but PlayStation software continued to rule the roost, despite seeing a minor drop-off in console sales. PlayStation software accounted for seven spots in the top-ten, and half of the chart as a whole...
News Sony Gives One Last Push To PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Vita's just around the corner, but Sony's decided to give one final holiday push to the aging PlayStation Portable
The North American bundle includes a PSP-3000, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, a UMD version of FIFA 12 and a downloadable copy of Cars 2. The bundle will be available on November 15th for $160. There's more information on...
News FIFA 12 Outselling Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 By 25:1
Despite FIFA 12 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 being closer in quality than years prior, it really feels like EA Sports' franchise is starting to take a strangle-hold of the genre
According to an interview conducted by MCV, FIFA 12 is outselling Konami's alternative by a ratio of 25:1 based on each title's first weekend sales. "When you look at...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Displaced, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Stumbles
For the first time in many years, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 has not debuted at the top of the UK sales charts
Far from it in fact, the game only managed to scrape into fifth position during its debut week, a disappointing entry considering Konami's significantly stepped up its game this year. FIFA 12 couldn't hold onto the top-spot this...
News September NPD: Madden Tops, FIFA Shocks, Industry Drops
Madden NFL 12 was the top-selling video game in North America for the month of September
But proving that those living overseas do have some semblance of taste, FIFA 12 wasn't too far behind it, finishing up in fourth. Dead Island did ridiculously well, propping up the charts in third position of the back of that trailer and, well, zombies we...
News UK Sales Chart: FIFA 12 Holds Onto Top Spot, RAGE & Dark Souls Debut
We told you FIFA 12 would hold onto the top of the UK sales charts for a good number of weeks
Not even an onslaught of new releases — RAGE and Dark Souls no less — could push the soccer sim from its perch, with both titles finishing second and third respectively. Elsewhere, there was room for Resistance 3 to re-emerge in the top-ten, while usual...
News PlayStation Access Roadshow Heads To Manchester, Kicks Off UK FIFA Interactive World Cup
See you there?
Sony's announced that it will be holding the first round of the FIFA Interactive World Cup at a PlayStation Access event in Manchester this week. Players will get the opportunity to compete from Thursday through Saturday in addition to getting their hands on a bunch of other unreleased PS3 games. Games outside of FIFA 12 include...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 5th October 2011
Games Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition ($29
99) Crysis ($19.99) NBA Jam On Fire Edition ($14.99) Shift 2 Unleashed Digital ($39.99) Eufloria ($59.99) SEGA Bass Fishing ($9.99) Space Channel 5 Part Two ($9.99)</ul>Game Demos Eufloria Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Demo PSOne Classics Chrono Trigger ($9.99) PS2 Classics Odin Sphere...
News FIFA 12 Scores Killer Debut Week
FIFA 12 has enjoyed the largest first-week sales than any other sports video game to date
Electronic Arts estimates that the soccer sim scored an impressive 3.2 million sales between September 27th and October 2nd. The company added that sales are up 23 percent over last year, and that October 1st was the busiest day for online gaming in EA Sports...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Tops, Team ICO Does Decently
FIFA 12 has topped the UK sales charts for the week
No real surprise there. Expect it to maintain its position at the top until Battlefield. The new arrival sees F1 2011 pushed down into third, with Zumba Fitness, Dead Island and Deus Ex: Human Revolution in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Sony's ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection had...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 14th September 2011
PlayStation Plus Additions Renegade Ops - 20% off as part of PLAY (until 21st September) From Dust 20% off (one week only) Alpha Mission (SNK minis) 20% off Playable Content Renegade Ops (£9
99/12.99) From Dust (£11.99/14.99) Bulletstorm (£23.99/29.99) Bodycount (£39.99/49.99) Fast Draw Showdown (£7.99/9.99)...
News First FIFA 12 Commercial Airs On TV, Internet
EA Sports (and PlayStation) aired the first FIFA 12 commercial over weekend
The spot popped up during Manchester United's demolition job against Arsenal. It's after the jump for your viewing pleasure. The commercial itself focuses on the love of football. It gets the message across. Expect the game to do absolute gangbusters when it launches next...
News Chelsea Chosen As New EA Sports Partner
Yet another FIFA powerhouse has been chosen to represent FIFA 12
West London's own Chelsea will assume a place of importance in showcasing and enhancing EA Sports' FIFA 12. The Blues' native home of Stamford Bridge will soon house a hub of FIFA 12-related activities such as tournaments and handouts on chosen matchdays. Fans will also be able to head...
GamesCom 2011 FIFA 12 Trailer Goes Heavy On The Buzz-Words
We're almost certain the next iteration of the FIFA franchise, FIFA 12, will be a brilliant slice of sporting simulation, but the amount of buzz-words being tossed about by EA Sports' David Rutter during the game's GamesCom presentation were a little bit worrying
In the old days of FIFA mediocrity, buzz-words and gimmicks were what EA Sports used to...
News Wayne Rooney & Jack Wilshere To Grace FIFA 12's Cover
England stars Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere will appear on the front-cover of FIFA 12, EA has announced
The Arsenal midfielder will join Manchester United's forward for the UK, Ireland, Scandinavian and Middle East versions. It's Rooney's seventh appearance on the game's cover.
News Remember To Watch The EA Summer Showcase Today
EA's holding its annual Summer Showcase today
Expect new information and details on a number of high-profile titles including Battlefield 3, Need For Speed: The Run and FIFA 12. Also don't rule out some big new announcements. We wouldn't be overly surprised if we saw something new from ex-Call Of Duty developers Respawn Entertainment too. The event...
News EA Sports Confirms September Launch For FIFA 12
Surprise: there's going to be a new FIFA game this September
EA Sports has announced that the multi-million selling follow-up in the FIFA franchsie, FIFA 12, will launch on September 27th and September 30th on PS3. Still no word on the PlayStation Vita version, but we suspect that will get announced later in the year.
News FIFA's Not Supporting PlayStation Move Any Time Soon
EA Sports does not see the value of adding PlayStation Move support to future FIFA games
Despite the label announcing Kinect support for all future titles — with absolutely nothing to show, we might add — the FIFA team will not be adding functionality for Sony's motion controller into its premium football franchise. At least not for now, anyway...
E3 2011 EA Sports Reveals 'Football Club' For FIFA 12
As part of a massive FIFA 12 blow-out during EA's E3 press conference this evening, EA Sports has revealed "Football Club" for FIFA 12
Touted as a new way for players to connect, Football Club bridges the gap between the real-world sport and the video game. The millions of fans playing FIFA online have shown us there is a constant appetite for a...
Rumour FIFA 12 Coming To NGP Alongside Other Platforms
Another day, another example of resume sleuthing
JustPushStart has picked up on the LinkedIn profile of EA software engineer, Juan José Galera Pérez, who lists FIFA 12 as a current project. Nothing surprising there, but the twist is in the platforms. Alongside PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3, Juan references "PSP2"...
