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Weekend Reading: Hitting a Wall in FIFA 12

I admit to being the kind of gamer that usually prefers to spend time with Football Manager rather than directly control players in the FIFA series. However, the 2012 installment of the game, which I first played at E3 2011 and then reviewed during the fall, has really managed to grab my imagination and keep me inter...

28 January 2012
05:11 GMT

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Gets Music and Football Challenges

Publisher Deep Silver and developer Doublesix have announced that launch of two new booster packs for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, allowing fans of the trivia game to focus on either music of football and find the answer to a number of new challenges.The new content is being sold on the PlayStation Network service...

22 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Climate Change Is Worst Football Referee

UN officials highlight that climate change is correlated with extreme weather, heat waves and severe drought. All these unfriendly conditions could make us forget about football, one of the most popular sports all across the Globe. While most of the people tend to disregard the serious consequences triggered by thi...

29 November 2011
03:28 GMT

TVs Suddenly Become a Lot More Expensive

Things have been getting more expensive all around the IT market (well, except RAM, but that's a different problem, although a big one) and TVs are taking their turn, and it's all the fault of football. Whether or not you like sports, if you're from North America, be ready for a nice big jump in TV p...

14 November 2011
07:48 GMT

All-Pro Football 2K8 Cheats (Xbox 360)

All-Pro Football 2K8 is an American football simulator developed by Visual Concepts and published by the 2K Sports label of the larger 2K Games company, released on July 16, 2007, only in North America, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Seeing as how Electronic Arts has the rights to active NFL players,...

5 September 2011
08:21 GMT

Madden NFL Football Coming to Nintendo 3DS Next Year

EA has just announced that it will be bringing its blockbuster Madden NFL Football franchise next year on the Nintendo 3DS, with special features and a lot of regular game modes.The Nintendo 3DS is shaping up to be one of the biggest handheld consoles of next year, as it will be supported not only by Nintendo, but al...

11 November 2010
03:00 GMT

Dallas Cowboys Fumble Domain Name After Losing the Season

In a season where everything went wrong for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, their technical team forgot to renew the official site's domain name at the worst time possible.Dallas is hosting this year's Superbowl, so everybody was expecting the team to be the first one ever to play the NFL supreme game on its...

10 November 2010
03:59 GMT

Paul the Octopus Has Died

Paul the Octopus, who rose to fame during this summer’s World Cup by predicting which team would win it, has died. He was found in his tank by his supervisor and he died of natural causes. This summer, Paul predicted correctly no less than eight straight World Cup games, which earned him the nickname of “...

27 October 2010
08:03 GMT

Explaining Football Gamblers Betting Behavior

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have established betting trends during the 2007-2008 Champions' League Tournament, and found out what is the motivation behind betting behavior during half-time.There are some differences between online football gamblers' behavior during a game and during half-time, b...

7 October 2010
05:04 GMT

Wayne Rooney Is the Ugliest Football Player on the Planet

It’s been said before and we’ll say it again without running the risk of redundancy: people love charts and lists. Ever since one can remember, there have always been lists with the best-looking in a particular field, or the worst-dressed at a particular party or the hottest man/woman of the year. The Wor...

8 July 2010
13:31 GMT

FIFA 11 Might Arrive on September 28

It seems that FIFA 11, the football simulation game from EA Sports, could be launched in North America on September 28, if dates offered by the sites of GameStop and Amazon are to be believed. Another retailer, Best Buy, lists the date as October 19. EA Sports has not offered an official release date for the title ye...

5 July 2010
15:11 GMT

World Cup: Twitter Launches Dedicated Site and ‘Hashflags’

Twitter is becoming the ‘pulse’ of the world. The biggest stories are always creating buzz on Twitter and, with the 2010 FIFA World Cup gearing up in South Africa, you can be sure that the site will go football-crazy for the next month. With 65 percent of its users being from outside the US, this is a giv...

11 June 2010
09:28 GMT

South Africa 2010 – World Cup

With so little time left until the start of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, fans all over the world are gathering to the southern continent to support their country in this great event that takes place once every four years. Even the supporters that don't have the possibility to view this even...

11 June 2010
05:43 GMT

First FIFA 11 Gameplay Details Revealed

EA Sports has unveiled the first details of its upcoming FIFA 11 football game. In a weird move, the company chose to put up the information in men's magazine Zoo while only putting up one screenshot (which you can see attached to this article) online for everyone to see. It seems the focus of FIFA 11 is to chan...

9 June 2010
05:57 GMT

The Norse Are Coming to Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition

Cyanide, the developer, and Focus Home Interactive, the publisher, have announced details about The Norse, another race set to be added to Blood Bowl in the upcoming Legendary Edition, and about the impact the great men will have on the game that is set to be launched at some point before the end of 2010.The Norse te...

7 June 2010
01:58 GMT

David Beckham Has Asthma

David Beckham, Mr. Goldenballs himself, as some of his fans dubbed him a long time ago, suffers from asthma, his spokesperson has confirmed for the media. However, David’s condition is only a mild one and will not interfere with his future performances. Furthermore, his case can be seen as an example for all pe...

24 November 2009
09:34 GMT

Magazine Names David Beckham America’s Biggest Sports Flop

David Beckham may still be one of the most successful stars in terms of endorsement deals but, when it comes to doing the thing that launched him, namely playing soccer, he’s nothing short of a “catastrophe.” In a scathing piece, Maxim magazine named the British star the biggest flop America has see...

16 October 2009
15:21 GMT

Analyze That: FIFA 10 Is the Fastest Selling Sports Game

We knew that FIFA 10 was big. After all, millions of people have been playing the series since its first release and the hype surrounding it is high. Electronic Arts has officially announced that FIFA 10 is the fastest selling sports-based videogame ever and that it is the biggest launch the publisher has seen in Eur...

10 October 2009
11:01 GMT

Playing Football Better than Running to Stay Fit

Women who enjoy doing stuff together, including working out, have now one more reason to do so, as a recent study cited by the Daily Mail says playing football is a much better alternative to staying fit than running. Not only is football more engaging, fun and efficient, but it also offers something that regular jog...

5 October 2009
14:41 GMT

NFL RedZone Channel on AT&T U-verse TV

Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Friday that its AT&T U-verse TV would soon offer a new NFL RedZone channel to its users. The addition, which comes as the result of a partnership between AT&T and the NFL Network, will become available for U-verse TV football fans as soon as the NFL season opens on Sunday, September...

12 September 2009
05:26 GMT

Nintendo Wants a Real Football on the Wii

It all began with the Wiimote and the Nunchuk, the two controllers that allow the Wii to work its motion-tracking magic and attract towards videogames people who might otherwise be totally put off by the complexity of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 standard controller. But Nintendo did not stop there.Wii Fit is partly s...

27 August 2009
14:01 GMT

FIFA 10 Release Date Confirmed for October 2

EA Sports, the division of Electronic Arts that deals with franchises like Madden NFL, NBA, NHL, has confirmed that it plans to release FIFA 10, the newest game in the long running football simulation, on October 2.That date will see the title get versions for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, the Pl...

16 July 2009
05:58 GMT

Fernando Torres to Grace the Cover of PES 2010 Alongside Lionel Messi

Sports games are always huge money makers as a lot of people prefer both sports like American football or European soccer alongside playing video games at home. If the two are combined, the profit possibilities are quite high for any company involved in such a thing.European football simulators have always experience...

24 June 2009
03:04 GMT

E3: Messi Leads PES 2010 Charge

Taking advantage of the popularity of Lionel Messi, the Barcelona star player who decided the fate of the recent Champions League final in which his team faced Manchester United, Konami unveiled a new trailer for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 at the E3 trade show this year, putting the talented attacker front and center....

4 June 2009
16:11 GMT

Enter the Academy of Champions on the Wii

Ubisoft is interested in conquering the all important Nintendo Wii videogame market and has begun presenting a host of games targeting the audience of the home console. It has just announced that it is developing and releasing an arcade football game called Academy of Champions, set to be out before the end of the ye...

25 May 2009
13:21 GMT

Manage Your Football Club iPhone App Available

A game that provides iPhone owners with the opportunity to step into the football manager's shoes, pick their favorite football team from the English divisions and take important decisions is now available in the App Store for £5.99 / $9.99. Announced by Sports Director Ltd today, “Manage Your Footb...

24 April 2009
06:56 GMT

FIFA 09 Offers New Ultimate Team Mode

If there's one thing that Electronic Arts has always known how to do is to build up on a successful franchise. The publisher really needs to push its profitable and favorably seen videogames as its earnings reports have been mostly in the red lately and as it has announced it's cutting 10% of the workforce ...

10 February 2009
18:31 GMT

How to Throw the Perfect Super Bowl Pass

The Super Bowl XLIII finished unexpectedly and in the cheers of the crowd, with an unforeseen turn of events just seconds before the end of the game. Sharp and well coordinated plays eventually won the Pittsburgh Steelers their sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy, to the disappointment of the Arizona Cardinals, who lost with...

2 February 2009
05:01 GMT

Football Sensors Help Referees Reduce Human Error

American Football and the NFL could benefit from a new invention devised by Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor Dr. Priya Narasimhan, which could reduce the number of human errors in football games considerably. Basically, the new system consists of a GPS receiver and a bunch of sensors inserted in the bal...

20 December 2008
06:10 GMT

Madden NFL 2005 Hints (DS)

Madden NFL 2005 is video game that focuses on American football, developed and published by EA Sports, the label in charge with any sports game made by Electronic Arts. The title features the Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover, and has gained quite a lot of critical acclaim for its new improvemen...

18 November 2008
14:31 GMT

Madden NFL 2005 Cheats (DS)

Madden NFL 2005 is a videogame that focuses on American football, and which is developed and published by EA Sports, the label in charge with any sports game made by Electronic Arts. The title features Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover and has gained quite a lot of critical acclaim for its new i...

17 November 2008
14:31 GMT

FIFA 06 Unlockables (DS)

The developers of the FIFA series made a complete overhaul of the game's engine for the 2006 installment of the title, asserting it had dramatically increased the control of play, having rewritten more than half the programming code. In addition to a renovation of the game play engine which discards the "Off th...

17 October 2008
15:31 GMT

Leo Messi-GOAL! Now Available for Mobiles

Artificial Life, the Hong Kong-based mobile content developer, seems to really love football (soccer), as the company has just released another new game that revolves around the popular sport. The game is called "Leo Messi-GOAL!" and comes after less than a week since AL launched the first official Bayern Munich mobi...

17 September 2008
16:11 GMT

The First Official Bayern Munich Mobile Game Is Out

Remember the Bayern Munich mobile games that were announced back in April? If you're a real fan, you should. Well, the very first official Bayern Munich mobile game is now out, being targeted towards all of the German soccer team's fans as well as towards all soccer fans in general.  Developed by ...

12 September 2008
06:53 GMT

Free Trips to Football Games, From Alltel

It looks like it's a "contests day" today, as only few hours after Verizon announced its Jonas Brothers / Paradise initiative, Alltel, the fifth largest US mobile carrier, has also come up with an attractive sweepstakes. Unlike the Verizon one, though, Alltel's contest has to do with football and not with m...

28 August 2008
12:38 GMT

NFL Mobile Live Available from Sprint

At the same time with the release of its two new clamshells (Motorola VE20 and Sanyo Katana Eclipse), Sprint has also launched NFL Mobile Live, presented as "the only wireless source for complete, live access to NFL action".Brought to US users in collaboration with the National Football League, NFL Mobile Live is ava...

19 August 2008
05:20 GMT

Blitz: The League - Achievements (Xbox 360)

Blitz: The League is a video game developed by the Midway Chicago studio for publisher Midway. Released in 2005 for platforms like the Xbox and the Xbox 360 (from Microsoft) and the PlayStation 2 (from Sony), Blitz: The League is an American football simulation game played from a top down perspective.It is not based ...

22 July 2008
08:38 GMT

All-Pro Football 2K8 Achievements - Custom NFL Uniforms Codes (Xbox 360)

All-Pro Football 2K8, the really appreciated Xbox 360 football sim game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports, was released on the 16th of July 2007. This was the first football title to be launched by the Take-Two owned company following the purchase of exclusive licenses by Electronic Arts.The gam...

18 July 2008
09:45 GMT

Blitz Brings You True Football Again

If you are a football fan, you probably already love Midway's Blitz game - one that takes the beloved sport to a whole new level by bringing the pain to the game. And we all know that whenever violence is involved, we're in for a treat! The good news is that PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will get a brand new and ...

9 July 2008
12:06 GMT

One Million Play Football Challenge 08

Even though the Euro 2008 championship has just ended, it seems that people's desire for soccer has not been vanquished, otherwise I can't explain the multitude of football-related news today (FIFA Manager 09 and FIFA 09 have been announced and detailed, now this comes). I am sure, however, that just like m...

1 July 2008
13:06 GMT

EuroSMS2008 Game Brings Euro Football Excitement to Mobiles

EuroSMS2008 is the name of the latest mobile game dedicated to the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships, which is now close to its final stage: the "grand finale" that will be played on June 29 in Vienna. The new game was created by Sirocco Mobile, a Poland-based mobile content developer. "Build on emotions and luck," as S...

21 June 2008
07:46 GMT

Nokia Siemens and Swisscom Transmitting Live from Euro 2008

Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that, together with Swisssom, the largest Swiss mobile operator, it has been and would still be transmitting images from Euro 2008 arenas for UEFA's IBC (International Broadcast Centre). After reaching the IBC, the images go worldwide, bringing the spirit of Euro 2008 into ...

10 June 2008
12:35 GMT

New Game Unfairly Brings England to Euro 2008 in Detriment of Romania

The national football team of England didn't make it to Euro 2008, the famous European Championship which debuts today, the 7th of June. Everyone knows that, and everyone also knows that England was outrun by Croatia and Russia in the qualifying group E for the final Euro tournament. Thus, England stays home whi...

7 June 2008
08:41 GMT

Real Football 2008 Gets You Closer to Euro 2008

At about the same time with the release of NBA Smash, Gameloft also made available Real Football 2008: European Tournament, a mobile game that - as you already guessed - is an homage brought to football, or soccer, as the sport is known in the US. Coming just in time for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championshi...

3 June 2008
13:25 GMT

Blitz: Overtime - Cheats (PSP)

Midway no longer owns the NFL license, so they had to come up with a similar construct and thus we have Blitz: Overtime. It was developed and published by Midway Games and launched on December 12 for the PSP. It is quite similar to the gridiron football Blitz games and features a set of slightly different rules than ...

27 May 2008
10:21 GMT

Manchester United Fans Spammed

Manchester United is the most important football club these days after it managed to win Champions League, a competition which involves teams from all around Europe. As you probably know, United won the cup against Chelsea after a dramatic penalty shootout. Because the Champions League final was one of the most expec...

23 May 2008
03:13 GMT

FA Premier League Matches Brought to You by Google

Google's OneBox has become one of the most useful additions to the best search engine on the web because it provides quite relevant information depending on the keyword the user types. From now on, the OneBox also displays information about the FA Premier League matches, including here results and the next leagu...

6 May 2008
04:06 GMT

Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff Returns to Nintendo DS

Based on Tecmo Super Bowl, Kickoff will deliver to Nintendo DS owners and football fans (American football, that is) a great experience never seen before in a Nintendo DS title. Tecmo, the developers, also promises that both newcomers and long time fans will be able to fully enjoy the title taking advantage of the ea...

6 May 2008
03:00 GMT

Bayern Munich Mobile Games In Development

FC Bayern Munich, one of the most popular German football clubs of all time, has partnered with Artificial Life, a Hong Kong based game developer, for the creation and future release of several Bayern Munich mobile games. Moreover, the Asian company will provide "live interactive mobile entertainment" for Bayern Muni...

16 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Fifa 2008, Take a Break! Uefa Euro 2008 Is Coming!

All you football (soccer) fans out there, get ready because UEFA Euro 2008 is coming to blow your minds! The European Championship is getting closer and closer, but you will be able to decide the winner way before the first whistle, thanks to EA Sports - those guys who know that every soccer fan would do anything to ...

1 February 2008
03:33 GMT


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