The Game of European Domination When the initial Euro 2012 announcement was made the most interesting feature was without doubt the new “Expedition Mode” which to begin with was shrouded in mystery. I’ll be honest; we got pretty excited about EA’s vision for the mode (as I’m sure you did too) but sadly that enthusiastic [...]
FIFA 13 has been announced along with a long list of gameplay improvements – what will they mean for FIFA, and what’s missing from the list? You can find all previous Xaor’s Corner articles here First things foremost, I’d like to thank EA that they once again did a webcast to kick off the run [...]
We hit you guys with five huge FIFA 13 posts this morning detailing Attacking Intelligence, Complete Dribble, First Touch Control, Impact Engine and Tactical Freekicks. But now it’s time for Team FSB go in depth in the second podcast of the new series. Joining your usual podcast duo Dave and Tom are NGB’s titan [...]
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So we’ve been raining FIFA 13 content on you all morning and have a few more posts lined up, but it just keeps coming. Thanks to a press release from EA this morning we’ve got a few more details including the run down of platforms the game will be released on, as well as [...]
Predictable, Unpredictability We all know that every player in FIFA 12 is blessed with the perfect first touch but in FIFA 13 EA are looking to turn this on its head to provide a more realistic and diverse range of control touches. It’s a feature we asked for and here’s the detail we have so [...]
Moar Control! Next up in the webcast details bonanza is Complete Dribbling. This is what we saw. Complete Dribbling Moving vs Facing Leap in dribbling tech likened to the changes from FIFA 09 to FIFA 10 in terms of progress. To quote Aaron Mchardy, it’s a “Way bigger feature than Precision Dribbling”. Real world [...]
Setting Up The Pieces Freekicks in the FIFA series have certainly been neglected over the last few years but in FIFA 13 EA are adding a wealth of new features under the banner “Tactical Freekicks“. Here’s what we know so far. Tactical Freekicks Attacking Options You will now be able to have up to [...]
Battle For Possession The Impact Engine was introduced in last years FIFA 12 but as we all know, there were some well documented issues. When it worked properly it looked and reacted brilliantly but there were some serious flaws which EA are looking to iron out in FIFA 13 as well as building some additional [...]
Yes, we know… …They’ve been floating around the internet for a while thanks to a leak and we’ve held back on posting them until today’s embago lifted, but anyway here they are, the first screenshots of FIFA 13. Apologies to anyone who has posted links to these images in the comments only to find it [...]
Creative Movement Player movement and support going forward (or lack of) has been a gripe of the FIFA community in recent releases. This year the introduction of Attacking Intelligence is set to change all that, looking to create a more dynamic feel when you’re going forward. This is what we know about Attacking Intelligence so [...]
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