November 1, 2011 David Bryant
Managing expectations… Career Mode did an awful lot of things right in FIFA 12 and it’s without doubt the most engaging simulation of football management EA have produced this generation. But the road to success for Career Mode is long, and as well as fresh ideas to continue the gathered momentum, it’s important that issues [...]
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Tags career mode, feedback, fifa 12, fifa 13, the road to success
October 24, 2011 David Bryant
As packs of images from EA SPORTS go, this among the most epic I’ve seen for a while and the fact that they’re showing off the much anticipated FIFA Street, just makes them that little bit sweeter. Lots of really cool looks in to the future here about FIFA Street’s design, presentation, graphics, modes and [...]
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Tags ea sports, fifa street, gameplay, graphics, screenshots, sid misra, world tour
October 24, 2011 Tom Mills
This weekend was the EA Winter Showcase and the Prince of NGB Mr Asim Tanvir was on site getting his hands dirty with some upcoming bits and bobs. Whilst there, he got the opportunity to catch up with FIFA Street Line Producer Sid Misra, so we sent some questions along with him. FSB: How are [...]
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Tags asim, fifa street, fsb content, nex, ngb
October 21, 2011 Toby Ross
Time for the first Xaor’s corner article since FIFA 12 released – you can see all previous posts through this link. One of the key elements to EA’s marketing strategy with FIFA 12 was the idea of a ‘Holy Trinity’ of gameplay alterations, improvements, and innovations. I don’t think the trinity improved FIFA as much [...]
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Tags gameplay, xaor
October 17, 2011 David Bryant
Slide Show? The question which has cropped up the most on my Twitter timeline since FIFA 12 launched is without doubt “what gameplay slider settings are you using” and after a few weeks of testing we think we have a really good baseline that you guys can take away and modify as you see fit. [...]
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Tags fifa 12, fsb guide to, FSB how to, gameplay, guide, sliders
October 7, 2011 David Bryant
So here we are, the business end of the FSB FIFA 12 Review, where the team share their final verdict on this years football gaming delights. There’s also the small matter of the final FSB score for FIFA 12 which hopefully you’ll agree with. Don’t worry, we won’t judge you if you scroll right to [...]
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Tags fifa 12, fifa soccer blog, fsb, review, the verdict
October 7, 2011 Tom Mills
FIFA has grown in a way that means you’re no longer limited to the content that ships on your disk. You can now customise your experience in various ways by syncronising your console to the EASF website and making use of the features that are steadily growing there. FIFA 11 introduced lots all within one [...]
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Tags features, fifa 12, fifa soccer blog, fsb, kitana media network, review
October 7, 2011 Suffwan
Did FIFA 12 get a hair transplantation to look more beautiful? It’s no secret that FIFA has consistently improved it’s visuals year-on-year this generation. The game’s graphics, particularly in gameplay camera angles, is second to none. But as they say, there’s always room for improvement. We assess every aspect of FIFA 12′s graphics to determine [...]
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Tags fifa 12, fifa soccer blog, fsb, graphics, kitana media network, review, suffwan
October 7, 2011 David Bryant
Part 4 of the FSB FIFA 12 Review brings us to Ultimate Team, will this years improvements be enough to drag you away from Career Mode and Head to Head Online seasons? Presentation Ultimate Team has seen a welcome makeover in the aesthetics department for FIFA 12 and compared to its predecessor the changes made [...]
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Tags dave, fifa 12, fifa soccer blog, fsb, review, ultimate team
October 7, 2011 Toby Ross
FIFA games in recent years have been renowned for their expansive and innovative online features, with a huge amount of variety on offer, from the bread and butter of head-to-head ranked matches to the 11 v.s. 11 Virtual Pro Clubs. For FIFA 12 EA have gone to work changing up systems which have been part [...]
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Tags fifa 12, fifa soccer blog, fsb, online, online seasons, review, xaor