FIFA Soccer Blog » fiwc http://fifasoccerblog.com The independent source for up to date news on the FIFA series Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The independent source for up to date news on the FIFA series FIFA Soccer Blog no FIFA Soccer Blog admin@project14.co.uk admin@project14.co.uk (FIFA Soccer Blog) Kitana Media Network FIFA Soccer Blog podcast FSB, FIFA, gaming, soccer FIFA Soccer Blog http://fifasoccerblog.com/files/powerpress/rss-fsb.jpg http://fifasoccerblog.com Video Bonanza http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/video-bonanza/ http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/video-bonanza/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:09:47 +0000 David Nankervis http://fifasoccerblog.com/?p=3899 Click here to view the embedded video.
Feel like you didn’t get enough FIFA action from and after E3, with over 45 minutes of videos from the producers of FIFA Superstars, FIFA Online and FIFA Next-gen, we have you covered!

Let’s kick it off with a very interesting 15 minute video interview with Andrew Wilson.

Hit the jump to get your fix!

David Rutter and Gary Paterson talk FIFA 11 link

Interview with Nenad Stojkovic (FIWC Champion) link

Interview with Tom Sarris (Producer of FIFA Superstars) link

Interview with “Julien” (Producer of FIFA Online) link

Video taken from the sound capture studios at EA, showing off the new custom chants feature. Lots of info on it! Also details on the commentary. link

Video taken from EA’s Mo-cap center in Vancouver, with detials given about how its implemented in the game. link

Big thanks to neogo.pl and videogame.it for these videos

Enjoy!

]]> http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/video-bonanza/feed/ 2 FIWC Champ Talks FIFA 11 http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-champ-talks-fifa-11/ http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-champ-talks-fifa-11/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:09:20 +0000 Kitana Media http://fifasoccerblog.com/?p=3731 The winner of the FIFA Interactive World Cup, Nenad Stojkovic, has been in Vancouver for an interview – and some hands on time with FIFA 11!

Click here to see his first impressions, without ever revealing too much. Thanks to Rebsat for the heads up.

Not long to go now until the big unveil…

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The dates and links for the events are as follows:

FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifier 3 (22/01/10 – 01/02/10)
FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifier 4 (12/02/10 – 19/02/10)
FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifier 5 (22/02/10 – 01/03/10)
FIWC UK Online Pre-Qualifier 6 (03/03/10 – 10/03/10)

The top two players from each event will qualify for the UK live event that will be taking place at the Emirates stadium on 22nd March, where they will have the opportunity to win a trip to Barcelona for the global final and possibly the championship title – plus a cool $20,000.

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The four Sony PlayStation live pre-qualifier events have been confirmed with eight places on offer for the UK Live event in March. These are the final set of live pre-qualifier events and are being hosted at a number of Goals Soccer Centres (five-a-side centres) across the UK.

In addition, the date and location for the UK Live event has now been confirmed as Monday 22nd March at the Emirates. So good luck in qualifying FIFA fans!

]]> http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-dates-and-venues/feed/ 0 FIWC 2010 Plus Announcement Of MATES Leagues http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-2010-plus-announcement-of-mates-leagues/ http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-2010-plus-announcement-of-mates-leagues/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:02:02 +0000 Chris Davies http://fifasoccerblog.com/?p=3186 FIFA UK Community Manager Mr. Philip Wride has let us know of some FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) developments. But it’s not so much the FIWC bit that interests me (when it comes to my FIFA skill level I’m more Dave Kitson than Fernando Torres), more the reference to “MATES Leagues”. Take a look at this part of the statement:

There will also be a selection of UK online pre-qualifiers utilising EA SPORTS’ new “MATES Leagues” platform which enables users to create and manage their own leagues and cups.

Interesting stuff indeed. So, if you’ve got a PS3, or you’re just nosey, take a look at the press release in full by clicking the read more button below.

Calling all UK Football Fans, the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC) has arrived!

With the UK having been selected to host one of the 10 Live Qualifier Events for the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010 (FIWC 10) details on how players can qualify to compete at the UK Live Qualifier Event are now available.

The world’s largest football gaming tournament has two modes of qualification for the Grand Final which is taking place on 1st May in Barcelona, Spain. Players can compete for the 32 Grand Final spots via the online qualification seasons or by winning one of the 10 Live Qualifier Events that are being held around the world.
EA SPORTS and PlayStation will be hosting a number of live pre-qualifier tournaments across the UK where players will be able to compete and win a spot at the UK Live Qualifier Event set to take place at the end of March 2010. There will also be a selection of UK online pre-qualifiers utilising EA SPORTS’ new “MATES Leagues” platform which enables users to create and manage their own leagues and cups. The UK Live Qualifier Event will pit 28 players against each other with only 1 claiming a place at the Grand Final in Barcelona.

Below are the details of all the EA SPORTS pre-qualifier dates and locations along with dates for the online pre-qualifier events on the EA SPORTS “MATES Leagues” platform.

Live Pre-qualifiers
28th November: Live Pre-qualifier at Loftus Road (QPR), London
Starting approx. 1pm, first come first serve basis
29th November: Live Pre-qualifier at the Emirates Stadium (Arsenal), London
Starting approx. 2pm, first come first serve basis
19th December*: Live Pre-qualifiers at the following locations;
Meadowhall Shopping Centre (Sheffield)
Westfield Shopping Centre (Derby)
Bullring Shopping Centre (Birmingham)
Arndale Centre (Manchester)
The Bridges Shopping Centre (Sunderland)
Whitgift Shopping Centre (Croydon)

*Practice tournaments will be taking place at each of the shopping centres in the weekends prior to the 19th December and will start on the 4th December. On the 19th December the qualifying tournaments will start at 10am and conclude by 7pm.

Online UK Pre-qualifiers (please note this is not connected to the global online qualification seasons)
1st Dec – 14th Dec 2009
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 1
21st Dec – 4th Jan 2010
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 2
11th Jan – 25th Jan 2010
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 3
8th Feb – 22nd Feb 2010
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 4
1st Mar – 15th Mar 2010
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 5
8th Mar – 15th Mar 2010
FIWC Online Pre-qualifier 6

*Dates for online pre-qualifiers are subject to change.

Further information about the UK Live Qualifier Event, PlayStation activities and online pre-qualifiers will be available shortly.

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To enter all you need to do is purchase the game for PlayStation 3 and sift through the online game mode menus until you find the FIWC options. Check out the quotes from the Sony press release below:

For the first time in the tournament’s history, the online competition of the FIWC via PlayStation®Network will be split into two seasons. Season one starts with the launch of FIFA 10 on 2nd October and concludes on 18th December 2009. The ten best players of season one from across the FIFA confederations will go through to the Grand Final, which will take place at Port Olympic in Barcelona on 1st May 2010.

Players who didn’t make it during season one have another shot at their spot in the Grand Final in season two, which kicks off on 4 January 2010 and concludes on 31 March 2010. Registration for participating in the online leg of the FIWC 10 tournament will take place directly inside the retail version of FIFA 10 on PS3 from 2 October across Europe and Asia and from 20 October in North America.

For more details visit the official FIFA FIWC website over here.

]]> http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/fiwc-2010-kicks-off/feed/ 0 Congratulations Bruce Grannec http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/congratulations-bruce-grannec/ http://fifasoccerblog.com/blog/congratulations-bruce-grannec/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 09:42:27 +0000 Chris Davies http://fifasoccerblog.com/?p=1028 Frenchman Bruce Grannec is this season’s FIFA Interactive World Cup winner. Out of a huge number of competitors – over 500,000 people entered the event – Bruce managed to grind his way into this season’s FIWC final, held at Port Olympic in Barcelona, and chalk up a 3-1 win against Mexico’s Ruben Zerecero.

For more information you can visit the FIWC official website; and to read a report on the drama of the final you can click here.

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The final eight were from all around the country:

    Nenad Stojkovic, Parma Heights, OH
    Nick Casillas, Saunderstown, RI
    Amir Nassar, Bayonne, NJ
    Mike Eapinoza, Los Angeles, CA
    Ivan Lopez, Long Beach, CA
    Dan Meyers, Pittsburgh, PA
    Giuseppe Guastella, Ukiah, CA
    Michael LaBelle, Missouri City, TX

You can see the whole article here!

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