FIFA 10 Fastest-Selling Sports Game Ever

This news comes courtesy of gamesindustry.biz (and forum member Nanny):

Electronic Arts has said that FIFA 10 has become the fastest-selling sports game of all time, with 1.7 million units sold in its first week.

The game is EA’s biggest European launch to date, with over 10 million online matches played and over 155,000 users online simultaneously during peak periods.

You can read the article in full over here.

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Posted by Chris Davies on October 8th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps2, ps3, psp, xbox 360

FIFA 10 Soundtrack Unveiled

Following on from our article earlier this evening, the FIFA 10 soundtrack has now been revealed. Samples of all the tracks are available on the EA Trax website here. As usual it’s mostly up-and-coming bands, but one name that sticks out is Röyksopp (pictured above).

See what you think of this year’s FIFA tunes!

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Posted by Chris Davies on July 24th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps2, ps3, psp, soundtrack, xbox 360

FIFA 10 Soundtrack Revealed Tonight

No, don’t worry, Abba songs aren’t included (well at least I wouldn’t think so, can you imagine?) – tonight, in true Hollywood style, the FIFA 10 soundtrack is being revealed at the Playboy Mansion. If you can’t wait until then, one of the songs is included in full at the end of the latest official FIFA podcast, which you can listen to over here.

You can see the soundtrack listing for yourself when it goes live on the EA Trax website. For more on the Playboy Mansion event, click here.

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Posted by Chris Davies on July 24th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps2, ps3, psp, soundtrack, xbox 360

Photos From Munich’s FIFA 10 Event

Over at VideoGamesZone.de, a bunch of photos taken at the latest German FIFA 10 event have been uploaded. Check them out!

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Posted by Chris Davies on July 18th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, press event, ps2, ps3, psp, wii, xbox 360

FIFA 10 Coming This September?

Thanks to eagle-eyed forum member Fifa n Pes who spotted the following quote, we have an interesting bit of news from Eurogamer…

“We’re beginning to see a change in summer releases,” notes Michael Pachter, videogame investment analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities. “It actually started a year ago, with GTA (April) and Metal Gear Solid 4 (May) having pretty solid success. EA pushed Tiger and Fight Night forward, and will release FIFA and Need for Speed in September, earlier than usual.

Could it be true? Is FIFA 10 just two months away? The article is about the traditional summer game droughts, and you can read it in full here.

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Posted by Chris Davies on July 7th, 2009 Tags: ds, fifa 10, pc, ps2, ps3, psp, release date, xbox 360