In a recent interview with FIFA.com Arsene talked about his appreciation for the virtual game and of course imparted some of his tactic knowledge on the worlds FIFA gamers.

“It is an honour for me to be able to act as the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2012 coach. I know that young players enjoy virtual football and I see this development as very positive. The love of football is what brings professional players, trainers, amateurs and fans together.”

You can check out Arsene’s first FIWC12 training camp where he analyses the 4-4-2 formation below.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Not long to go until the Dubai Finals now and we can’t wait.

FIFA gamers from around the world who either qualified online or who purchased a seat at the live finals will do battle for a $167,000 first prize and a paltry $40,000 runner-up prize.  The tournament, hosted by Virgin Gaming is also running events for Madden 12 and NHL 12 with similar prize pots.

Now we know a few of the guys from the UK community jetted out to NYC earlier this week and from the whole FSB Team, good luck and bring home that grand prize. For more information, get yourself over to the Official Website.

This professional FIFA scene is getting pretty big eh?

Quicker than we ever could have imagined the FSB calendar has rolled round to April 24th which means just one thing – UEFA Euro 2012 launch day!

The much debated FIFA 12 DLC component is live now on Xbox 360 and PC so get yourselves over to the relevant store and start that download. Remembering of course that it will set you back £15.99 and you will require a copy of FIFA 12 to be able to play. If you experience any problems with the download, there are some tips here.

PS3 users are going to have to hang on until 4am (25th April) UK time. Don’t ask us why, but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s out.

*WARNING* Some users have reported issues downloading and installing Euro 2012 on Xbox 360. As with the last patch the issue can be resolved by deleting all User Generated Content from Creation Centre and trying again.

Once you’ve had a chance to get to grips with the DLC and you’ve read our Review, hit the comments and share your thoughts on Euro 2012. What’s good, what’s bad and is it worth the entrance fee?

This eclipses the previous world records set for FIWC 10 (775,000 players) and FIWC 11 (869,543 players) and there are still two months to go before the tournament ends…

FIWC 12 Season 4 ends tomorrow (25th March) but there are still two chances left to qualify for the grand finals in the form of Season 5, 1st to 25th April 2012 and Season 6, 1st to 18th May 2012. Each online season kicks off at 09:00 (GMT) and finishes at 23:59 (GMT). The objective is to finish in the top two on the season’s leaderboard. The top two from each online season will secure tickets for the Grand Final.

Oh and there’s the small matter of winning $20,000  and getting to brush shoulders with footballs greats at the FIFA Ballon d’Or gala.

That’s right folks, you’ll finally be able to sample FIFA Street yourselves when the demo releases on February 28th, or if you prefer just 17 days!

You’ll be able to download the demo on Xbox 360 and PS3 but the exact release times will be dependent on when the relevant stores update for your region. The contents of the FIFA Street Demo in terms of teams, match types, arenas, etc are still TBC but we’ll bring you that information as soon as we get it.

We can’t wait for you guys to try FIFA Street and hopefully you’ll be as fond of it as we were in the limited time we had with the game a few weeks ago.

So who’s excited?

But anyway, apology aside these are the PS3 and Xbox360 covers for FIFA Street you can expect to see in stores March 13th when you’ll all be able to get your hands on retail copies of the game. You’ve all seen the screenshot before I’m sure but doesn’t it look prettier on the front of the box?

The prize on offer once again is a cool 20,000 USD and the much coveted VIP trip to the Ballon d’Or Gala where you’ll be able to rub shoulders with the greatest footballers on the planet.

There will be 6 online FIWC 2012 qualifiers in total and here are the details:

Online Season 1: 1-31 December, 2011

Online Season 2: 5 January-25 January, 2012

Online Season 3: 1 February-25 February, 2012

Online Season 4: 1 March-25 March, 2012

Online Season 5: 1 April-25 April, 2012

Online Season 6: 1 May-18 May, 2012

As well as six oppotunities in the online arena there will also be eleven live qualifiers over the next few months and we’ll bring you details of these as and when we get them. For more information, head over to the FIWC 2012 website.

So FSB fans, are any of you going to try and win the top prize on the pro FIFA gaming scene?

Each vehicle will be kitted out with 15 TVs and 15 PS3s. You can follow the tour on Twitter and Facebook and can read the news post in full here. Details of the tour stops are below.

We’ll be using this post to announce when things go live. Currently the expected times, according to EASPORTSFIFA are as follows:

PS3 (N America) – 13th Sept *from* 2pm PST

PS3 (EU) – 14 Sept *from* 5pm

The PC demo was expected from 10am, but it’s already live. Link below. It’s from the EA website and it’s the one I’ve downloaded.

*UPDATE* The 360 demo is now live on the dashboard. Access it as follows: Game Marketplace -> Titles A-Z -> E – EA Sports FIFA 12

*UPDATE 2* A few users have experienced issues with installing the FIFA 12 demo with FIFA 11 still installed on their machines. The simplest fix is to back up your FIFA 11 saves, uninstall, then install the demo. Thanks to JC in the comments for his help figuring that out.

*UPDATE 3* There have also been issues with downloads stopping at 99%. One fix we’ve seen is to turn your XBOX off, then try to download again, it should skip to 98% then straight to 100%. Thanks to BlueOggster from the FVPA for that. Let us know if it works for you.

Links:

PC Demo EU Link – 1.5GB

PC Demo NA Link – 1.5GB (Thanks to Dude Dudette for the NA link)

XBOX 360 Marketplace Link – 1.42GB

The FIFA 12 code we have access to is on the PS3, we expect these trophies to be exactly the same on Xbox 360 however we don’t know the allocation of Microsoft achievement points (G). But from the PS3 gold, silver, bronze breakdown you get a pretty good idea.

Bronze Trophies

Precision Tackler – Obtain a successfull tackle percentage of 80% with a minimum of 5 tackles in a game.

Don’t Blink – Score within the first five minutes of a game in a game against the cpu.

Comeback Kid – Win after being 3 goals down in the 2nd half against the cpu.

10 vs 11 – Win from a draw or behind while down a man against the CPU.

Ruud Boy – Score a goal on the volley.

Block Party – Manually block five shots whilst defending in a single game.

Massive Signing – Sign a player better than anyone else on your club in the transfer window.

Youth is Served – Sign a player to your youth squad in career mode.

Puppet Master – Talk to the press in Career Mode.

Sweet Music – Have custom audio play in FIFA 12.

All my own work – Win a match using manual controls (including tactical defending).

Warrior – Score a goal after suffering a non-contact injury with a player.

Quickly Now! – Score shortly after a quick throw-in.

EASFC Youth Academy – Reach level 5 in the EA Sports Football club.

Challenge Accepted – Complete an EA Sports Football Club Game Scenario Challenge.

Path to the Cup – Win a cup game in head to head seasons.

Friends Now Enemies? – Win an Online friendlies season.

Being Social – Play an Online friendlies match.

Look Sharp – Use a Creation Centre team in an online game.

3 points – Win a season game in head to head seasons.

Virtual Debut - Play an online Pro Club or pro ranked match with your Virtual Pro.

New Club in Town – Create your FIFA 12 Ultimate Team club.

Legends Start with Victories – Win a match with your FIFA 12 Ultimate Team club.

Tournament Victory – Win a tournament in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

I’ll Have That One – Open your first pack in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

Friendly – Finish a match against a friend in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

Growing Club – Achieve a club value of 85,000,000 in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

Procrastinator – Sign a player on deadline day in Career Mode.

Happy  20th EA Sports! – Score 20 match goals in FIFA 12 to celebrate 20 years of EA SPORTS.

Silver Trophies

EASFC Starting 11 – Reach level 20 in the EA SPORTS Football club.

Century of goals – Score 100 goals in FIFA 12 match play.

Campaign Complete – Complete a season in head to head seasons.

Marquee Signing – Purchase a gold player from the trade market for 15,000 or more coins using buy it now.

“Big Cup” Squad – Enter an Ultimate Team tournament and finish a match with an overall squad rating of 85 or higher.

We’ll Need a Larger Trophy Case – Win your 10th trophy in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

Trophy time - Win the league title in any league in Career Mode.

Fully Formed – Have three players be in full form at the same time on your club in Career Mode.

Virtual Legend – Play 50 matches with your Virtual Pro.

FIFA for Life – Spend 50 hours on the pitch.

Megged – Successfully dribble the ball through a defenders legs.

Riding Bikes – Score with a bicycle kick.

Legendary – Win a game vs the CPU on legendary difficulty against a club of the same or higher star rating.

Gold Trophies

Pack King – Open 100 packs in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team.

Platinum Trophies

Football Legend – Unlock all other  trophies (excluding additional content trophies).

Hidden Trophies

Hidden: There are 3 hidden trophies to collect.

Which leaves us with just one question, who’s going for Platinum?