2010 FIFA World Cup Review

Since 1998 EA Sports has had the exclusive rights to the FIFA World Cup video games. However, due to the dominance of the PES series during those years these games were often overlooked by the soccer purists and sales were usually dependent on a younger audience and those who wanted a game to enhance their World Cup fever. Times have changed though and EA Sports now stands tall as the publisher of the king of soccer games, due to the success of FIFA 09 and even more so FIFA 10. Naturally the expectations for this year’s exclusive World Cup game were exceedingly high, particularly since the last time EA produced a specific tournament titled game, EURO 2008, it was received pretty well. In steps Simon Humber (and his team) to take up the challenge of delivering a soccer title that will fill us with excitement levels to match those we feel once the tournament kicks off.

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OPM Review FWC

The first review is out, and it’s a very glowing one for FIFA World Cup.

Official PlayStation Magazine got the exclusive, and gave the game 9/10.

Here’s their closing line:

The only downside? Brilliant though FIFA 10 is, once you’ve played this there’s no going back.

Make sure you pick up the magazine to read the full 4 page review, released April 13th.

Also, seeing as the X360 demo is out, make sure you let us know what you think of the game here.

OPM Grab WC FIFA 2010 Exclusive Review

As well as teasing us regarding a surprise sequel, the UK Official Playstation Magazine has stated they have the exclusive review for 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Make sure you hunt the next issue down, released 13th April, for the first verdict on EA’s next FIFA game.

FSB 2009 Podcast #16: PES 2010 and FIFA 10 Patch #2

So PES 2010 is out now, as well as FIFA 10 patch #2. Is the new PES good enough to challenge FIFA? Is FIFA patch #2 enough? Here’s 24 minutes of what I think.

As always, hit the forums and let us know your thoughts on this podcast’s topic in the podcast thread – and remember you can download our podcasts via iTunes using the keyword FIFA SOCCER BLOG!

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New Wave Of Reviews

FIFA 10’s release date for us in Europe was the beginning of the month but for those around the world, including the Americas, yesterday saw FIFA arriving everywhere. Now we come to a really interesting point in FIFA’s release on next-gen consoles.

All of the European reviews have been glowing so far, with most scores being 9/10 – and rightly so with the gameplay being, in my opinion, the best that we’ve ever seen. BUT, not many picked up on the bugs, glitches and annoyances you can find in certain game modes (most heavily in Manager Mode, which sadly is the only mode I ever play).

So I’m interested to see what the review scores from around the world will be. Will they all be 9/10, or will they have read the various FIFA forums and be aware of these issues? One of the latest reviews you can see here, courtesy of 1up.com – thanks to Alexrstone from our own forums for the link – suggests the new wave of reviews might be more critical!

You can keep an eye on FIFA 10’s average review scores below.

FIFA 10 PS3 Metacritic rating / FIFA 10 360 Metacritic rating

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