May 10, 2012 David Bryant
As we already know, FIWC12 has smashed every record going becoming yet again the worlds largest gaming tournament but what does a massive tournament like this need? A coach, and FIWC12 has signed up none other than Arsenal FC’s Arsene Wenger. In a recent interview with FIFA.com Arsene talked about his appreciation for the virtual [...]
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April 27, 2012 David Bryant
The EA SPORTS FIFA Challenge Series is coming to a grand stand climax as the live finals kick of in New York City tomorrow. 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 [...]
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March 27, 2012 David Bryant
The pro footballers are at it again but this time the battle ground is FIFA Street as EA SPORTS visit Man City and Arsenal to find who the best street players are. Oh look, there’s Marius… The most recent video comes from Man City as Nigel De Jong and Micah Richards take on FIFA 12 [...]
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March 24, 2012 David Bryant
After smashing consecutive Guinness World Records for the largest online gaming tournament, the FIWC is at it again this time breaking the rather significant one million registered players barrier for the 2012 season. This eclipses the previous world records set for FIWC 10 (775,000 players) and FIWC 11 (869,543 players) and there are still two [...]
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December 17, 2011 David Bryant
The EA SPORTS Pro Player Challenge series has finally come to a head and the champion of FIFA 12 champions has finally been crowned at the home of world cover star Wayne Rooney. The tournament included the winners from previous Pro Player Challenges and a few other guests, namely Olly Murs. This is a quite [...]
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December 9, 2011 David Bryant
Well, well, well in terms of competitive FIFA 12 gaming the PS3 user base certainly have the best of the action as EA SPORTS have launched in collaboration with VirginGaming.com the FIFA 12 Challenge Series where you could win a share of $400,000 and a trip to New York City. “The EA SPORTS FIFA 12 Challenge is [...]
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December 1, 2011 David Bryant
It’s December 1st and that means only one thing for pro FIFA gamers, the FIWC 2012 (PS3) first online qualifier opens today! We’re expecting the tournament to be live between 9:00am and 10:00am GMT so keep a close eye on those consoles this morning. The prize on offer once again is a cool 20,000 USD and the [...]
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November 14, 2011 David Bryant
If you missed the first FIFA 12 Pro Player Tournament featuring Man City make sure you get yourself acquainted on YouTube. Today’s tournament features ex Premier League champions Chelsea who’s array of stars including David Luiz, Daniel Sturridge and Romelu Lukaku went toe to toe to find out who is the best FIFA 12 player. And the winner is… [...]
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November 5, 2011 Tom Mills
This past weekend the Emirates played host to EGL4, so I went along to have a nose around. It was massive, much bigger than I expected. Spread over various rooms were Gears 3, Black Ops, Street Fighter and FIFA events, as well as some old school Halo LAN play, complete with 14″ SD tvs. Beautiful [...]
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August 2, 2011 David Bryant
Aston Villa are currently on their pre-season tour competing in the Barclay’s Asia Trophy but that didn’t stop some of the lads getting hands-on time with FIFA 12 in Hong Kong recently. Gary Gardner, Eric Lichaj, Ciaran Clark and mega FIFA fan Darren Bent played out a tournament where sadly Darren was beaten in the final [...]
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