December 16, 2011 Toby Ross
This time I’m looking at the way that FIFA represents headers, crosses, and corners. See all previous Xaor’s Corner articles: here In FIFA 11, there were a huge number of complaints about how crossing, corners, and heading worked. Many, if not most, believed that the balance has been improved considerably in FIFA 12, but it’s [...]
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Tags corners, crosses, heading, xaor
December 15, 2011 David Bryant
Very impressive trailer this for PS Vita launch title FIFA Football which looks simply stunning for a handheld FIFA title. The spec of the PS Vita is essentially a PS3 in your hand and by the looks of this that’s certainly the case. As well as looking pretty the trailer also reveals some of the [...]
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Tags fifa football, handheld, ps vita, sony, trailer, video, you tube
December 13, 2011 Tom Mills
FIFA Superstars has finally made it’s way onto iOS. We first posted about it back in September, but then everything went quiet. Now it’s live and can be downloaded from the app store. It’s free to play too. Sort of. EA have caught some flack recently for their handling of the free to play model [...]
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Tags fifa superstars, free, ios
December 13, 2011 David Bryant
Been a while since we’ve updated you guys on how our FSB Fantasy Football League is going and that’s mainly because I’ve had a spectacular fall from grace which the big boys (Tom Collins in particular) continue their dominance. There are some new faces at the top though and Sean Holleran (Philadelphia Swans) and Kawanis Sutton [...]
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Tags fantasy football, fifa soccer blog, fsb
December 10, 2011 Tom Mills
It’s common knowledge that Barcelona and Real Madrid are way up there with the most used teams online, but this video shows just how much they’re used. Ahead of the first El Clasico of the season, EA have put together this stats trailer. It has some interesting nuggets of information in it, including the fact [...]
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Tags barcelona, fifa 12, real madrid, stats
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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Tags challenge, ea sports, fifa 12, tournament, virgin gaming
December 8, 2011 David Bryant
A few more FIFA 12 Pro Player Tournaments have been held fairly recently this time visiting the training grounds of Newcastle United and Aston Villa. Things are starting to build very nicely for the Grand Final which will be held later in December where we’ll find out once and for all, which pro footballer is the [...]
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Tags aston villa, ea sports, fifa 12, newcastle united, pro player tournament, video, you tube
December 7, 2011 David Bryant
No longer do FIFA 12 fans across the land have to look on sadly at the image of a crocked Jack Wilshere, as today EA SPORTS have released the Wayne Rooney custom FIFA 12 game sleeve and best of all it’s free! So if Rooney is your favourite player at the moment you can download [...]
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Tags cover star, custom cover, ea sports, fifa 12, wayne rooney
December 6, 2011 David Bryant
It’s been a little while since our FIFA 12 Scarf competition closed and after an apologetic delay we’re pleased to bring you the news that our two winners Gui Cramer (Flamengo) and Ed Hewison (AFC Wimbledon) have taken their place on the epic FIFA 12 Scarf. The guys entries captured our imagination for different reasons [...]
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Tags announcement, competition, fifa 12, fifa 12 scarf, winners
December 5, 2011 David Bryant
FIFA Street Producer Sid Misra has been busy doing the press thing recently which has led to a flood of FIFA Street info hitting the internet. If you missed our interview with Sid then you can find it here and make sure you check out the two videos below.
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Tags fifa street, sid misra, video, you tube