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Dateline City: REDWOOD CITY, Calif. FIFA 19 Global Series Regular Season Events Generated 680+ Million Minutes Watched, 60 Percent Increase Over Last Year’s FIFA 18 Global Series FIFA 19 Global Series Playoffs Begin July 5; FIFA eWorld Cup™ 2019 Begins in August View Momentum Infographic Here REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) announced that the EA SPORTS FIFA 19 Global Series generated more than 680 million minutes watched, a 60 percent annual increase and 61 million total views, a 25 percent year-over-year increase. Language: English Contact: EA Caitilin Doherty Global ... Read more

“Together we can work to end the suffering of children caught in the violence of war,” says Elijah Wood, star of 11-11: Memories Retold Share this article Companies in this article War Child UK has today announced a partnership around 11-11: Memories Retold from Bandai Namco Europe, DigixArt, and Aardman Animation, creators of Wallace and Gromit. The partnership will see publisher Bandai Namco release a War Child DLC for 11-11: Memories Retold when the game launches in November. A portion of the DLC proceeds will be donated to the War Child charity. Elijah Wood, who stars as one of the ... Read more

Share this article Companies in this article The games industry moves pretty fast, and there’s a tendency for all involved to look constantly to what’s next without so much worrying about what came before. That said, even an industry so entrenched in the now can learn from its past. So to refresh our collective memory and perhaps offer some perspective on our field’s history, GamesIndustry.biz runs this monthly feature highlighting happenings in gaming from exactly a decade ago. EA Will Always Have Time to Kill October is the spookiest month of the year, so what better way to start this ... Read more

A football coach has landed a coaching job owed, in part, to a childhood passion for management sims. Shaun Guest, originally from Lancashire, England, but now residing in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, manages Strule United after studying sports management with coaching at University.  Admittedly, it’s not quite premiership level yet, as Strule play in Division One of the Fermanagh and Western Football League. But it’s an early love of football management games that gave Guest his passion for behind-the-scenes football tactics. “Since I was very young I’ve been playing computer games like Championship Manager and Football Manager, and my dad used ... Read more

Goal pieces together all the information about the most anticipated football video game release of the year FIFA 19 release day is finally here! The game’s developers launched a World Cup 2018 edition on FIFA 18 to accompany the tournament in Russia but gamers can now get their hands on the latest iteration of EA Sports’ football game. With September 28 being the global release day, Goal has the complete guide to everything you need to know about the latest EA Sports FIFA game. Editors’ Picks When is FIFA 19 released? There had been talk that there might not even be a FIFA ... Read more

Choose the right landing spot on the ever-changing Fortnite map and your inventory will soon be bursting with weapons and ammo. Drop into the wrong location, however, and you’ll be a fish out of water, running around aimlessly with nothing but a useless pickaxe until another player puts you out of your misery. Our guide to the best landing spots on Fortnite’s map will make sure the latter doesn’t become habitual.  Season 4 of Fortnite blew open the center of the map, added Risky Reels in the northeast and a new soccer stadium to the northwest. And with Fortnite Season ... Read more

“I don’t recommend quitting your day job to anyone these days,” says Jordi de Paco with a heavy sigh. De Paco is no newcomer to the erratic world of independent game development, having worked on dozens of prototypes and multiple commercial releases over the years. But while his career has had ups and downs, he sees 2018 as the most challenging year yet for small teams. “Everyone can make games, but be realistic. … It used to be that you could do something that nobody had ever seen before, or you could do something familiar really well. Now, it has ... Read more

A football game in the Swiss league was halted on Sunday when fans threw tennis balls – and control pads, some emblazoned with the words “FUCK ESPORTS” – onto the field. As the Associated Press reports (via Eurogamer), the Young Boys vs Basel game in the Swiss Super League was held up for around two minutes while stewards cleared the field, after Young Boys fans dressed in black hoodies hurled the balls and pads onto the surface in the middle of the match. They also unfurled a giant flag displaying a “pause” icon, while the travelling Basel fans also had ... Read more

This is the sixth year of narrative story modes as an annual feature in a sports video game, the second with them prominent in three big titles, and it feels like we’ve hit a turning point. It wouldn’t surprise me to see it end up as a nice idea that has run its course, as opposed to a new expectation of the genre’s biggest names. I say that after laboring through the third installment of The Journey, the story mode of EA Sports’ FIFA series since 2016. The soccer action is enjoyable enough, but even with three playable characters, none ... Read more

Update: Sony’s status page now says the PlayStation Store servers should be running as normal, so you can play the FIFA 19 demo to your heart’s content. Original story follows. FIFA 19’s demo release is always a highly anticipated moment in the gaming and football calendar. That day has arrived, with the trial now available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC–but PSN’s servers are suffering from some poorly-timed connectivity issues. Sony’s network service status page states the PlayStation Store is currently experiencing problems. “You may have some difficulty accessing features and products in PlayStation Store,” the company said. “Our engineers ... Read more

You can never predict what’s going to become a hit in videogames. Who could have foreseen an absurd fusion of football and rocket-fuelled cars (which had already failed to make an impact on PS3) would become a global esport, or that Fortnite would surpass the game it had began imitating to become a worldwide cultural phenomenon? But where there is fortune, there is also misfortune. And if there’s one game that hasn’t had much luck at all in 2018, it’s Laser League. With this game London-based developer Roll7 (OlliOlli, Not A Hero) took a bold step into team-based multiplayer and imagining a sport of the ... Read more

It feels like it’s been such a long time since David Beckham hit his last free-kick. Let’s be honest, the former Manchester United player was one of the most deadly footballers to stand over the ball. If there’s one way to bend it like Beckham, then this is how to do it. YouTuber Michel Aust has posted a video of the former England captain in Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, striking the ball so sweet from 31 yards that it’ll instantly make any football fan feel nostalgic. Check it out: Take a bow, Beckham (and Michel!). Considering that Michel is losing ... Read more