I used to revel in the life-like simulation of EA Sports’ FIFA, the true to life representations of players, the robust animations and the required patience of learning the game's more intricate controls.
Lionel Messi, fresh off winning his 2015 Ballon d’Or award, will no longer grace the cover of the EA Sports’ popular FIFA game for this upcoming year. It’s been reported by multiple outlets that Messi’s contract with EA, which he signed in 2012, will expire later this year and there is no interest between both parties to renew the relationship. So no Messi on the FIFA 17 cover.
We’re just a few days into 2016, but what better way to ring in the New Year than by watching this video as a few Real Madrid players kick back and play against each other in FIFA 16?
EA Sports has released its “FIFA 16 - Best Goals of 2015” video and the final cut is outrageous. Scorpion kicks, rambonas, 35-yard volleys and overhead kicks from the top of the 18, every goal in this collection would certainly win the FIFA Puskás award if it were accomplished in reality.
While online opponents might be yelling “sweaty goal!” and heading for the menu’s exit, you can imagine the delirium the goal scorers must have felt. Mastering the controls and executing with this kind of precision certainly takes a huge amount of skill...and time.
Nobody wants to be the punchline at the end of someone’s joke. A lot of us have been there, great or small the tease may be. It goes without saying that it’s embarrassing, and sometimes demoralizing. However, this sentiment is not just shared by individuals; it can extend toward companies. Take the PES vs. FIFA conversation in soccer video games.
Can’t wait for the latest installment of EA Sports hit game FIFA? Neither can we, and the wait is becoming that much harder after watching the newest trailer for FIFA 16 featuring their ‘Sights and Sounds’ improvement.
Cristiano Ronaldo still can’t catch a break with EA Sports. Lionel Messi steals the stage yet again as the most popular poster boy for the hit soccer video game. However, the Barcelona forward’s partner on the cover continues to change. This time you may not have guessed who.
Alex Morgan, Christine Sinclair and Stephanie Catley will all share a spot the world’s best on the front of FIFA 16 in each of their respective regions. Also, for the first time, and just in time at the conclusion of the Women’s World Cup, women’s national teams will be available to use in the new game.
Have you ever wanted to just take out an opposing player for a bad tackle they committed? Look no further, because in this modified soccer match it is encouraged to hit your opponents as hard as possible.
Bubble soccer is becoming another sporting craze that takes the world’s sport and puts on a twist. We’ve seen FootGolf, a hybrid of soccer and golf, that focuses on finesse and accuracy and now we can indulge on the dirty side of the sport.
The new FIFA 16 trailer is out, and it features a very special narrator: Pele. Pele, for those of you who don't know (and maybe found this site by accident, since it's all about soccer?) is the best player of all time.
Pele muses about the beauty of the beautiful game, and we get some shots of FIFA gameplay showing that beauty, like Messi scoring an amazing goal and Diego Costa getting into a shoving match with Jordan Henderson.
Will the real FIFA 16 be filled with as much beauty as this trailer? Only Pele knows.
James Rodriguez mirrored virtual reality by scoring an identical free kick for Real Madrid to one he scored on his PlayStation as a teenager.