EA Announce FIFA World Cup 2014, But Is PS3 & Xbox 360 Only!

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Posted February 7, 2014 by Richard Lee Breslin in Announcements, Gaming News, PS3, Xbox 360

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It will come as no surprise that EA will be releasing an accompanying FIFA title for this year’s World Cup set in Brazil.  After all it happens for each world cup and football fans alike often look forward to this release every 4 years.  But what will come as somewhat of a surprise is that 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will be releasing  on April 15th in North America (I’m guessing the 18th across Europe) for the PS3 and Xbox 360 only and will not be coming to the PC, PS4 or Xbox One.

It not only surprises that the FIFA World Cup will not be coming to the new generation consoles, but I did also expect it to release in digital form, as they did with EA’s 2012 European Championships.  Surely it would have been easier to release this game in digital form across all formats at a lower price point, rather than releasing it in physical form for the PS3 and Xbox 360?

Below are the official details coming from EASports.com:

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Features

  • World Class Control – all-new control system which includes additional dribbles and flicks. New passing animations, including both ground and outside of the foot curling passes, will open the door to more attacking options.
  • Set Piece Tactics – Use the D-pad to command your teammates and strike fear from set pieces and corners.
  • New Penalty Kicks – New save animations and shot tuning puts players in control of their nation’s fate. Keepers can throw off kick-takers by performing different animations including wobbly-knees, matador, and shoot-it-there points.
  • Over-the-Back Headers – Now defenders can leap over attacking players to clear the ball to safety.
  • adidas® Ball Physics — EA SPORTS and adidas® partner to deliver the most realistic ball physics system on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
  • adidas® micoach Training – Complete adidas micoach training sessions to boost in-game attributes for individual players on your team. Choose from six different attribute boosts and 18 different drills to improve your players’ performance during the tournament.

Game Modes

  • Road to the FIFA World Cup™ – The most immersive tournament mode in EA SPORTS FIFA history. Choose from any of the 203 National Teams sanctioned by FIFA and play with up to 32 players locally through the qualifying rounds, and proceed on to the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
  • Road to Rio de Janeiro™ – Compete online with any of the 203 National Teams and progress across a map of Brazil’s 12 host cities. Win the final and hoist the FIFA World Cup Trophy at Estadio do Maracana in Rio.
  • Captain your Country – The popular FIFA game mode returns. Work your way through the squad list and lead your country through qualifying and to FIFA World Cup glory.
  • Story of Qualifying – Over 60 real scenarios taken directly from 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Relieve, recreate and/or change the outcome of some the best matches.
  • Additional Modes include 2014 FIFA World Cup, Kick Off, Skill Games, Online Friendlies, EA SPORTS Football Club

Presentation

  • Patriotic Presentation – Banners, flags and even see fans cheer from home with all new crowd rendering that brings the World Cup atmosphere alive.
  • EA SPORTS Talk Radio – Dynamic tournament updates from a number of ESPN talents, delivering over 50 hours’ worth of recorded audio that adapt to your own FIFA World Cup Experience
  • 203 nations, 7,469 players, 19 officially licensed managers, 21 stadiums, including all 12 authentic stadiums in Brazil, and over 15 hours of added in-game commentary.

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