FIFA 13

FIFA 13 is the 2012 edition of Electronic Arts’ association football FIFA video game series. Was it developed by EA Canada. A demo of the game was released on 11 September 2012; Included the demo teams Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Juventus, A.Ç. Milan and Arsenal. [1] The demo Was a record downloaded 1.99 million times Within three days. [2] [3] [4] The game was released in late September 2012 in Most regions, and in Japan in October. [A] The Wii U version was released on Its Alongside the launch day console in all regions. Included FIFA 13 features new to the FIFA franchise Such as the First Touch Control. [2] [5] [6] [7] As of December 2014, the game FIFA Remains the only title released for the Wii U, Nintendo consoles on Despite receiving other later games. New celebrations Were Also added as a new feature.
A new additional feature in FIFA 13 is to support Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation Move for PlayStation 3. [9] The Wii U version Includes exclusive Some touch-based features Including the Ability to shoot Precisely by tapping an image of the goal and Managing the match in real-time.

leagues
The leagues in FIFA 13 have been confirmed by EA Sports through developer’s website, with EA calling it “The Most authentic football game on the planet with 30 of the world’s best leagues,” All leagues from FIFA 12 are Included, with the addition of the Saudi Professional League for the first time in the series history.
There are 46 international teams on FIFA 13 as confirmed on the EA website. The Czech Republic and Paraguay are returning. India, Bolivia and Venezuela return to the main series after an 11-year hiatus SINCE Croatia FIFA Football 2002. Was removed from the international teams, nor They couldn’t Reach the Licensing agreement.

Career mode
Career mode has been updated this year, with players being Able to manage an international team as well as a club. Their Managing Players Can Particular clubs manage to quit Their jobs as a national coach. Players Can Choose To Be Their international squad for international matches played in Career mode. In Each match, players as precisely Can f the football players are Able to play on the next international squad. Options in transfers include counter-offers and Offering a player as well as money. On the iOS platform, players can’t manage national teams and Can only offer money to get players.

Seasons Mode [edit]
Seasons mode Allows players to progress through an online league system by being pitted players of a similar Is Against skill level. After the user real-world Chooses a team to play as, an online player with Similar Similar star skills and a team level is found as an opponent.

The football player plays ten matches per season with a specific number of points required for promotion to the league above.

Ultimate Team [edit]
FIFA Ultimate team, Commonly abbreviated to ‘enter’, is an additional feature of FIFA 13. This game mode Allows the player to build developer’s own team players from the real world, Which They Can crack use to compete in Tournaments and divisions over the internet. For Each game completed, players earn coins to Spend on Improving developer’s team.

Players and other items in this mode take the form of cards, Which are obtained through packs or buying from buying from other players directly through the auction house. Different There are three tiers of cards; bronze, silver and gold, Indicating Their quality (Lowest being non-rare bronze, Highest gold being rare). These cards Can Be obtained in two Ways; buying packs or buying directly from other players. Player cards have an overall rating, Which is an estimate of Their overall in game quality.

The FIFA Ultimate Team web app was released on September 18, 2012, allowing players to access team from developer’s ultimate developer’s computer and a variety of other devices, Such as an iPhone app and on Android.

Stadiums [edit]
There are 26 stadiums in FIFA 13, two new real Including Ones: Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane and the Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Stadium. FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou, present in previous editions of the game, does not Appear in FIFA 13, EA as a couldn’t Reach Licensing agreement with the club.

FIFA 13 again main features Sky Sports commentators Martin Tyler & Alan Smith commentating on League Matches with main ITV commentators Clive Tyldesley & Andy Townsend on the Cup Matches. 3 new voices have been added to FIFA 13: Sky Sports reporter Geoff Shreeves is touchline reporter Explaining the severity of an Injury, Alan McInally has Goals as They go in from the other matches in a role he performs on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports and Mike West reads out the classified results from the league or cup your team is in, he performs this role on BBC Final Score football results show.
Covers
The North American cover for the game features Lionel Messi, [14] whilst St James’ Park, Newcastle, has been Included as the background. Other location-based covers Will Be used, as in previous years, and feature Messi and other players from the respective region, except North America, Which only features Messi. [15] This is the first time FIFA Soccer 2003 SINCE the North American version That Had A single cover athlete.

EA Sports downloadable Also Offered a cover for FIFA 13 for Major League Soccer, featuring Chris Wondolowski of the San Jose Earthquakes, Fredy Montero of the Seattle Sounders FC, Tim Cahill of the New York Red Bulls, and Darren Mattocks of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Wondolowski, Montero, and Cahill Were Elected by vote on EA Sports’ website, the while Mattocks Was Included for being named Best Player Under 24 in MLS by MLS. EA Sports downloadable covers Also Offered for Each MLS team with a player from club That being featured. Were the teams and players.

The Wii and PlayStation Vita versions of FIFA 13 are recycled previous year titles Rather than brand new, ground-up Developments. Nintendo Gamer Media outlet Various pointed out comparison screenshots using FIFA 13 on Wii That is Actually the Wii version of FIFA 12 with some minor updates to club kits, listings and graphics textures, whilst menu designs and game mechanics are mostly identical. [16] IGN Also pointed out That Electronic Arts treated the PlayStation Vita version of FIFA 13 in a Similar manner, calling it a “cynically re-skinned” version of the console’s previous title FIFA Football (FIFA Soccer in North America, Which is Actually the title of FIFA 12 on the console). Whilst this version does include online Some of the new features found on the PlayStation 3 version, the menus, backgrounds, modes, and Most game mechanics are largely identical to the previous title. [17] IGN justifies That the Wii version as a recycled development SINCE the game was released in the console’s twilight period, [17] and additionally considering the game is Also available on the console’s Successor, the Wii U, Which is confirmed as a Completely new development. [18] Additionally, in an interview with Wired, EA’s COO Peter Moore says, “Year on year, the Wii has just dropped, and Clearly we do not make games for it anymore.” [19] howevera, IGN states there is no justification for the PlayStation Vita’s version in either Its development or the game’s price, as the console is still Itself in Its early years, and questioning EA’s official comment, “It is the great FIFA Same gameplay for the PS Vita.”

Electronic Arts this recycling Continued development trend in futures installments on These platforms, as well as any other platform Profitable They did not Deem enough, say releasing under a “Legacy Edition” label starting with FIFA 14.

reception
FIFA 13 Received Critical Acclaim. Gave IGN FIFA 13 a 9/10. [20] GamesRadar called FIFA 13 “a great Evolutionary step for EA’s footy juggernaut” soft criticised the collision engine as “Unnatural”, and the Newly Revamped Career Mode as “CRAM and artificial” and “archaic” – Awarding it 4 stars. [21] Gave GameSpot FIFA 13 a score of 8/10, Praising the new skill games, soft bemoaning the Lack of improvement over FIFA 12. [22] OXM Reported That the seven flaws of FIFA 12 Biggest Were, for the Most Part, fixed in FIFA 13. [23] PC Gamer awarded the Microsoft Windows version of the game a score of 86/100, stating That it is still an “Excellent football game,” soft “has been overburdened by features and is hungry for Some real innovation”. [24] The PSP version of the game praised Was Also, garnering a review favourabl Pocket Gamer, WHO describedat it as “worthwhile addition to the handheld’s already vast repertoire”, giving it an 8/10 score. [25] FIFA 13 Received a positive review from CNET on iOS, proclaiming it “not only the best soccer game, But the best sports game on an iOS device”, bestowing upon it 4.5 / 5 rating.

Were Reviews for other platforms more negative. Nintendo’s Wii version Received a negative review from IOM, WHO Stated That Was the game a “shamefully cynical ‘update’ That brings absolutely nothing new to the table”, giving the game a 30% rating. [27] Reviews for the PS Vita Were Equally cynical about the AMOUNT of EA hadd work put into the latest version of the series, with OPM calling the game an “Exact clone” of FIFA Football and stating That “there is not a single new feature in FIFA 13 “- Awarding the game 5/10. [28] The 3DS edition Received a poor review from GamingXP, with “clumsy controls” being an overriding Complaint. [29] IGN Gave the PlayStation Vita version a 4.0 / 10, stating, “There’s nothing inherently wrong with FIFA 13 on the Vita from a mechanical point of view. But something went wrong. EA has chosen not to get behind Sony’s latest handheld. The Potential of Certainly on a handheld FIFA has not been realised. ”
Sales and Revenue
FIFA 13 sold more than one million copies (1:23 million units in 48 hours) in the United Kingdom in Its first week of release (the fourth game to do so after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), [31] [32] and topped the charts on all formats UKIE week ending September 29, 2012. [33] 4.5 million copies Were sold Worldwide in five days, with 7.4 Millions units sold four weeks after Its release, Which Makes the game The Biggest videogame launch of 2012 and Biggest sports videogame launch of all-time according to EA. [34] [35] As of May 2013, FIFA 13 has sold 14.5 million copies.