The Orange Box debuts at 3, Phantom Hourglass at 4

Sega's Football Manager 2008 has entered the UK's all-formats chart at number one this week, knocking EA's FIFA 08 off the top spot.

Accounting for 38 per cent of all PC titles sold in the past week, Sports Interactive's management sim is Sega's first multiformat number one title since last year's version of the popular football franchise.

1. Football Manager 2008 (PC)
2. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
3. The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PC)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
5. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
6. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)
7. Ratatouille (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC)
9. Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
10. Crash of the Titans (Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
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IGN is offering 40 readers the chance to become a record breaker by taking part in the biggest game of FIFA 08 in the world¿ Ever! Yep, you could become a FIFA world beater by joining team IGN and showing your skills as part of EA's London Games Festival event planned for next week.

Participants will be invited to play on stage at the event taking place at Leicester Square, competing against a host of other competitors from across the country, as well as some of the biggest names in Premier League football.
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Four editions of the latest football title bulk out the top six

It's been a good sales week for Electronic Arts in Germany, as the company notched up half of the top ten best-selling titles in the country, according to the latest charts from Media-Control GfK International.

1. FIFA 08 (PS2)
2. FIFA 08 (PC)
3. Halo 3 (X360)
4. The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (PC)
5. FIFA 08 (PS3)
6. FIFA 08 (X360)
7. Halo 3: Limited Edition (X360)
8. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC)
9. The Sims 2: Bon Voyage! (PC)
10. Dr Kawashima: More Brain Training (DS)
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Issue 8 of the free DSP/PSP magazine, HGZine, has a head-to-head preview of PES 2008 and FIFA 08 on the handheld systems.
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Today EA announced the sound track for FIFA '08, which includes songs from over 25 different countries with over 50 songs on the sound track. Some of those songs are from artiest such as Apartment, Cheb i Sebbah, !!!, Art Brut. Check the article out for the complete list.
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EA Sports have released factsheets for each version of their forthcoming soccer title FIFA 08. Rather than filter out the best bits, here they are in full for each format.
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In terms of visuals, the difference from last year's version isn't huge but there is improvement in terms of the footballers themselves. Of course, FIFA 08 isn't going to blow you away with uncanny likenesses, but the players seem a little softer on the eye. The pitch isn't quite the toxic luminous green it was in FIFA 07, either.

Indeed, as is typical of an EA FIFA game, the game's presentation is generally strong, with animated logos and stat screens swooping in and out of the action between goals, giving a feeling of all-round polish.
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Due this autumn, the latest version of the FIFA franchise promises all sorts of tweaks, with an emphasis on control.

On PSP, new manual controls give you responsibility for through-passes and crosses, as well as the goalkeeper during one-on-one situations against a striker.

For DS, the level of control is given a more dynamic twist, with use of the stylus made for free kicks (you can run up and strike the ball, curling the shot around the wall and into the goal), penalty kicks (a new Penalty Shoot-Out mode is also included) and saves, as well as defensive duties such as controlling the goalie and commanding the wall.
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Every year, FIFA starts boasting about the new tricks up its sleeve. But how many of them actually stick around for the next installment? GamesRadar takes a look back at some 15 years of FIFA and the amazing new features it's introduced. And then forgotten about. FIFA International Soccer The original FIFA introduced stunning graphics to the genre. We remember one journalist at the time saying "it looks like Match of the Day." Well... we must all have been more easily impressed back then. But ...
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Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho will be the face that launches a few hundred thousand FIFA 08 units come autumn for Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, mobile and for the first time PS3 and Wii. No platform is safe... "We're proud to call some of the world's best football athletes our partners. The access, guidance and insight they give us means that FIFA 08 will create a next gen experience that not only looks authentic, but that captures the emotion, finesse and beauty of the ...
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