BeefJack writes: "For those of you that purchased the FIFA 09 Ultimate Team DLC, you may have found that the game 'challenged' the EA servers and led to a disruption to gameplay.
BeefJack writes: "The world's best 32 virtual football players lined up at Port Olympic, Barcelona, Spain in an attempt to be crowned the FIFA Interactive World Champion 2009.
With the release of FIFA 09 DLC just three weeks away, a tasty nugget of information has been found.
Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.
This patch updates FIFA Manager 09 to the latest version and it includes all fixes from previous patches. Saved games from previous versions will continue to work.
GI.biz writes: "Electronic Arts has released FIFA 09 statistics, revealing that around 1.25 million games are played online every day.
Modders created a Next Generation Graphics Patch for EA's FIFA 09, which is improved with a better visualization of the matches.
Ve3tro writes, "Here are the top 20 games in the UK right now based on sales. The top four spots seem to be just rearranging themselves from last week's, with EA's FIFA 09 now in the top spot.
EA's FIFA 09 has become UK's all-format Christmas number one following an eleventh-hour sales surge at the retailers. The highly successful sports title, which has hovered around the top half of the charts since its October release, snatched the accolade from the bookies' odds-on favorite Call Of Duty: World At War.
FIFA 09 has received its second patch, which will not harm old save files. Along with various gameplay bugs, the tweaks include:
ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) today announced the list of videogames vying for the number one spot this Christmas. And leading bookmaker Ladbrokes makes Call of Duty: World at War its 1/3 favourite for the festive accolade...
dailygamesnews.com - EA Sports announced today that all 14 international commentary packs in Fifa 09 will be available to download free on both the PlayStation Network for PS3 and on Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360. For the first time, fans worldwide can now download and experience all language commentary packs featuring different commentators from all over the world while playing Fifa 09.
Evolution's Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has gone straight to the top of the multiformat charts in its first week of release, leapfrogging EA's FIFA 2009.
dailygamesnews.com - EA can certainly be proud of its latest Fifa game with the '09 edition selling around 1.2 million copies in its first week across Europe along with taking the highest sales out of the series and now with the latest UK charts published, can smile smugly at its top spot:
Gamerdeals.net writes:
Fastest selling FIFA of all time.
dailygamesnews.com - Fifa 09 has had a successful first week of sales outselling last year's game by 37.5%, setting new records on Xbox 360 and PS2. This comes just two weeks after Star Wars: The Force Unleashed broke all Star Wars games sales records.
PS3 and X360 fifa sales were neck and neck in last week's UK charts. The wii version howver flopped in sales.
Aeropause writer Joe Haygood takes a look at the best games that the PC has to offer in the month of October. Some of the stand outs include Dead Space, Fallout 3, and Far Cry 2 to name a few.
That Aussie Game Site recaps another important week of game news. Featuring their theories on Bungie's "Keep It Clean" trailer, the revelation of a familiar looking nemesis in Gears of War 2 and they discuss the disappointing mix-up that left no one playing the the much anticipated Mirror's Edge demo.