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EA holds on to FIFA license (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Apr 27, 2006

Electronic Arts has extended its exclusive licensing deal with soccer's governing body FIFA up to the year 2014, which means we have at least another eight versions of its FIFA soccer sim to look forward to. The licensing deal allows EA to include players' names and likenesses, official team logos and kits for all console, PC, mobile and web-based games. This is a major success for EA, as its FIFA-branded soccer sim series has been a huge seller ever since the first one was released back in ...

EA holds on to FIFA licence (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Apr 27, 2006

Thursday 27 April 2006 Electronic Arts has extended its exclusive licensing deal with football's governing body, FIFA, up to the year 2014, which means we have at least another eight versions of its FIFA football sim to look forward to. The licensing deal allows EA to include players' names and likenesses, official team logos and kits for all console, PC, mobile and web-based games. This is a major success for EA, as its FIFA branded football sim series has been a huge seller ever since the ...

Online FIFA World Cup 'free' in May (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Apr 26, 2006

Wednesday 26 April 2006 Microsoft and EA are allowing gamers to play 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany on Xbox Live for free for a short time in May. To build footie fever among gamers before the FIFA World Cup starts, 360 owners with the free Live Silver membership will be upgraded to subscription-only Gold membership for one week from 8-15 May, allowing them to play just the EA football game. This upgrade will happen automatically once users go online. EA is calling this event its Free-for-All ...

Foot soldiers (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Apr 18, 2006

With its US release just a week away, 2006 FIFA World Cup seems to have a lot to make up for. Soccer fans were less than pleased with last year's FIFA 06 and EA's really trying to convince us that this title is more related to the better-received 2002 World ...

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany limbers up (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Mar 20, 2006

As men around the globe begin counting down the days until the referee's first sweet peep of the whistle kicks off the start of the FIFA World Cup in Germany, EA, in time-honoured tradition, readies itself for the run out of its official game of the greatest sporting event known to man with this sweet selection of screens. Due for release in April (the FIFA World Cup begins 9 June), 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany will undoubtedly be another exercise in how to successfully exploit an official ...

50 Cent: Bulletproof Game Called out by Hip-Hop Artist, Former Child Soldier (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Mar 27, 2008

A Sudanese hip-hop musician who escaped a life as a child soldier takes rapper 50 Cent to task over his video games in an upcoming album in a song titled "50 Cent".

50 Cent: Bulletproof gets sequel (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Mar 25, 2008

50 Cent is set to star in his second videogame, it has emerged via US mag Electronic Gaming Monthly. The millions of people that bought Bulletproof have given Vivendi/Activision Blizzard reason enough to churn out the rapper's second title which, as a cover scan reveals, is set to appear in the next issue of EGM. Simply known as 50 Cent II at the moment, no gameplay details have been revealed, but we're willing to bet that it won't be a pet ...

50 Cent snubs rating system (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Nov 23, 2005

50 Cent believes parents should buy their children his new gun-happy game Bulletproof, regardless of the child's age. 50 Cent Bulletproof has been rated 'Mature' in the US (17+) and 18 in the UK for its graphic violence, bad language and sexual themes. The rapper told Reuters that he believes parents should sit down and play Bulletproof with their children, explaining what was happening as they did so. Such a conversation would probably go like this: "Now I'm shooting this man in the ...

50 Cent Bulletproof soundtrack revealed (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Nov 4, 2005

The soundtrack to the game 50 Cent Bulletproof will feature 13 never before released tracks by the multi-million selling rap star. Also on the soundtrack will be hits from 50 Cent albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre, contributions from G-Unit members Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Young Buck, as well as 90 minutes of original music score by Emmy Award winning producer Sha Money XL. This takes the total number of track in the game to over 150. The full list of exclusive tracks can be ...

50 Cent: A hail of footage and facts (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Mar 2, 2005

Following on from last week's that hip-hopper 50 Cent was set to appear in his own game, we now have the very first footage of the OG in action. Under the title 50 Cent Bulletproof, this gritty game will follow the shot-up superstar as he fights crime in the New York underworld with help from his chum Dr Dre and his pals from G-Unit. And while the man christened Curtis Jackson has claimed that he turned down the chance to appear in San Andreas, the designers of his game have obviously been ...

50 Cent: In da game (50 Cent Bulletproof)

Feb 22, 2005

Interweb whispers currently suggest that work is underway on a PS2 and Xbox game starring 50 Cent (or around 26p at today's exchange rate). It's not clear at present who's publishing or even developing the game, although we have heard that the never-knowingly-unshot Cent is writing an original soundtrack for the title. As for the gameplay, it's said to be extremely adult in tone, with no shortage of violence and, as you'd imagine, lots of guns. In addition to Curtis himself, there is also ...

.hack//G.U. moves The World (.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth)

Jun 12, 2006

Namco Bandai has released a new trailer for .hack//G.U. This multi-part PlayStation 2 RPG saga - sequel to the original which was released over the course of 2003-2004 - brings players back into a simulated online world where a mysterious affliction is turning other players into real-life coma ...

Pre-E3 06: .hack//G.U. (.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth)

May 9, 2006

A computer virus infects a massively multiplayer online game - and people start collapsing in the real world. When your online game is so addictive that gamers can't stop playing - and you start paying the price in comatose players - it's conspiracy time. The real-world cover-up begins to blend together with the mystery inside the game. Soon, players are banding together to get to the bottom of it all, and discovering that a psychotic programmer may be to blame. That's the story of the original ...

A glimpse of .hack//G.U. (.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth)

Apr 14, 2006

People are falling into comas - just from playing an online game. The worst thing is that it's happened before. If you played the last .hack game, spread over four volumes, you'd already solved that problem. But The World, the fictional online game where the .hack saga takes place, is a strange thing. Even though it has been rebuilt from scratch, the problems just won't ...

.hack//G.U. Vol 2: REMINISCE announced (.hack//G.U. vol. 2: Reminisce)

Jan 31, 2007

Namco Bandai has released a new batch of images from .hack//G.U. Vol 2: REMINISCE, the latest in its continuing RPG saga of teens who literally can't bear to disconnect from the world of their favorite online game. Which has, naturally, gone mad bones nutzoid. If you're looking at the title and thinking that the second game in a new series might be a little early to begin reminiscing, we understand. But this is actually the sixthgame in the .hack universe overall because there were four games ...