Anticipation Peaks With Nearly 3.5 Million Demo Downloads In First Week
And Record 800,000 (And Counting) Games Pre-Sold GloballyDedicated U.S. Advertising features Steve Nash, Tim Lincecum, Hope Solo, and Landon Donovan
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – September 27, 2011 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 12—the number one selling sports videogame franchise on the planet*—is in retail stores now throughout North America, and will be available in the rest of the world beginning Sept. 30. Launching on 12 different platforms—including Mac for the first time ever—anticipation for FIFA Soccer 12 has reached record levels. Fans have already pre-ordered 800,000** copies of FIFA Soccer 12—an EA SPORTS all-time high and a 108% increase year over year—while the FIFA Soccer 12 demo for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, received a record 3.49 million downloads*** through the first seven days of release—the most ever for an EA SPORTS game***.
FIFA Soccer 12 is launching to global critical acclaim. It is currently the highest rated sports videogame ever^ on PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 with an average review score of 92 on the PlayStation3, and 91 on Xbox 360. In addition, FIFA Soccer 12 was chosen “Best Console Game” at gamescom 2011, winner of the prestigious E3 Game Critics award for “Best Sports Game” at E3 2011, and 23 other awards to date.
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Standard form: ¥6,800
Limited version (Zelda 25th Anniversary Pack): ¥8,800
Like North America and Europe, the Zelda 25th Anniversary Pack will include an Orchestra Special CD and Wii Remote Plus. The pack will be available this year only. In 2012, Nintendo will switch all product to the standard form.
Japanese gamers can pre-order the title starting tomorrow.
Dragon Quest X is an online title, but that doesn’t mean all future entries in the series will follow the same path. During a press conference in Tokyo earlier today, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada commented on what fans can expect in terms of online play. Wada said, “We’re not making them all online. We’ll continue with a variety of developments, online included.”
About a week ago, leaked footage of an incredibly promising game based on The Avengers was discovered on YouTube. THQ Brisbane closed shop in August, leading to the cancellation of the project.
The game was definitely in development for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC… but it appears that THQ was planning on releasing a Wii U version as well. The LinkedIn profile of ex-THQ Brisbane employee Drew Mayo indicates that he was working on an unannounced title for all four platforms. The Avengers game was never revealed, as we probably wouldn’t have known about it had the footage not been leaked.
So, that “unannounced” project was most likely the game based on The Avengers. And it probably would have been released for Wii U.
