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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil News Post



Way back in October, EA confirmed they were developing 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Today they released an image with only the PS3 and 360 logos it.

From the looks of it, we aren't going to see a next-gen version of the game. We also don't know if it will be a FIFA 14 add-on or a stand alone title.

If we hear anything, we'll update this story.

UPDATE: It will be exclusive to 360 and PS3 and will arrive on April 15th as a stand-alone game.

As for PS4 and Xbox One users, the EA Sports FIFA team had this to say.




Experience all the Fun, Excitement, and Drama of Football’s Greatest Event. Multiple improvements and innovations to the award-winning gameplay of FIFA 14, plus 100 new animations, make EA SPORTS™ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ the most accessible, fun, and exciting EA SPORTS FIFA title on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Features
  • World Class Control – all-new control system which includes additional dribbles and flicks. New passing animations, including both ground and outside of the foot curling passes, will open the door to more attacking options.
  • Set Piece Tactics – Use the D-pad to command your teammates and strike fear from set pieces and corners.
  • New Penalty Kicks – New save animations and shot tuning puts players in control of their nation's fate. Keepers can throw off kick-takers by performing different animations including wobbly-knees, matador, and shoot-it-there points.
  • Over-the-Back Headers – Now defenders can leap over attacking players to clear the ball to safety.
  • adidas Ball Physics – We’ve partnered with the official football supplier of the FIFA World Cup to ensure the Brazuca and other adidas footballs behave as they would in the real world.
Game Modes
  • Road to the FIFA World Cup™ – The most immersive tournament mode in EA SPORTS FIFA history. Choose from any of the 203 National Teams sanctioned by FIFA and play with up to 32 players locally through the qualifying rounds, and proceed on to the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
  • Road to Rio de Janeiro™ – Compete online with any of the 203 National Teams and progress across a map of Brazil's 12 host cities. Win the final and hoist the FIFA World Cup Trophy at Estadio do Maracana in Rio.
  • Captain your Country – The popular FIFA game mode returns. Work your way through the squad list and lead your country through qualifying and to FIFA World Cup glory.
  • Story of Qualifying – Over 60 real scenarios taken directly from 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Relieve, recreate and/or change the outcome of some the best matches.
  • Additional Modes include 2014 FIFA World Cup, Kick Off, Skill Games, Online Friendlies, EA SPORTS Football Club
Presentation
  • Patriotic Presentation – Banners, flags and even see fans cheer from home with all new crowd rendering that brings the World Cup atmosphere alive.
  • EA SPORTS Talk Radio – Dynamic tournament updates from a number of ESPN talents, delivering over 50 hours’ worth of recorded audio that adapt to your own FIFA World Cup Experience
  • 203 nations, 7,469 players, 19 officially licensed managers, 21 stadiums, including all 12 authentic stadiums in Brazil, and over 15 hours of added in-game commentary.
Press Release

EA ANNOUNCES EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL TO
CELEBRATE FOOTBALL’S GREATEST EVENT


The Tournament’s Officially Licensed Videogame Hits Shelves on April 15 in North America and April 17 in Europe

Electronic Arts Inc. today announced EA SPORTS™ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, the only officially licensed videogame will let fans experience all the fun, excitement, and drama of football’s greatest event. Featuring the deepest set of game modes ever in an EA SPORTS tournament title, all new gameplay innovations and improvements, and a rich presentation that captures the color and vibrancy of Brazil, EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will put fans in control of their nation’s fate. The game hits stores beginning April 15 in North America for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system.

EA SPORTS 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil features multiple innovations and improvements to the award-winning gameplay of EA SPORTS FIFA 14, putting players in control of their nation’s fate. From the ability to accelerate, decelerate, and change direction quickly on and off the ball with Explosive Movement, to the new World Class Control feature that uses Response Dribbling and Pinpoint Passing, fans will feel the athleticism and skill of their national football heroes. And one hundred new animations, including passing, saves, and penalty kicks, help play on the pitch explode with the drama and unpredictably of the official tournament.

With 203 national teams, 7,469 players, 19 officially licensed managers, and 21 new stadiums including all 12 authentic stadiums from Brazil, the 2014 FIFA World Cup comes to life with more detail and authenticity than ever before. Feel the support of a nation with all-new crowd scenes including banners, flags, and seat cards in the stadium, and from Live City events in all corners of the globe. Score a goal with England and see fans react live from the center of London.

Now everyone has a chance to write football history. In Road to the FIFA World Cup™, the most immersive tournament mode from any EA SPORTS title, players can choose from 203 national teams and play with one to 32 players locally through the qualifying rounds, and on to the group stages of the FIFA World Cup. Along the way, fans can get tournament updates from EA SPORTS Talk Radio*, featuring Ian Darke and Andy Goldstein, or Roger Bennett and Michael Davies (Men in Blazers), with over 50 hours of recorded content to stay up to date on all the action. For those who want to celebrate the tournament online, Road to Rio de Janeiro™ is an all-new mode that lets players win their way across a map of Brazil’s 12 host cities in licensed and authentic stadiums.

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Member Comments
# 21 Panicshade @ 02/06/14 12:28 PM
This is a stupid move by EA but it could show they have already lost faith in their "Ignite Engine" that powers the next gen games. Their excuse of saying there are more PS3/360 owners so there wasn't a need to make a next gen version doesn't hold water because why did they feel the need to make next gen versions of FIFA/Madden/NBA Live (exclusive to next gen)/UFC (exclusive to next gen)? If they are so worried about which system has more owners then they wouldn't have made any of those games and especially wouldn't have made 2 of those next gen only.

Telling people who own the PS4/XB1 to just play FUT in FIFA 14 shows that it's just a cash grab in every sense.
 
# 22 dmankey1 @ 02/06/14 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Panicshade
This is a stupid move by EA but it could show they have already lost faith in their "Ignite Engine" that powers the next gen games. Their excuse of saying there are more PS3/360 owners so there wasn't a need to make a next gen version doesn't hold water because why did they feel the need to make next gen versions of FIFA/Madden/NBA Live (exclusive to next gen)/UFC (exclusive to next gen)? If they are so worried about which system has more owners then they wouldn't have made any of those games and especially wouldn't have made 2 of those next gen only.

Telling people who own the PS4/XB1 to just play FUT in FIFA 14 shows that it's just a cash grab in every sense.
Great point. No next-gen, no buy for me

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# 23 VTPack919 @ 02/06/14 12:35 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Panicshade
This is a stupid move by EA but it could show they have already lost faith in their "Ignite Engine" that powers the next gen games. Their excuse of saying there are more PS3/360 owners so there wasn't a need to make a next gen version doesn't hold water because why did they feel the need to make next gen versions of FIFA/Madden/NBA Live (exclusive to next gen)/UFC (exclusive to next gen)? If they are so worried about which system has more owners then they wouldn't have made any of those games and especially wouldn't have made 2 of those next gen only.

Telling people who own the PS4/XB1 to just play FUT in FIFA 14 shows that it's just a cash grab in every sense.

You are reading way too much into this....
 
# 24 dubcity @ 02/06/14 12:36 PM
This is going to rule.


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# 25 Panicshade @ 02/06/14 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by VTPack919
You are reading way too much into this....
I don't think so. The next-gen games didn't really set the world on fire with greatness. FIFA got the most praise of that bunch but Madden fell flat and NBA Live was a dumpster fire they are still trying to put out and fix. UFC is their last game of that initial bunch and if it doesn't perform well then they will need to seriously refocus on what they want to do for their next gen games. So far the only footage we have seen from UFC was a CGI trailer and screenshots and we all know how well that turned out for NBA Live.
 
# 26 Majingir @ 02/06/14 12:46 PM
What's the expected price of the game gonna be? And how will the release of this game impact the price of fifa14?

I'm gonna get a soccer game in a few months so I want to know if I should get this one, or hold off on getting fifa 14 until after this is released.
 
# 27 JazzMan @ 02/06/14 12:48 PM
This is pretty sad. A game like World Cup on Next-Gen would have been sick. Hell, I'm sure it would have been a system-seller for quite a few people if it was enough of an upgrade.

I can see where they're coming from, though. The new consoles just released internationally for the most part. And I wouldn't doubt that their biggest market is still the Current-Gen audience, but that didn't stop them with FIFA, Madden, NBA Live, and UFC.
 
# 28 The00Raven00Effect @ 02/06/14 01:01 PM
EA can seriously suck my balls. I got rid of my 360 FIFA in favor of the next gen just to get ****ed out of something I really wanted. Thanks EA for helping the "majority" of the people.
 
# 29 Yeats @ 02/06/14 01:13 PM
As a PC gamer, I cannot express the disappointment I feel at not being able to open my wallet and fork over the dough for EA's latest cash grab game that undoubtedly looks and plays exactly like FIFA 14.
 
# 30 orion523 @ 02/06/14 01:25 PM
In the end this all comes down to sales, and most likely in the past they've found that the majority of their World Cup games were sold in the host country( I do not have numbers to back that up), and with NG all but nonexistent in Brazil.........
For me, I'm disappointed, and I absolutely will not buy it even though I do still have a 360. Going backwards is not something I'm at all interested in, because no matter how much they improve it, it still will not be on the level of FIFA 14 NG. I guess time will tell if it was a good decision for them, it sure wasn't for us.
 
# 31 JogaAM7 @ 02/06/14 01:32 PM
This is massively disappointing since I bought a PS4 at day 1 and was looking forward to this. Good thing I still have my PS3, but paying $60 for a game on a system I haven't played in months seems like a big step backwards.
 
# 32 Stormyhog @ 02/06/14 01:40 PM
I hope EA realize that alot of people traded in their current gen consoles when going to next gen. I still have mine and still won't be buying it. There excuse is a poor one and doesn't make much sense. They released Fifa 14 on next gen even though current gen has a larger audience. Most people want to go forward not backwards. My thought is they'll say it's only current gen then after the sales dry up then they'll put it on next gen. It's like GTA V, Last Of Us, Gran turismo 6 as they are rumored to be coming to next gen possibly.
 
# 33 Panicshade @ 02/06/14 01:53 PM
"We are making the best game we can for our largest audience, which is still on 360 & PS3." That is their stock answer to anyone on Twitter now. Let's see if that logic holds up...

FIFA 14 - PS3/360 Version released so of course they wouldn't make one for next gen because the sales base isn't big enough (PS4/XB1 version released too)

Madden 25 - (see FIFA 14)

NBA Live 14 - They've clearly stated that they are more focused on the systems that have more users so they wouldn't possibly make a next gen version and ignore their PS3/360 customers (It's next gen only)

EA Sports UFC - (see NBA Live 14)

PGA Tour - Not much is known so far but they have only mentioned next gen in the one release they did put out so until then... (see NBA Live 14 & EA Sports UFC)
 
# 34 BL8001 @ 02/06/14 02:16 PM
EA said this less than 6 months ago;

During yesterday's investor call to discuss EA's second quarter of fiscal 2014 financial results, CEO Andrew Wilson noted that the publisher is working on a new FIFA World Cup expansion game. Additionally, CFO Blake Jorgensen brought up FIFA World Cup again when asked about next-gen games in development, indicating that the game will appear on Xbox One and PS4. It is unknown if the game will also be developed for current generation systems.

"In the last two weeks, you've also seen several announcements about our product slate for the remainder of this year and into FY15," Wilson said. "We are refining our focus on our biggest brands and great new IP in development, including The Sims 4, EA Sports UFC, FIFA World Cup and Dragon Age: Inquisition."
 
# 35 BenGerman @ 02/06/14 02:21 PM
Wow, this really sucks. I don't understand this kind of developing.
 
# 36 BigJT1083 @ 02/06/14 02:26 PM
First off, as an Xbox One owner I am extremely disappointed that this is only available for 360. FIFA World Cup 10 was easily my favorite FIFA for 360. I wanted so bad to be able to see a newer version with next-gen graphics and physics, and something that would offer a slight improvement to current problems on next-gen FIFA and be preview for what is to come in FIFA 15.

That being said, I can understand why they made the decision they did. 10 million next-gen users vs. 160 million current-gen? It makes a lot of sense to spend their time catering to the 160 million and making sure they have a great experience, and unfortunately that means the 10 million of us who have moved on get screwed. They charge $60 for both versions so why waste resources on the next-gen? They won't make any more money per person. And I'm sure of those 10 million on next-gen, a large amount still have curren-gen systems, so they would still be potential buyers. I still have my 360, so I can always go back and play NCAA 14 if I get the urge, but I'm still not sure I'd want to play FIFA again on current-gen after already moving on to Xbox One, unless it was a lot cheaper than the full $60.

The good news is that I've read they will be adding additional World Cup content to next-gen FIFA 14, so I'm curious to see what those additions would be?
 
# 37 Panicshade @ 02/06/14 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BigJT1083
The good news is that I've read they will be adding additional World Cup content to next-gen FIFA 14, so I'm curious to see what those additions would be?
It will be content in Ultimate Team mode only. So more than likely just special packs of cards and some tournaments. None of the improvements to the game or presentation (any updated kits, all of the World Cup stadiums, etc) will be in FIFA 14 NG. So unless you play a lot of FUT on next gen you get nothing out of this.
 
# 38 BL8001 @ 02/06/14 02:31 PM
Most likely it will be national teams in a FUT tourney where your restriction is you must have a full squad with 1 nationality only.

So potentially you could have the thrill of playing against CPU Spain with a Human controlled spanish squad wearing the Real Madrid away kit at Old Trafford using the brazuca if you have unlocked it.

Or in other words...an exact replica of the World Cup!
 
# 39 BigJT1083 @ 02/06/14 02:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Panicshade
It will be content in Ultimate Team mode only. So more than likely just special packs of cards and some tournaments. None of the improvements to the game or presentation (any updated kits, all of the World Cup stadiums, etc) will be in FIFA 14 NG. So unless you play a lot of FUT on next gen you get nothing out of this.
Oh wow, that's extremely underwhelming then. But pretty much spot on with what I'd expect from EA.

Does anyone else have a problem with the feature list? I find they always reuse features that already exist. For example, the set piece tactics. Those have been in FIFA since 11 or 12, can't remember which. Players have been jumping over one another to win headers already as well. Like when I am on defense and EA, by default, has Marcelo marking Benteke or a similar player on a corner, and because I can't change who marks who, Benteke just climbs over Marcelo's back and powers in a header. I could see maybe the add a new animation to this, but it can't be brand new? And ball physics, which they just added to FIFA 14 (apparently). Looks cool 10% of the time when I take a long shot and it swerves, but the other 90% of the time the ball doesn't have any spin on it until it hits the ground, post, another player, or the keeper. Is that going to be fixed now?
 
# 40 razorkaos @ 02/06/14 03:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by orion523
In the end this all comes down to sales, and most likely in the past they've found that the majority of their World Cup games were sold in the host country( I do not have numbers to back that up), and with NG all but nonexistent in Brazil.........
For me, I'm disappointed, and I absolutely will not buy it even though I do still have a 360. Going backwards is not something I'm at all interested in, because no matter how much they improve it, it still will not be on the level of FIFA 14 NG. I guess time will tell if it was a good decision for them, it sure wasn't for us.
Lots of people here bought NG systems (most of them bought XONEs or imported PS4s), and a lot of people on a BR forum where i often post are disappointed as well. I still think they decided to release it only for the old gen consoles cause the installed base is much bigger on the old gen consoles, and when i think about the shortage of NG systems on the stores, this move looks like a smart one (commercially), as they will just make the game as if it was a FIFA 14 patch on the old gen.

Well, i feel bad for those who bought a NG system, cause a lot of people would buy the game for their brand new consoles.
 


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