Stefan L
You’d be forgiven for a feeling of déjà vu, looking at the top of the charts. Titanfall’s Xbox 360 release has catapulted it to a dominant position in the UK charts for the past three weeks now, while 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and FIFA 14 also held 2nd and 4th positions last week. In fact, the only difference in the top five is that Call of Duty: Ghosts has swapped places with LEGO The Hobbit.
Skimming down the list, we’ve got a familiar story, with no big new releases last week. Minecraft and South Park do well for themselves, while there’s the ever-present array of LEGO titles. Down in 15th place, inFamous Second Son is still duking it out with Metal Gear Solid V: Grouns Zeroes, and still holding a slender lead.
So a quiet week without a big new game leads to an unexciting week in the UK charts. Who’d have guessed?
Titanfall – Electronic Arts
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Ghosts – Activision Blizzard
FIFA 14 – Electronic Arts
LEGO The Hobbit – Warner Bros. Interactive
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – Microsoft
South Park: The Stick of Truth – Ubisoft
The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare – Electronic Arts
Battlefield 4 – Electronic Arts
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
Grand Theft Auto V – Take 2
Trials Fusion – Ubisoft
inFamous: Second Son – Sony Computer Ent.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Konami
Thief – Square Enix Europe
Dark Souls II – Bandai Namco Games
Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive Studios
Batman: Arkham Origins – Warner Bros. Interactive
2014年4月11日星期五
Elder Scrolls Online takes UK number one, as FIFA 14 scores again
The Elder Scrolls Online – a hit even without the console versions
Bethesda’s new MMO has proven a hit already on PC, as FIFA 14 returns as the best-selling multiformat game of the week.
Although it just missed out on the all formats number one the chart success of The Elder Scrolls Online is impressive given that it’s only on PC at the moment and the majority of those sales would’ve been digital downloads – which aren’t counted by Chart-Track.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will be out in June, but with no other major new releases last week it’s FIFA 14 which has snuck back up to the top of the all formats chart. EA’s game hasn’t been out of the all formats top six since it launched and has now enjoyed 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one.
That’s a feat equalled by only four other games in UK chart history: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Wii Fit, Zumba Fitness, and FIFA: Road To The World Cup 98.
Older title Call Of Duty: Ghosts also saw a boost in sales this week, of 35 per cent, likely due to the release of the new Devastation map pack.
The only other release of note last week was Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, with the Complete Edition on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita sneaking in at number 29 in the all formats chart, and the PlayStation 4 version appearing at number 34 in the individual formats top 40.
This week is considerably busier, with key Xbox One release Kinect Sports Rivals going up against the multiformat Lego The Hobbit. There’s also the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall and Football Manager Classic 14 on PS Vita.
UK individual formats chart – 5 April
1 (-) The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
2 (2) Titanfall (XO)
3 (1) inFamous: Second Son (PS4)
4 (5) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)
5 (7) FIFA 14 (PS4)
6 (8) Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (360)
7 (10)South Park: The Stick Of Truth (360)
8 (4) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
9 (13)FIFA 14 (360)
10(11) The Lego Movie Videogame (360)
UK all formats chart – 5 April
1 (4) FIFA 14 (PS2/Wii/360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC/PSP/3DS/PSV)
2 (-) The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
3 (3) Titanfall (XO/PC)
4 (8) Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC)
5 (2) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (360/PS3/XO/PS4)
6 (1) inFamous: Second Son (PS4)
7 (5) The Lego Movie Videogame (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/PSV)
8 (7) South Park: The Stick Of Truth (360/PS3/PC)
9 (9) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)
10(13)Battlefield 4 (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)
Bethesda’s new MMO has proven a hit already on PC, as FIFA 14 returns as the best-selling multiformat game of the week.
Although it just missed out on the all formats number one the chart success of The Elder Scrolls Online is impressive given that it’s only on PC at the moment and the majority of those sales would’ve been digital downloads – which aren’t counted by Chart-Track.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will be out in June, but with no other major new releases last week it’s FIFA 14 which has snuck back up to the top of the all formats chart. EA’s game hasn’t been out of the all formats top six since it launched and has now enjoyed 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one.
That’s a feat equalled by only four other games in UK chart history: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Wii Fit, Zumba Fitness, and FIFA: Road To The World Cup 98.
Older title Call Of Duty: Ghosts also saw a boost in sales this week, of 35 per cent, likely due to the release of the new Devastation map pack.
The only other release of note last week was Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, with the Complete Edition on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita sneaking in at number 29 in the all formats chart, and the PlayStation 4 version appearing at number 34 in the individual formats top 40.
This week is considerably busier, with key Xbox One release Kinect Sports Rivals going up against the multiformat Lego The Hobbit. There’s also the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall and Football Manager Classic 14 on PS Vita.
UK individual formats chart – 5 April
1 (-) The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
2 (2) Titanfall (XO)
3 (1) inFamous: Second Son (PS4)
4 (5) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)
5 (7) FIFA 14 (PS4)
6 (8) Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (360)
7 (10)South Park: The Stick Of Truth (360)
8 (4) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4)
9 (13)FIFA 14 (360)
10(11) The Lego Movie Videogame (360)
UK all formats chart – 5 April
1 (4) FIFA 14 (PS2/Wii/360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC/PSP/3DS/PSV)
2 (-) The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
3 (3) Titanfall (XO/PC)
4 (8) Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC)
5 (2) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (360/PS3/XO/PS4)
6 (1) inFamous: Second Son (PS4)
7 (5) The Lego Movie Videogame (360/PS3/Wii U/XO/PS4/PC/3DS/PSV)
8 (7) South Park: The Stick Of Truth (360/PS3/PC)
9 (9) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (360)
10(13)Battlefield 4 (360/PS3/XO/PS4/PC)
2014年2月19日星期三
FIFA 14 Ultimate Team with Pepe Reina as striker
By Alan Ng
What happens when you participate in a FIFA 14 Ultimate Team match online, with a full team of goalkeepers? We have the answer to that very question, with a hilarious video from a regular FIFA 14 YouTuber.
The YouTuber in question is W2S, who set himself a challenge of winning an Ultimate Team match with goalkeepers, after recent criticism from other users in his previous videos.
The brave lineup chosen included the likes of Rogerio Ceni, Manuel Neuer and even Pepe Reina as a striker. Obviously, this video is just for amusement purposes, but you’ll be surprised to hear that the team can still compete.
Liverpool FC keeper Pepe Reina, now on loan to Napoli FC even managed to score a great goal, but ultimately the challenge was failed with a 4-2 defeat.
What happens when you participate in a FIFA 14 Ultimate Team match online, with a full team of goalkeepers? We have the answer to that very question, with a hilarious video from a regular FIFA 14 YouTuber.
The YouTuber in question is W2S, who set himself a challenge of winning an Ultimate Team match with goalkeepers, after recent criticism from other users in his previous videos.
The brave lineup chosen included the likes of Rogerio Ceni, Manuel Neuer and even Pepe Reina as a striker. Obviously, this video is just for amusement purposes, but you’ll be surprised to hear that the team can still compete.
Liverpool FC keeper Pepe Reina, now on loan to Napoli FC even managed to score a great goal, but ultimately the challenge was failed with a 4-2 defeat.
2014年2月10日星期一
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Announced For PS3 and Xbox 360
With the footbal world cup taking place in a few months, EA has finally announced its usual World Cup football game, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The title will be released only on PS3 and Xbox 360, which means that it won't be available on next-gen consoles.
EA has also revealed many details regarding the title including the fact that it will feature 7,469 players and 203 National Teams. In addition, EA has also confirmed that the title will have 21 new stadiums, including the 12 stadiums from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will feature several innovations and gameplay improvements compared to EA's latest FIFA title, FIFA 14. These improvements include the ability to use the D-pad to command other members of your team, a more realistic ball physics system, new animations, and defenders can now leap over attacking players to clear the ball to safety. In addition, there will also be a new control system that will allow players to have a better control of their speed, as well as additional dribbles and flicks.
Several modes will be available in the title, including the 'Road to the FIFA World Cup', which will allow players to pick any of the 203 National Teams 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, and the 'Road to Rio de Janeiro' mode, where players will compete online with any of the 203 National Teams. Other modes include the classic 'Captain your Country' and 'Story of Qualifying', where players will be able to relive over 60 real scenarios taken directly from 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
According to EA, the reason that 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil isn't going to be released on next-gen consoles is due to the fact that they are aiming to produce their best game to their biggest audience, which are the players on PS3 and Xbox 360.
EA has also revealed many details regarding the title including the fact that it will feature 7,469 players and 203 National Teams. In addition, EA has also confirmed that the title will have 21 new stadiums, including the 12 stadiums from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will feature several innovations and gameplay improvements compared to EA's latest FIFA title, FIFA 14. These improvements include the ability to use the D-pad to command other members of your team, a more realistic ball physics system, new animations, and defenders can now leap over attacking players to clear the ball to safety. In addition, there will also be a new control system that will allow players to have a better control of their speed, as well as additional dribbles and flicks.
Several modes will be available in the title, including the 'Road to the FIFA World Cup', which will allow players to pick any of the 203 National Teams 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, and the 'Road to Rio de Janeiro' mode, where players will compete online with any of the 203 National Teams. Other modes include the classic 'Captain your Country' and 'Story of Qualifying', where players will be able to relive over 60 real scenarios taken directly from 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
According to EA, the reason that 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil isn't going to be released on next-gen consoles is due to the fact that they are aiming to produce their best game to their biggest audience, which are the players on PS3 and Xbox 360.
2014年1月22日星期三
Games Inbox: Aliens: Colonial Marines fan, Blacklist co-op, and FIFA 14 cheats
The evening Inbox deals with an overly sarcastic Neo-Geo game, as one reader asks for help importing Lighting Reutrns from the US.
Please note: we are currently accepting votes for the 2013 Readers’ Top 20 (you can see the 2012 chart here). To take part simply email us a list of your three favourite video games that were released last year, in the UK. Voting ends on Friday, January 31.
Realistic expectations
I picked up Aliens: Colonial Marines for £2.50 and I’m really enjoying it. I’m not really following the story so couldn’t say if it makes any sense but I haven’t found any of the issues that have been talked about, I think it catches the look and feel of the movies well. The multiplayer was a surprise too as I’v found it to be alot of fun, the tension of being a marine not knowing when or where the aliens are going to attack has been done well. It’s made me jump many a time.
It’s made me wonder if either the patch for it has corrected a lot of the bugs or whether my expectations for it were so low or the fact I paid so little for it are the reasons for me enjoying it, it’s nice to have a surprise though.
robbie.j
GC: There’s no patch that can fix what’s wrong with Colonial Marines. But lowered expectations and almost giving it away can certainly help to soften the blow.
Co-op interest
RE: Mondeohitman and Splinter Cell: Blacklist, you piqued my interest in this game when you said that the single-player gave you the same feeling you felt with the older games. I had read that the developers tried to give both an old school stealth option or a gung-ho action option to each mission.
As regards the multiplayer, does this game have local two player co-op like Spies Vs. Mercs in the old games GC? If so, I feel a purchase coming on.
Charco79 (PSN ID)
GC: The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions have split screen co-op for some modes, but not Spies Vs. Mercs.
Cheating themselves
RE: Funtimefitzy and Gatchaman. If I may wade into this debate: I would agree 100%, I have never been able to fathom the mindset of someone who will willingly cheat at an online game and have yet to find anyone that admits to such. What is the point of playing an online game for skill and cheating your way through it?
I have met a large number of cheaters online with FIFA, these particular idiots would freeze the game (no idea how) and wait for you to lose patience and quit or restart the game to start scoring goals… How anyone can be that desperate for a win is beyond me.
The mindset of such an individual will always confuse me, if you have no skill at the game then practice and get better, it proves nothing by cheating a score or a win. You see it all the time on the leaderboards of most multiplayers, with cheaters fixing the results which I just find bizarre.
If any cheater finds themselves banned from online or a particular game then I say good!
Foetus
Wrong end of the stick
Just heard about an update for Dead Rising 3 that’s a ridiculous 13GB in size. OK, so it apparently also includes downloadable content as well as a patch to fix a number of issues, and it rewrites a lot of code so it won’t actually take up an extra 13GB of hard drive space, but why are people being forced to download content they may not want to buy if they want the patch as well?
Have Capcom come up with a new way of tempting gamer’s to buy downloadable content? That is making it mandatory to download it by including it with a game update and then have it sitting there on your hard drive until you give in and buy it?
dyniner(PSN ID)
GC: The free patch was released yesterday and is entirely separate from the paid-for downloadable content, which was released today.
No need to be sarcastic
On the subject of weird things said in games, one I remember the most was an impossibly hard football game on the Neo-Geo, (literally impossible to score) the computer scored and it actually said ‘Oh my god’ in a really sarcastic voice.
I looked at my friend perplexed, (this was 21 years ago) and we thought how does it know it’s kicking our butts so badly? Could never get it to say it again no matter how much I lost.
Herbieone
Winter drought
I really don’t get all this talk of summer games droughts? Surely people have games they can go back to play? Since leaving Xbox for playStation 3 and 4 the amount of games I have amassed on just the PlayStation 3, what with PlayStation Plus stuff I wouldn’t have bought at retail like Remember Me and Metal Gear Rising: Reveangance. In fact I’ve started buying games I had on Xbox 360, for instance Darks Souls which I 1000g’d and Borderlands 2 which I also 1000g’d.
I’m playing Fallout 3 again, defiance, dead island GOTY edition as these can be picked up for peanuts, then there is far cry 3 to do again, dragons dogma, i got journey, thomas was alone, mass effect 1 for 3.99 and loads of other indie games. so i say what drought? there is always something to play.
zombiekicker (PSN ID)
GC: The fact there are alternatives doesn’t excuse the silly way publishers organise their release dates. Neverm ind summer, there haven’t been any major retail games released for two months now.
American import
This might be a bit of a long shot but are there any readers from North America that can help me import Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII? In particular I am after the limited edition version which is only available through the North American Square Enix shop/website. I will make it worth your while.
I am happy for GC to pass on my email address or contact me through my details below. Thanks in advance.
Eyetunes (PSN ID)/tomharvey86 (Twitter)
Unlucky for some
Well this is frustrating. After posting in the weekend Inbox a couple of fellow GCers kindly sent me a PSN friend request. I was able to accept the first one without a problem, but when I tried to accept the next request, a message came up claiming I’d reached my friend limit. The request then disappeared.
Bearing in mind I have 13 friends on my list and the limit is supposed to be 100, this is clearly codswallop. The same thing happened a few weeks back and I ended up deleting some of my friends to make space for new ones. Sounds terrible I know! Even when including all previous friend requests, my total number of requests would still be far from 100. I’ve also only ever used one PSN account on the same PlayStation 3, so there are no other devices that could be confusing matters.
Have any other readers experienced this problem and found a solution? One that preferably doesn’t involve the brutal tactic of friend deletion?! Perhaps I’m forever capped to a 13 friend limit.
Adzz1986 (PSN ID – no point adding me though!)
PS: Sorry to whoever’s request I wasn’t able to accept!
Inbox also-rans
RE: FF13ACE. BioShock Infinite is part of the instant game collection next month so hold onto that cash.
thewearehere (PSN ID)
Whoah! Bargain alert and a half! Dark Souls is only £3.74 on Xbox 360 marketplace. Guess I’m about to find out what Gill C and zombiekicker have been harking on about for ages…
Tron
Xbox Live bargain alert: The Bureau On Demand only £49.99. How do they expect to sell any at all?
Dr Gargunza
This week’s Hot Topic
2014 has barely started and yet already the outlook for Nintendo is not a good one, as they announced a yearly loss last week and terrible sales figures for the Wii U. This weekend’s Inbox asks the simple question: what would you do about it if you were in charge?
There’s been some seemingly contradictory headlines for Nintendo lately, as the 3DS became the best-selling console in the world in 2013 but still underperformed its targets. While the stock market valued Nintendo more than Sony and yet Nintendo’s latest results are amongst the worst in its history.
When considering your advice bear in mind Nintendo’s huge cash reserves and the fact that producing its own hardware is integral to not only the way it makes games but how it profits from them. On the other hand consider the comments about a ‘new business plan’, which may hint at new hardware or support for smart devices.
Please note: we are currently accepting votes for the 2013 Readers’ Top 20 (you can see the 2012 chart here). To take part simply email us a list of your three favourite video games that were released last year, in the UK. Voting ends on Friday, January 31.
Realistic expectations
I picked up Aliens: Colonial Marines for £2.50 and I’m really enjoying it. I’m not really following the story so couldn’t say if it makes any sense but I haven’t found any of the issues that have been talked about, I think it catches the look and feel of the movies well. The multiplayer was a surprise too as I’v found it to be alot of fun, the tension of being a marine not knowing when or where the aliens are going to attack has been done well. It’s made me jump many a time.
It’s made me wonder if either the patch for it has corrected a lot of the bugs or whether my expectations for it were so low or the fact I paid so little for it are the reasons for me enjoying it, it’s nice to have a surprise though.
robbie.j
GC: There’s no patch that can fix what’s wrong with Colonial Marines. But lowered expectations and almost giving it away can certainly help to soften the blow.
Co-op interest
RE: Mondeohitman and Splinter Cell: Blacklist, you piqued my interest in this game when you said that the single-player gave you the same feeling you felt with the older games. I had read that the developers tried to give both an old school stealth option or a gung-ho action option to each mission.
As regards the multiplayer, does this game have local two player co-op like Spies Vs. Mercs in the old games GC? If so, I feel a purchase coming on.
Charco79 (PSN ID)
GC: The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions have split screen co-op for some modes, but not Spies Vs. Mercs.
Cheating themselves
RE: Funtimefitzy and Gatchaman. If I may wade into this debate: I would agree 100%, I have never been able to fathom the mindset of someone who will willingly cheat at an online game and have yet to find anyone that admits to such. What is the point of playing an online game for skill and cheating your way through it?
I have met a large number of cheaters online with FIFA, these particular idiots would freeze the game (no idea how) and wait for you to lose patience and quit or restart the game to start scoring goals… How anyone can be that desperate for a win is beyond me.
The mindset of such an individual will always confuse me, if you have no skill at the game then practice and get better, it proves nothing by cheating a score or a win. You see it all the time on the leaderboards of most multiplayers, with cheaters fixing the results which I just find bizarre.
If any cheater finds themselves banned from online or a particular game then I say good!
Foetus
Wrong end of the stick
Just heard about an update for Dead Rising 3 that’s a ridiculous 13GB in size. OK, so it apparently also includes downloadable content as well as a patch to fix a number of issues, and it rewrites a lot of code so it won’t actually take up an extra 13GB of hard drive space, but why are people being forced to download content they may not want to buy if they want the patch as well?
Have Capcom come up with a new way of tempting gamer’s to buy downloadable content? That is making it mandatory to download it by including it with a game update and then have it sitting there on your hard drive until you give in and buy it?
dyniner(PSN ID)
GC: The free patch was released yesterday and is entirely separate from the paid-for downloadable content, which was released today.
No need to be sarcastic
On the subject of weird things said in games, one I remember the most was an impossibly hard football game on the Neo-Geo, (literally impossible to score) the computer scored and it actually said ‘Oh my god’ in a really sarcastic voice.
I looked at my friend perplexed, (this was 21 years ago) and we thought how does it know it’s kicking our butts so badly? Could never get it to say it again no matter how much I lost.
Herbieone
Winter drought
I really don’t get all this talk of summer games droughts? Surely people have games they can go back to play? Since leaving Xbox for playStation 3 and 4 the amount of games I have amassed on just the PlayStation 3, what with PlayStation Plus stuff I wouldn’t have bought at retail like Remember Me and Metal Gear Rising: Reveangance. In fact I’ve started buying games I had on Xbox 360, for instance Darks Souls which I 1000g’d and Borderlands 2 which I also 1000g’d.
I’m playing Fallout 3 again, defiance, dead island GOTY edition as these can be picked up for peanuts, then there is far cry 3 to do again, dragons dogma, i got journey, thomas was alone, mass effect 1 for 3.99 and loads of other indie games. so i say what drought? there is always something to play.
zombiekicker (PSN ID)
GC: The fact there are alternatives doesn’t excuse the silly way publishers organise their release dates. Neverm ind summer, there haven’t been any major retail games released for two months now.
American import
This might be a bit of a long shot but are there any readers from North America that can help me import Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII? In particular I am after the limited edition version which is only available through the North American Square Enix shop/website. I will make it worth your while.
I am happy for GC to pass on my email address or contact me through my details below. Thanks in advance.
Eyetunes (PSN ID)/tomharvey86 (Twitter)
Unlucky for some
Well this is frustrating. After posting in the weekend Inbox a couple of fellow GCers kindly sent me a PSN friend request. I was able to accept the first one without a problem, but when I tried to accept the next request, a message came up claiming I’d reached my friend limit. The request then disappeared.
Bearing in mind I have 13 friends on my list and the limit is supposed to be 100, this is clearly codswallop. The same thing happened a few weeks back and I ended up deleting some of my friends to make space for new ones. Sounds terrible I know! Even when including all previous friend requests, my total number of requests would still be far from 100. I’ve also only ever used one PSN account on the same PlayStation 3, so there are no other devices that could be confusing matters.
Have any other readers experienced this problem and found a solution? One that preferably doesn’t involve the brutal tactic of friend deletion?! Perhaps I’m forever capped to a 13 friend limit.
Adzz1986 (PSN ID – no point adding me though!)
PS: Sorry to whoever’s request I wasn’t able to accept!
Inbox also-rans
RE: FF13ACE. BioShock Infinite is part of the instant game collection next month so hold onto that cash.
thewearehere (PSN ID)
Whoah! Bargain alert and a half! Dark Souls is only £3.74 on Xbox 360 marketplace. Guess I’m about to find out what Gill C and zombiekicker have been harking on about for ages…
Tron
Xbox Live bargain alert: The Bureau On Demand only £49.99. How do they expect to sell any at all?
Dr Gargunza
This week’s Hot Topic
2014 has barely started and yet already the outlook for Nintendo is not a good one, as they announced a yearly loss last week and terrible sales figures for the Wii U. This weekend’s Inbox asks the simple question: what would you do about it if you were in charge?
There’s been some seemingly contradictory headlines for Nintendo lately, as the 3DS became the best-selling console in the world in 2013 but still underperformed its targets. While the stock market valued Nintendo more than Sony and yet Nintendo’s latest results are amongst the worst in its history.
When considering your advice bear in mind Nintendo’s huge cash reserves and the fact that producing its own hardware is integral to not only the way it makes games but how it profits from them. On the other hand consider the comments about a ‘new business plan’, which may hint at new hardware or support for smart devices.
2014年1月9日星期四
FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Web App update inbound
by Jonny Hercock
EA Sports have a fairly sizable update coming to the FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Web App soon. Here’s a list of (some of) what to expect from the update:
Added the ability to Re-List all previously unsold Items.
Added the ability to find all similar Items when searching the Transfer Market (ex. Find All Messi’s)
Applying Consumables is now a two-step process, but prevents Consumables from accidentally being applied.
Items are automatically added to the Transfer Targets section when attempting to Buy Now with Items in the Unassigned Pile
Changes to Squads are automatically saved when leaving the Active Squad screen. Users still have the option to save manually.
Chemistry Style icons now appear when comparing players on the Active Squad screen
Unique colours for the pack opening animation (Bronze, Silver, and Gold).
Changed the fonts app wide to match FUT Console
All this, and potentially more is expected ‘next week’, according to EA’s blog post, found here. Speaking from experience, some of these functions are much-needed improvements. Most have either been omitted from the web version of Ultimate Team, or will make user’s lives much easier. For example, both of these apply in the case of the ‘Re-List All’ function.
EA Sports have a fairly sizable update coming to the FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Web App soon. Here’s a list of (some of) what to expect from the update:
Added the ability to Re-List all previously unsold Items.
Added the ability to find all similar Items when searching the Transfer Market (ex. Find All Messi’s)
Applying Consumables is now a two-step process, but prevents Consumables from accidentally being applied.
Items are automatically added to the Transfer Targets section when attempting to Buy Now with Items in the Unassigned Pile
Changes to Squads are automatically saved when leaving the Active Squad screen. Users still have the option to save manually.
Chemistry Style icons now appear when comparing players on the Active Squad screen
Unique colours for the pack opening animation (Bronze, Silver, and Gold).
Changed the fonts app wide to match FUT Console
All this, and potentially more is expected ‘next week’, according to EA’s blog post, found here. Speaking from experience, some of these functions are much-needed improvements. Most have either been omitted from the web version of Ultimate Team, or will make user’s lives much easier. For example, both of these apply in the case of the ‘Re-List All’ function.
2013年12月18日星期三
FIFA 14 TIPS EVEN MORE FUTURE STARS!
Football journalist and FIFA fan Darren Cross reveals ten more potential-packed players to buy in Career Mode…
If you stopped by the Backpage last time when we looked at some great wonderkids to sign in Career Mode, then you’ll know I promised I’d be back with another ten this week.
Here they are.
Like the future stars we focused on then, these young players are all available on current and next-gen consoles using the latest squad download, and will improve quickly and significantly if you can give them plenty of football. The vast majority can be signed in the very first window at real bargain prices and will go on to be worth many millions of pounds more than you’ll need to pay – not that you’ll want to sell them in a hurry.
Let’s take a look…
ADAM CAMPBELL
ST * Newcastle * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 80+
Magpies wonderkid Campbell is the type of striker that every FIFA player should have at least one of in their squad; explosive over short distances, pacey in longer sprints and a good finisher inside the box. He’s cheap right at the start, too. You can bring him in for a little over £300k and for that you’ll get a player that has the potential to grow his Overall rating by as much as 20 over time, with significant improvement to the key attributes I just mentioned. I recently sold him in his mid twenties for £24 million.
LAZAR MARKOVIC
CF * Benfica * 19
STARTING OVR: 74
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
My scouts alerted me to Markovic eight years into a save game when the Benfica forward was 27, which was coincidentally how many millions I had to give his club in order to sign him. Even at that price he seemed like a bargain as he felt so good on the ball, thanks to a jaw-dropping Dribbling stat that was in the mid 90s. Markovic also had tons of pace, was a great finisher and could create chances with his excellent vision and range of passing.
At the start of a new save Lazar is temporarily unavailable as he only recently joined Benfica, so shortlist him at first then look to pick him up as soon as his club are willing to sell. By then you should expect to pay upwards of £4 million.
JESE RODRIGUE
LM * Real Madrid * 20
STARTING OVR: 76
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
Rodriguez starts with the highest Overall rating of all the players we’re looking at here, so buy him as quickly as possible before his price skyrockets along with his abilities.
At the beginning of the game you should be able to sign Jese for less than £10 million then stick him straight into your team in any of the wide or attacking positions, as he kicks off with loads of pace, good Dribbling and can do four-star skill moves. All of which is great, but the real headline for me is how lethal his finishing can become if you get him playing well and often. I bought the striker for my PSV team in a brilliant save game I had with them, and by the time he peaked at around 28 years old his Finishing was just a few points short of being perfect.
JORDAN OBITA
LM * Reading * 19
STARTING OVR: 65
POTENTIAL OVR: 76+
If you’re not managing the sort of club with a £10 million transfer budget and need to go shopping for a quality winger at a bargain price, take a look at Reading’s Jordan Obita.
You can sign him for less than £350k in the first window, which will get you a pacey left-footed winger with tons of potential. He became an England international in my game – when I was The Three Lions manager – because his Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Dribbling and Crossing made him ideal for getting past defenders and supplying the strikers. His Overall rating may not climb quite as high as some of the players here, but don’t let that put you off as he is a very good player to use.
WELLINGTON SILVA
LM * Real Murcia * 20
STARTING OVR: 67
POTENTIAL OVR: 84+
Silva is one of those players that I’m sure I’ll sign at some point in every new Career Mode game I start from here on in, because he’s just too good to miss out on.
The Arsenal winger, who is on-loan at Liga Adelante side Real Murcia and unavailable for transfer at the start of season one, begins with very high numbers for Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Agility and Balance. His Dribbling isn’t far behind and he can do five-star skill moves. By the time he got to 28 in one of my saves all of those attributes had jumped up very nicely and he was also a big threat from anywhere outside the box with his excellent long-range shooting. In short, he was phenomenal.
JORDAN GRAHAM
RM * Ipswich * 18
STARTING OVR: 58
POTENTIAL OVR: 78+
Ipswich star Graham is another brilliant young winger you can buy straight away at a bargain price who will get rapidly better if you give him plenty of first-team action.
In the first transfer window he’ll only cost you around £200k and will bring speed, good Dribbling and four-star skills to your team. In one of my games he’s 27 years old, a fantastic crosser and one of the best dribblers around.
ADNAN JANUZAJ
RM * Man. United * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 86+
Like Ross Barkley from last week’s Backpage, Januzaj is a player that I very nearly left off this list because he’s so well known in real-life that I imagine many FIFA players have bought or shortlisted him in-game by now, but in the end I decided to talk about him here just in case some of you are yet to do so, because he’s far too good to miss out on.
For starters you can buy him in your first season for close to £2 million, which is an incredible bargain considering his Overall has the potential to hit the mid to high 80s. At the time of writing he’s 26 in my current save and one of the best players in the world, with amazing numbers for key stats like Ball Control, Dribbling, Crossing, Long Pass, Short Pass and Long Shots. He’s not the fastest of wingers but he’s not slow either and, with such great technical abilities to go with that lethal left foot, explosive pace is not required.
NABIL BENTALEB
CM * Tottenham * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
Every so often I get it wrong in the transfer market and sell a player I shouldn’t have, which is exactly what I did with Nabil Bentaleb.
I had the midfielder in one of my squads and sold him for just a couple of million, as I wasn’t playing him very often and the extra cash came in handy for a couple of other moves. About four seasons later I paid £30 million to bring Bentaleb back and hoped no-one would mind. By then he’d become the perfect deep-lying playmaker I was looking for, with world-class Vision, Long Pass, Short Pass, Dribbling and Ball Control. Needless to say I now buy him much sooner – he’s available for about £400k in season one – and keep him in my team!
ARLIND AJETI
CB * FC Basel * 19
STARTING OVR: 66
POTENTIAL OVR: 76+
Centre-back Ajeti is a really solid defender who won’t break the bank at the start of the game. He costs just £550k initially and has good Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Jumping and Strength, all of which improve hugely over a number of seasons.
In one of my saves the 27-year-old is a dominant powerhouse who wins loads of headers and hardly ever gets out-muscled or out-paced when I play to this strengths.
BEN NUGENT
CB * Brentford * 19
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 80+
Nugent is a 6ft 2in physically strong centre-back who’s great in the air, a good ball winner and has huge potential. I had him in the same save game as Ajeti above, and at the same age Nugent’s Overall rating was up by almost 20 in total and looked like it would continue to climb for another season or two.
Unfortunately he’s not available at the start of a new game because he’s on loan at Brentford from Cardiff, so Nugent’s another one for the shortlist.
So that’s 60 future stars covered in detail here on the Backpage since FIFA 14’s release back at the end of September, but there are still plenty more out there so please continue to share your player tips with fellow FIFA fans by commenting below or tweeting me @darren_cross
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you back here next time, when we’ll be looking at how to counter high-pressure players.
If you stopped by the Backpage last time when we looked at some great wonderkids to sign in Career Mode, then you’ll know I promised I’d be back with another ten this week.
Here they are.
Like the future stars we focused on then, these young players are all available on current and next-gen consoles using the latest squad download, and will improve quickly and significantly if you can give them plenty of football. The vast majority can be signed in the very first window at real bargain prices and will go on to be worth many millions of pounds more than you’ll need to pay – not that you’ll want to sell them in a hurry.
Let’s take a look…
ADAM CAMPBELL
ST * Newcastle * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 80+
Magpies wonderkid Campbell is the type of striker that every FIFA player should have at least one of in their squad; explosive over short distances, pacey in longer sprints and a good finisher inside the box. He’s cheap right at the start, too. You can bring him in for a little over £300k and for that you’ll get a player that has the potential to grow his Overall rating by as much as 20 over time, with significant improvement to the key attributes I just mentioned. I recently sold him in his mid twenties for £24 million.
LAZAR MARKOVIC
CF * Benfica * 19
STARTING OVR: 74
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
My scouts alerted me to Markovic eight years into a save game when the Benfica forward was 27, which was coincidentally how many millions I had to give his club in order to sign him. Even at that price he seemed like a bargain as he felt so good on the ball, thanks to a jaw-dropping Dribbling stat that was in the mid 90s. Markovic also had tons of pace, was a great finisher and could create chances with his excellent vision and range of passing.
At the start of a new save Lazar is temporarily unavailable as he only recently joined Benfica, so shortlist him at first then look to pick him up as soon as his club are willing to sell. By then you should expect to pay upwards of £4 million.
JESE RODRIGUE
LM * Real Madrid * 20
STARTING OVR: 76
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
Rodriguez starts with the highest Overall rating of all the players we’re looking at here, so buy him as quickly as possible before his price skyrockets along with his abilities.
At the beginning of the game you should be able to sign Jese for less than £10 million then stick him straight into your team in any of the wide or attacking positions, as he kicks off with loads of pace, good Dribbling and can do four-star skill moves. All of which is great, but the real headline for me is how lethal his finishing can become if you get him playing well and often. I bought the striker for my PSV team in a brilliant save game I had with them, and by the time he peaked at around 28 years old his Finishing was just a few points short of being perfect.
JORDAN OBITA
LM * Reading * 19
STARTING OVR: 65
POTENTIAL OVR: 76+
If you’re not managing the sort of club with a £10 million transfer budget and need to go shopping for a quality winger at a bargain price, take a look at Reading’s Jordan Obita.
You can sign him for less than £350k in the first window, which will get you a pacey left-footed winger with tons of potential. He became an England international in my game – when I was The Three Lions manager – because his Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Dribbling and Crossing made him ideal for getting past defenders and supplying the strikers. His Overall rating may not climb quite as high as some of the players here, but don’t let that put you off as he is a very good player to use.
WELLINGTON SILVA
LM * Real Murcia * 20
STARTING OVR: 67
POTENTIAL OVR: 84+
Silva is one of those players that I’m sure I’ll sign at some point in every new Career Mode game I start from here on in, because he’s just too good to miss out on.
The Arsenal winger, who is on-loan at Liga Adelante side Real Murcia and unavailable for transfer at the start of season one, begins with very high numbers for Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Agility and Balance. His Dribbling isn’t far behind and he can do five-star skill moves. By the time he got to 28 in one of my saves all of those attributes had jumped up very nicely and he was also a big threat from anywhere outside the box with his excellent long-range shooting. In short, he was phenomenal.
JORDAN GRAHAM
RM * Ipswich * 18
STARTING OVR: 58
POTENTIAL OVR: 78+
Ipswich star Graham is another brilliant young winger you can buy straight away at a bargain price who will get rapidly better if you give him plenty of first-team action.
In the first transfer window he’ll only cost you around £200k and will bring speed, good Dribbling and four-star skills to your team. In one of my games he’s 27 years old, a fantastic crosser and one of the best dribblers around.
ADNAN JANUZAJ
RM * Man. United * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 86+
Like Ross Barkley from last week’s Backpage, Januzaj is a player that I very nearly left off this list because he’s so well known in real-life that I imagine many FIFA players have bought or shortlisted him in-game by now, but in the end I decided to talk about him here just in case some of you are yet to do so, because he’s far too good to miss out on.
For starters you can buy him in your first season for close to £2 million, which is an incredible bargain considering his Overall has the potential to hit the mid to high 80s. At the time of writing he’s 26 in my current save and one of the best players in the world, with amazing numbers for key stats like Ball Control, Dribbling, Crossing, Long Pass, Short Pass and Long Shots. He’s not the fastest of wingers but he’s not slow either and, with such great technical abilities to go with that lethal left foot, explosive pace is not required.
NABIL BENTALEB
CM * Tottenham * 18
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 85+
Every so often I get it wrong in the transfer market and sell a player I shouldn’t have, which is exactly what I did with Nabil Bentaleb.
I had the midfielder in one of my squads and sold him for just a couple of million, as I wasn’t playing him very often and the extra cash came in handy for a couple of other moves. About four seasons later I paid £30 million to bring Bentaleb back and hoped no-one would mind. By then he’d become the perfect deep-lying playmaker I was looking for, with world-class Vision, Long Pass, Short Pass, Dribbling and Ball Control. Needless to say I now buy him much sooner – he’s available for about £400k in season one – and keep him in my team!
ARLIND AJETI
CB * FC Basel * 19
STARTING OVR: 66
POTENTIAL OVR: 76+
Centre-back Ajeti is a really solid defender who won’t break the bank at the start of the game. He costs just £550k initially and has good Acceleration, Sprint Speed, Jumping and Strength, all of which improve hugely over a number of seasons.
In one of my saves the 27-year-old is a dominant powerhouse who wins loads of headers and hardly ever gets out-muscled or out-paced when I play to this strengths.
BEN NUGENT
CB * Brentford * 19
STARTING OVR: 61
POTENTIAL OVR: 80+
Nugent is a 6ft 2in physically strong centre-back who’s great in the air, a good ball winner and has huge potential. I had him in the same save game as Ajeti above, and at the same age Nugent’s Overall rating was up by almost 20 in total and looked like it would continue to climb for another season or two.
Unfortunately he’s not available at the start of a new game because he’s on loan at Brentford from Cardiff, so Nugent’s another one for the shortlist.
So that’s 60 future stars covered in detail here on the Backpage since FIFA 14’s release back at the end of September, but there are still plenty more out there so please continue to share your player tips with fellow FIFA fans by commenting below or tweeting me @darren_cross
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you back here next time, when we’ll be looking at how to counter high-pressure players.
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