EA SPORTS FIFA 13 Poised For Historic Opening

Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that EA SPORTS™ FIFA 13 is available in retail stores now around the world, and as a digital download through Origin™.

Anticipation for FIFA 13 points to a historic opening expected to be the biggest sports videogame launch ever. More than 1.3million* games (and counting) have been pre-ordered worldwide, while over 4.6million** fans—the most ever for an EA SPORTS game—in 123 countries have played the demo for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, and PC. This represents a 42 percent increase year-over-year in demo users worldwide.

Social media indicators are revealing massive interest and momentum in the game. The EA SPORTS football community on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifa has surpassed 10 million Likes, and according to Brandwatch, FIFA 13 was mentioned every 1.3 seconds^^ on Twitter, YouTube and other social media platforms in the three days after the demo launched.

FIFA 13 is already a critical success with 32 review scores of 90 out of 100 or higher. UK magazine GamesMaster (91/100) called it “football perfection”, while Official Playstation Magazine (90/100) described it as “the best football game money can buy” and Official Xbox Magazine (90/100) states it “still looks like a title winner”.

FIFA 13 will once again give players all over the world the opportunity to compete to become a true FIFA World Champion by competing in the FIFA Interactive World Cup, one of the in-game modes. The tournament broke its own competitor record last year with more than 1.3 million registered players all over the world.

FIFA 13 will be available for the PlayStation 3 with PlayStation Move support, Xbox 360 with Kinect™, PlayStation® Vita handheld entertainment system, Nintendo Wii™ console, PC, PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo 3DS™, and PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system and November 18 on Nintendo Wii U™ system. The game is available on the App Store for iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch®. FIFA 13 is rated Pegi 3+.

Join more 10 million fans in the EA SPORTS football community at http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifaor follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/easportsfifa. The FIFA 13 website is http://www.jointheclub13.com/uk/en

 

* according to internal sales data as of September 25, 2012 in NA, and Sept. 22 in EU

**Between Sept. 11-25, according to internal data

^^ According to Brandwatch between Sept. 10-12, 2012