Neowin News Feed for: Football

Beats partners with EA SPORTS and Erling Haaland for exclusive benefits in EA SPORTS FC 24

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:24:01 +0000

Beats and EA SPORTS FC 24 have joined to provide a new offer for users featuring Erling Haaland. The partnership brings exclusive benefits for founders such as Founder Kits, XP objectives, and more. Read more...

EA Sports FC 24 first trailer released; Ultimate Edition features 31 cover stars

Omer Dursun — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:28:01 +0000

EA has announced the first trailer of EA Sports FC 24 and also Ultimate Edition's cover art. The cover features more than 30 superstar, including Pirlo and Ronaldinho. Here's the detail. Read more...

FIFA 23 hits EA Play, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass tomorrow

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:42:01 +0000

FIFA 23 is finally hitting EA's subscription service EA Play tomorrow. Thanks to the membership being included as a bonus on Game Pass, those subscribers are also gaining access as well. Read more...

Minecraft unveils new Soccer Celebration DLC

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:54:02 +0000

The new Marketplace DLC for Mojang's Minecraft comes right on time, with the premier international football tournament - the FIFA World Cup 2022 - ready to kick off in a couple days. Read more...

Konami's eFootball is the worst-rated game on Steam

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:58:01 +0000

Konami's eFootball, which is the free-to-play successor to Pro Evolution Soccer, was released yesterday, and it's already the worst-rated Steam game in history, according to Steam 250. Read more...

Lionel Messi's PSG package includes payment in crypto Fan Tokens

Sayan Sen — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:28:01 +0000

PSG has announced today that some part of the payment package for the club's newly signed Lionel Messi will consist of digital Fan Tokens ($PSG). These tokens give the owner some influence over clubs. Read more...

Microsoft and LaLiga expand partnership to transform the digital sports experience

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:42:01 +0000

The Spanish football association will not only be working with Microsoft to make the digital sports experience better, but also to develop tech solutions for the media and entertainment industry. Read more...

Amazon set to stream Premier League matches on Twitch

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:38:01 +0000

Amazon will be showing football matches, for free, on its Twitch game streaming platform. It hopes the chat feature will help viewers feel more connected as the English Premier League returns. Read more...

Football Manager 2020 to be released next month

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:48:01 +0000

The latest entry in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series will be released on November 19 on Steam, iOS and Android. The Stadia and Switch versions are slated to arrive later. Read more...

Four children emptied their parents' bank account playing FIFA 19

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:20:01 +0000

Spending money in FIFA 19 to buy player cards is a common practice. However, four kids took it a (giant) step too far, emptying their parents' bank account in the process of purchasing more cards. Read more...

Danish football club, Brøndby IF, deploy Panasonic facial recognition cameras at venue

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:52:02 +0000

The Danish Superliga team, Brøndby IF, has collaborated with Panasonic in order to deploy facial recognition cameras around its stadium in order to keep blacklisted people from attending matches. Read more...

Google adds match predictions to Premier League games following use in World Cup

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:10:01 +0000

Google appears to have begun rolling out its match win-draw-lose probability tools to all Premier League football matches. The upcoming 2018-19 season is due to kick-off on August 10th. Read more...

Amazon wins Premier League TV rights, will show 20 matches a season from 2019-2022

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:38:01 +0000

In a major move, Amazon has announced that as part of a 3-year deal, it will be streaming two full rounds of 20 matches per season of Premier League football, along with weekly highlights as well. Read more...

Google is making it easier to keep up with the World Cup this year

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:42:01 +0000

Google is bringing a raft of changes to some of its services to better cover the World Cup which kicks off next Thursday in Russia. The biggest changes are coming to Google Search and Google News. Read more...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 now available for Xbox One

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:10:01 +0000

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is now available for download on Xbox One. This is the latest entry in Konami's popular Pro Evolution Soccer franchise, and is set to be released on other platforms soon. Read more...

FIFA 18 revealed in new trailer, Nintendo Switch getting an inferior version

Usama Jawad — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:06:01 +0000

EA has officially announced FIFA 18 for consoles and the PC. However, it does note that the Nintendo Switch version won't be powered by the Frostbite engine, and will not feature a major game mode. Read more...

Facebook Messenger adds a new, addictive football game; handles your SMS messages on Android

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:34:01 +0000

Facebook has pushed out updates for its Messenger app, bringing not only a new soccer mini-game, but also the ability to handle SMS messages directly in the app. The latter is Android-only. Read more...

Twitter plans to light up the Eiffel Tower during Euro 2016

Paul Hill — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:08:01 +0000

Twitter has announced features for its platform for the Euro 2016 football (soccer) competition which begins on Friday. The firm says after each match it'll project team colours on the Eiffel Tower. Read more...

Aussie A-League looking to test out video referee technology

Boyd Chan — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:24:01 +0000

In a decision that will drag association football into the 21st century, FIFA and IFAB jointly announced a two year trial of video technology in a bid to help referees in live games. Read more...

Sports begin using virtual reality for training, learning, entertainment

Christopher White — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:44:01 +0000

Mainstream virtual reality is just on the horizon, but until then, it's beginning to be used as a tool in sports to help athletes train as well as learn from their mistakes during matches. Read more...

You can now customize the Moto X on Verizon with football leather

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:16:01 +0000

Just in time for football season, Verizon customers can purchase a new Moto X for only $119.99 with a 2-year contract and customize it with a genuine football leather back. Read more...

Cortana looks into her crystal ball again to predict winners of NFL games

Andy Weir — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:10:01 +0000

After a near-flawless record in predicting winners at the FIFA World Cup this summer, Cortana is now turning her attentions to the NFL, as the new football season gets under way tomorrow. Read more...

Microsoft Surface will be used in first NFL game tonight

Christopher White — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:59:35 +0000

The NFL kicks off the pre-season today with the Buffalo Bills facing off against the New York Giants. Microsoft Surface tablets will be used by both teams, but there's some restrictions on them. Read more...

Jihadists in Iraq are hijacking Twitter's World Cup hashtags to spread propaganda

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 05:13:13 +0000

Militants from the Jihadist group ISIS are hijacking several World Cup hashtags on Twitter to spread their message, including a call to Westerners to join their ranks. Read more...

London Underground stations to display World Cup scores on train departure boards

Andy Weir — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:04:02 +0000

Transport for London has teamed up with ESPNFC to bring World Cup news, results and score updates to train departure and information boards across the Underground network, beginning this Thursday. Read more...

Microsoft airing commercial with ALS-inflicted former NFL player as first national Super Bowl ad

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:35:06 +0000

Microsoft will air its first nationally televised Super Bowl commercial this Sunday, and the ad will feature Steve Gleason, an ALS-inflicted former NFL player who uses a Surface Pro to communicate. Read more...

Xbox One and Surface look to enhance the NFL experience

Christopher White — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:04:46 +0000

In a partnership with the NFL, Microsoft plans on bringing Surface technology to the sidelines of NFL games. They also have plans to increase interaction between the game and fans with Smartglass. Read more...

Apple's next big thing is... Football? (or Soccer)

Tyler Holman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:24:17 +0000

In a rather surprising turn of events, rumor has it that Apple may soon bid for the TV rights to EPL football, and is planning to accompany their next-gen Apple TV with exclusive programming. Read more...

Football Manager Live annouced, IGN previews

Todd Tanner — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:24:44 +0000

No, not American Football, European Football, aka footie, aka soccer etc. Yes, this is a MMOFS (Massively Multiplayer Online Football Simulator, I made that up myself! ) and IGN has a nice little preview of... Read more...

EA Announces Arena Football Game

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:33:29 +0000

With the firestorm of protest that resulted from games giant Electronic Arts' purchase of exclusive rights to the National Football League last December and NCAA Football in April, EA's exclusive signing of the Arena Football... Read more...

Midway Developing Mature-Rated Football Video Game

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:02:37 +0000

Midway Games Inc. plans to publish a "mature"-rated pro football video game with the kinds of violence and excess shunned by the National Football League, the company said on Thursday. The game, called "Blitz: Playmakers,"... Read more...

Xbox Brings the Football Season with a new EA Sports Game

Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:46:51 +0000

Xbox®, the video game system from Microsoft, today announced that on sale from the 21st October, will be the limited edition EA SPORTSTM FIFA Football 2005 Xbox Live Starter Kit which will include a full... Read more...

USA Charts: EA Sports' NCAA Football 2005 tops July ranking

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:54:02 +0000

Electronic Arts has maintained its position as the number one publisher in the USA in July, holding on to 26 per cent market share as NCAA Football 2005 sold over half a million units on... Read more...

'Madden,' 'ESPN' Football Score in Different Ways

Sun, 15 Aug 2004 03:02:11 +0000

Was absenteeism a little high on Tuesday among the guys at the office? EA Sports would like to think it was because "Madden NFL 2005" came out that day, and some fans of the football... Read more...

EA drops more Fantasy Football details

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:55:37 +0000

Game giant's DIY dream team service will have real-time coverage of stats, standings and injury reports, league news, cheat sheets, and more. At today's EA press event, EA gave the press its... Read more...

EA Ships NCAA Football for GameCube

Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:23:42 +0000

The college football season is underway as NCAA(R) Football 2005 hits store shelves today, from Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS). Last year, NCAA Football 2004 sold more than one million copies and was the second best-selling football... Read more...

ESPN NFL Football 2005 details

Sat, 01 May 2004 23:39:29 +0000

ESPN Videogames revealed today new details about their upcoming football title, ESPN NFL 2005. ESPN NFL 2005 will introduce several original features in Franchise Mode, the completely new Total Control Tackling system, and further builds... Read more...

Football Manager 2005 competition finalists revealed

Darren Bolton — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:14:28 +0000

Could your logo be gracing Sports Interactive's next footie sim? Sports Interactive have announced the 10 finalists in their competition to design the logo for their forthcoming Football Manager 2005 - the developer's... Read more...

EA announces NCAA Football 2005

Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:35:33 +0000

The next title in EA's college football franchise will feature Larry Fitzgerald on the cover and is scheduled for release in July. Electronic Arts has today announced that it will release NCAA... Read more...

The PC Demo of FIFA Football 2003 has arrived.

Marcel Klum — Sat, 05 Oct 2002 07:59:49 +0000

Get in training now and put yourself ahead of the competition. Download your exclusive FIFA Football 2003 demo. News source: EA Sports Download: FIFA Football... Read more...