15 of the best EA and FIFA moments over the years
After 29 years of sharing the digital dugout, EA and sporting body FIFA are set to part ways. The breakup will mark the end of the FIFA football series (this Scottish writer just cannot bring himself to say soccer) as we know it, with the developer set to roll out EA Sports FC after the next installment, FIFA 23, has run its course.
FIFA has been the pre-eminent football game for many sports and video game fans over the years and has given us so many memories, both good and bad. From the first FIFA's fixed isometric camera angle and its David Platt and Piotr Świerczewski cover stars, right through to FIFA 23 and all the modern-day gubbins it brings, here are 15 of our favorite (and not-so-favourite) FIFA memories before real-world football's governing body blows for full-time on its partnership with EA.
Game: FIFA International SoccerReleased: December 15, 1993
The first FIFA game was pretty revolutionary when it launched in late 1993. Looking at it now, it's hard to imagine this as the pinnacle of football video games, but critics and players alike fell for its detailed animations, 'realistic' crowd noise, and gamified replication of the sport as it appeared on TV. It was so popular that it became the highest-selling home video game (independent of arcade games which were still hugely popular at the time) that year. Offending players could dodge being carded by the referee simply by running away from them, so there was some realism missing there. Stop running and you'd eventually be cautioned, but it was great fun pegging it from officials until your thumbs got sore. Cue Benny Hill theme music.
Game: FIFA 96Released: September 30, 1995
While still leveraging a more traditional isometric view on the likes of the Sega
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