Not even Jamie Vardy’s racist ranting could impede Leicester City’s rise to becoming the champions of everyone’s hearts on their journey to winning a Premier League title that was almost more science fiction than fairytale.
The club’s explosion in popularity this season is perhaps most quantifiable in FIFA 16 and EA Sports has put together an infographic to illustrate the dramatic rise of the club and their two standout players.
Manchester United have been so miserable this season that even their loanees are “forgetting” to watch their matches.
Little is going Iker Casillas’ way these days — from Spain’s 2014 World Cup embarrassment to his Real Madrid exit to his current form at Porto — and that has now extended to the virtual world of FIFA 16.
Casillas was so disturbed by a screenshot from the video game that had him announcing his retirement in 2018 at the age of 36 that he shared it on Instagram and told EA Sports “too soon” and “not yet” with a bunch of thumbs down emojis to really drive his point home. It is not entirely clear that he knows this is an entirely fictional video game future and not evidence of EA Sports teaming with Jose Mourinho to force him into retirement against his will.
Anyway, that rumbling you hear is David De Gea’s groan upon seeing this Instagram post and realizing that he will never start for Spain in a major tournament.
FIFA 16 will include nine new stadiums, but the one that stands out from the group is Portsmouth’s Fratton Park. With just 50 licensed stadiums in the game, the ground for a League Two side might seem a curious inclusion when only six Bundesliga stadiums and four La Liga grounds will be in the game, but it’s there for a very special reason.
#VoteHenderson for the #FIFA16UKcover and @JHenderson promises to do the @D_Sturridge dance: https://t.co/MFnBXak79y https://t.co/pFLphJO53y
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 19, 2015
EA Sports is letting fans vote for the footballer who will join Lionel Messi on the UK cover of FIFA 16, because that’s exactly what fans need: one more thing to fight about on the internet. Read more
With the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo days away, more information is coming out about the next installments of the football video games that will consume your life.
Just before the start of the Women’s World Cup, EA Sports has announced that FIFA 16 will finally feature women’s national teams for the first time ever. Twelve teams (Germany, USA, France, Sweden, England, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Spain, China, Italy, Mexico) will be playable in Match Day, an offline tournament mode, and in online friendly matches. The women’s teams will only be playable against other women’s teams.