FIFA World

FIFA World
Title screen for version 8 of the game, featuring Radamel Falcao, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale.
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesFIFA
EngineFIFA 12[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • BR, RU: 12 November 2013
  • WW: 20 May 2014
Genre(s)Sports, football simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

FIFA World is a defunct free-to-play massively multiplayer online football game developed by EA Canada. It was announced on 9 August 2013 and later an open beta was released on 12 November 2013 in Brazil and Russia.[citation needed] The open beta was made available globally on 20 May 2014, with support in English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Turkish.[2] Italian was included with the release of version 9.0 of the game on 5 November 2014.[3] Players could play the game using their keyboard, a combination of their keyboard and mouse or a game controller.[4]

Like with the main releases of FIFA, Lionel Messi featured on promotional images and the title screen of the game. Arda Turan was announced as an ambassador for the game in Turkey on 27 August 2014,[5] with Eden Hazard announced as another ambassador for the video game on 15 September 2014.[6]

FIFA World, along with other EA free-to-play titles Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, and Need for Speed: World, went offline on 14 July 2015.

  1. ^ "FIFA World to launch a new game engine". EA Sports FIFA World – Official website. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Open Beta going global". IGN. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ^ "2014/11/05 - RELEASE 9.0 – New Gameplay Engine". EA Sports FIFA World – Official website. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Skill moves and celebrations". EA Sports FIFA World – Official website. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Arda Turan FIFA World Ambassador!". EA Answer HQ. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "EA SPORTS FIFA World: "Eden Hazard has a message for you!"". EA Sports FIFA World on Facebook. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.