FIFA 14 | |
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European cover art featuring Lionel Messi.
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Developer(s) | EA Canada |
Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
Series | FIFA |
Engine | Impact (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Ignite (PlayStation 4 & Xbox One) |
Platform(s) | Android iOS Java ME Microsoft Windows Nintendo 3DS PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Wii Windows Phone 8 Xbox 360 Xbox One |
Release date(s) |
September 24, 2013
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Review scores | ||||||
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Publication | Score | |||||
iOS | PC | PS3 | PS4 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One | |
CVG | 9/10 | |||||
Eurogamer | 8/10 | 8/10 | ||||
Game Informer | 8.75/10 | 7.75/10 | ||||
GameSpot | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | |||
GamesRadar | ||||||
IGN | 9/10 | 9/10 | 9.1/10 | 9/10 | 9.1/10 | |
OPM (UK) | 9/10 | 9/10 | ||||
OXM (UK) | 9/10 | |||||
MacLife | ||||||
Pocket Gamer | 7/10 | |||||
Aggregate scores | ||||||
GameRankings | 78.80% | 82.67% | 86.16% | 87.92% | 82.74% | 89.92% |
Metacritic | 81/100 | 87/100 | 86/100 | 87/100 | 84/100 | 88/100 |
FIFA 14 is a 2013 sports association football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It was released in late September 2013 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Microsoft Windows. It was released as freemium, under the title FIFA 14 Mobile, for iOS and Android on September 23, 2013 and for Windows Phone 8 on February 28, 2014, although much of the game is inaccessible without an in-app payment. It was a launch title for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2013 and is the last FIFA game to be released for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It is notable for being the last game released worldwide for the PlayStation 2.
The game received primarily positive reviews across all systems.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game feature a new game engine called the Ignite Engine. This features both graphical and gameplay advances on the previous game engine used by the FIFA series, the Impact Engine (which is used for the, PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game). Improvements include advanced AI to make players react more like real human beings (such as becoming anxious towards the end of a game when their team needs to score), "True Player Motion" to create more realistic movement from the players, and more enhanced realism for environmental features such as weather and the crowd, which responds to what is happening on the pitch in a manner similar to a real crowd (such as lamenting a near miss). It was initially thought that the PC version of the game would also feature the Ignite Engine, but in May 2013, EA Sports confirmed this would not be the case.