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EA has released the first rendered screen of not-so-shock-sequel, FIFA 12. Get it here.

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FirstPlay, the on-console interactive show for PS3, is to offer UK gamers an exclusive demo of Backbreaker from 505 Games.

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EA announced today that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been chosen by fans to be featured on the cover of Madden NFL 11.

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Not content with imaginearing a blow-up horse-based Wii controller earlier in the month, Nintendo’s wacky funsters have now patented a pathetic football thing for the motion-based console.

You put the Wiimote inside it, then run around your living room pretending you are John Madden. About 190 years ago.

Best bit? You can “throw” it. Hey, Nintendo? It’s time to do the honourable thing.

Pics and more on Siliconera.

Ubisoft has announced Academy of Champions, an arcade football/soccer game exclusively for Wii featuring Pelé.

The game promises to deliver an an interactive experience for children and families with a story-driven adventure starting with enrollment at an Academy where your coach is Pelé.

Players can improve their skills, recruit new team members and build a squad to defeat their rival Academy and win the champion cup.

Wii Balance Board and MotionPlus compatible, the game is set for release sometime this year.

Press release is posted after the break.

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Xbox 360 Avatars can now be dressed in various national soccer jerseys, Nelson confirmed last night.

Great news if you’re Welsh and play FIFA. At least you can live part of the dream.

All the new clothing’s free. Other countries’ strips included are:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• England
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Northern Ireland
• Norway
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Wales

Fabio Capello, the new England football coach, has banned games as part of the team’s new regime. Seems fair enough to us. They should be doing what footballers should be doing: having sex with models and being paid £30,000 a week.

The Times, however, was not amused.

“If Fabio Capello is that concerned about winning with England, he may have missed a trick by banning PlayStations,” wrote the paper’s chief football correspondent, Martin Samuel. “What happened to playing to your strengths? PlayStation was never the problem for England’s footballers anyway. PlayStation, we’re good at. If Steve McClaren could have found a way of challenging Croatia to a game of Donkey Kong, he might have stood a chance. No gadgets, Fabio? Big mistake. It is the football that needs banning. That is what baffles us.”

The Times’ man’s clearly blown a fuse. Donkey Kong on a PlayStation? We’ll be winning the World Cup first, Martin.

So says this. The upcoming EA football game was announced yesterday, but EG’s just confirmed with EA that Nintendo platforms aren’t going to get a look-in. No reason’s been given for the decision, which seem a little off considering a decent FIFA version came out last year. Them’s the breaks.