Watch the BAFTA Game Awards live on Eurogamer
UPDATE: Dishonored takes top honours, but Journey scoops up five awards.
UPDATE: The 2013 BAFTA winners are in and they're a doozy. Dishonored took top honours, winning best game overall, which is odd as it didn't win in any other awards. Conversely, Journey received a whopping five awards in various other categories.
UK chart: Wii U exclusives absent from top 40 for third week running
FIFA 13 back on top, snore.
The first UK games chart of 2013 shows another week of no Wii U-exclusive titles in the top 40.
It's the third week in a row this has happened. The last time a Wii U-only game was spotted in the top 40 was the week ending 15th December, when Nintendo Land was 39th.
A week earlier, Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U were 26th and 35th respectively. A week before that, when the Wii U launched, Nintendo Land was 11th and New Super Mario Bros. U 14th. The brilliant ZombiU made its only top 40 appearance at 17th back then.
Play limit on Wii U demos set by publishers, Nintendo says
What happens when the limit is reached?
Unlike PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 demos, trial versions of Wii U games downloaded from Nintendo's eShop are limited to a certain number of uses.
FIFA Ultimate Team back and coin cheats banned
Mabbutt time, too.
FIFA 13 Ultimate Team has been down this week but now it's returned.
EA Origin accounts are being hijacked
UPDATE: EA: "At this point, we have no reason to believe there has been any intrusion into our Origin database.”
Update: EA says that Origin hasn't been breached and has issued the following statement:
GAME claims it's “in good shape” and will make £20m this year
Has 35% market share, but still no credit insurance.
UK video game shop chain GAME has claimed it's “in good shape” despite the collapse of Comet, also owned by OpCapita.
EA boots out FIFA 13 invisible ball bug
UPDATE: Patch out now on PS3 and Xbox 360.
UPDATE: The patch is out now for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
EA responds to FIFA 13 bug complaints aired on BBC's Watchdog last night
"We understand that some fans may wonder why we can't fix all the known issues at once."
Last night the BBC aired a segment on consumer rights telly programme Watchdog about FIFA 13 and the prevalence of game-ruining bugs in it. EA since issued a formal response.
FIFA has sold 7.4 million copies
Battlefield premium has over 2 million subscriptions.
FIFA has sold 7.4 million units in four weeks, EA announced today as part of its most recent quarterly financial report.
EA wants its peers to be Apple, Google, Facebook, not Take-Two, Activision and Ubisoft
Makes huge investment in customer service as business evolves.
EA wants its peers to be Apple, Google and Facebook, not publishing rivals Take-Two, Activision and Ubisoft.
There's good and bad news about FIFA 13 on Wii U
"We've got version one. They've got version two."
There's good and bad news about FIFA 13 on Wii U.
UK chart: FIFA 13 scores fourth week top, 007 Legends in 12th
Skylanders, Doom 3: BFG Edition in top 10. Dance Central 3 flops.
FIFA 13 remains top of the UK all-format charts for a fourth week, seeing off competition from toy phenomenon Skylanders Giants and Bethesda's Doom 3: BFG Edition.
Borderlands 2 shifts 1.82 million copies in September in US
Guild Wars 2 outsells Mists of Pandaria.
Borderlands 2 took America by storm. Gearbox's celebrated co-op shooter RPG sold a whopping 1.82 million copies during September.
FIFA 13 patch rolling out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360
UPDATE: knock-on issue delays title update.
UPDATE: That FIFA 13 patch sorry title update didn't launch over the weekend as planned.
Why? Because EA noticed it caused a problem.
"We apologize for a delay in the FIFA 13 Title Update," read a tweet from EA Sports FIFA. "A knock-on issue was detected in the patch planned for this weekend so it was held.
UK chart: FIFA 13 defends top spot from Resi 6
Just Dance 4 and NBA 2K13 enter top 10.
The colossal FIFA 13 defended against strong competition from Resident Evil 6 to retain the UK chart top spot this week.
FIFA 13 was the most downloaded PS3 game in September, only on sale for three days
Despite £49.99 price tag.
The most downloaded PlayStation 3 game in September was FIFA 13, Sony announced on the EU PlayStation blog.
FIFA 13 biggest sports video game ever
And biggest game of 2012 so far. Eye-watering UK sales figures revealed.
FIFA 13 is the biggest sports video game ever.
UK chart: FIFA 13 sells 1 million copies in a week
Boots Borderland 2 from top spot.
Annual football fiesta FIFA 13 has sold a million copies during its first week on sale in the UK.
It becomes the fourth game in history to do this, following Call of Duty titles Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2 and 3.
Video game sales jumped by 196 per cent in the past seven days. FIFA 13 accounted for 71 per cent of all games sold and 80 per cent of all revenue from game sales - both of these figures are higher than last year.
FIFA 13 Ultimate Team uproar: exploit allowed some people abundant access to stars
UPDATE #2: EA issues permanent bans to players creating Messi situation.
UPDATE #2: EA has issued permanent bans to players it found using the FIFA 13 Ultimate Team exploit, detailed below.
Sony shocks world and announces PS3 super duper Slim
Enough to undermine Wii U sales this Christmas?
Sony's early-morning (UK time) Tokyo Game Conference kicked off with the abrupt announcement of the heavily rumoured PS3 super duper slim.
The console weighs only 2.1kg; it's half as heavy as the fatty pants original PS3, and 25 per cent smaller and 20 per cent lighter than the PS3 Slim. And it's got a sliding disc cover.
UK shoppers will have two buying options: a 500GB model that arrives on 28th September, or a 12GB flash memory model that arrives on 12th October.
EGXChallenge FIFA 13 developers on Virgin Media stand at Eurogamer Expo
Plus: Feature as a driver in GRID 2 and try Mists of Pandaria.
With around a fortnight to go until this year's Eurogamer Expo, our headline sponsor Virgin Media has announced what it's going to be doing on the show floor, and it's not just a bunch of variations on the Usain lightning Bolt gesture. (Although...)
FIFA 13 demo kicks off on PC via Origin
UPDATE: Xbox 360 version live, due on PS3 tomorrow in Europe.
UPDATE: The FIFA 13 demo has just launched on Xbox Live Marketplace. You can download it now via Xbox.com.
EA Sports' new season ticket detailed
Season pass for FIFA, Madden et al enables $100 saving - but is it worth £19.99?
EA Sports has unveiled its second pass at a Season Ticket, a one-shot payment that unlocks up to $100 worth of DLC across series such as FIFA, Tiger Woods and some of those there American sports.
"You can pretty much pick out the age of most of your readers by their commentary."
I hate DLC. I hate online passes. I hate EA.
FIFA 13 cover has Lionel Messi and... Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joe Hart
EA confirms Rooney will not be on the FIFA 13 cover.
UPDATE: EA has announced that Messi will be joined on the FIFA 13 UK cover by Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Man City and England number one Joe Hart.
EGXPlayable EA games at Eurogamer Expo 2012 revealed
Need for Speed, SimCity, Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor, FIFA 13.
Playable EA games at the Eurogamer Expo 2012 next month include Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, SimCity and FIFA 13.
EA's share price leaps at rumours of a buyout
Could it be true?
Rumours of a buy-out have boosted EA share prices today, as unbelievable as that sounds. Or is it?
Vita FIFA 13 inbound, won't connect with PS3 game
New handheld FIFA game due, but cross platform and cross buy won't figure just yet.
The new FIFA game that's heading to Sony's PlayStation Vita won't connect with the PlayStation 3's FIFA 13 - though EA Sports is focusing on hooking up the FIFA experience across different platforms.
FIFA 13 Move controls demonstrated, available at launch
David Rutter wears dramatic black shirt.
FIFA father David Rutter took to the Gamescom stage today to demonstrate FIFA 13 PlayStation Move motion-sensing controls, which will available at launch next month.
The Move nunchuk controls player movement, but the wand controls a line and circular box that comes out of their feet. This points passes and can paint runs for team mates. Players are tracked by pressing the T button.
The demo was brief and some goals missed. The Move controls were very similar to PES on Wii.
FIFA 13 demo release date, Match Day, 2v2 Head To Head co-op
This year's key additions.
The FIFA 13 demo will be released on 11th September, EA announced today at Gamescom.
That demo will feature the new EA Sports Football Club Match Day mode, which lets you follow the real-life progress of your favourite football from within FIFA 13.
Commentary even reflects what's happening in the real-life game - a feature demonstrated by the nerve-wracking last day of the Barclay's Premier League when Man City staged a late and dramatic comeback to beat Manchester United and win the league. The commentators reflected on this in their comments. Quite how EA will achieve this, other than by recording new commentary every week, is beyond us.
Yes, Mario Balotelli's Hulk celebration is in FIFA 13
He's a Mega Man!
Mario Balotelli's Hulk celebration is in FIFA 13. Yes it is.
FIFA 13 Wii U lets you score using the GamePad touch-screen
EA unveils how the tablet controller fits in.
EA Sports has unveiled FIFA 13 for Wii U and described exactly how Nintendo's touch-screen tablet controller will be implemented in the game.
FIFA 13 trailer shows new Man City home kit
SPOILER: It's sky blue.
A new FIFA 13 trailer has shown off the new Man City home kit.
It's our first virtual glance at the kit that will be worn for real on Friday when the Premier League champions play Arsenal in a friendly in Beijing.
Spanish trickster David Silva, French maestro Samir Nasri, Italian moper Mario "Mega Man "Balotelli and Argentinian goal machine Kun Aguero all stand over a free kick.
Does FIFA copy PES? EA execs respond to Konami accusations
FIFA boss "feels" for Murphy, hopes management "appreciate" him
EA Sports has responded to claims its FIFA team has been "copying" bitter rival PES, with football boss Matt Bilbey voicing sympathy for his accuser, Konami's Jon Murphy, suggesting the development team didn't "listen" to him.
EA has released a video showcasing the voice commands available to Kinect owners who play FIFA 13.
FIFA 13 video: Arsenal's new purple away kit revealed
Get ready for "Purple Reign", apparently.
Arsenal's new away kit is purple. Not scrambled egg yellow, not blue - purple.
PES dev slams FIFA 13's aesthetic changes
"Maybe EA thinks it has gone far enough with gameplay."
Pro Evolution Soccer developer Konami has criticised rival EA's emphasis on aesthetic tweaks for FIFA 2013.
FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition, pre-order bonuses announced
EA hypes "most extensive global pre-order incentive in the history of the FIFA franchise".
EA has announced the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition and two shop exclusive pre-order bonuses.
The Ultimate Edition includes 24 FIFA Ultimate Team gold packs, and is described by EA as the "most extensive global pre-order incentive in the history of the FIFA franchise". The Ultimate Edition will be available to buy one day only: 28th September 2012, the day FIFA 13 launches. You have to pre-order or buy it on the day.
You'll get one FUT pack per week for 24 weeks - what amounts to a total value of over £15. Each gold pack has a mix of 12 items, including players, contracts, stadiums, managers, staff, fitness, healing, balls, kits and badges. Gold packs have players rated 75+ in-game and one rare item.
FIFA 13 Kinect features detailed
UPDATE: First gameplay trailer revealed.
FIFA 13's Kinect features were detailed in Microsoft's E3 press conference - and they seem to be limited to voice commands that allow you to direct the action on and off the pitch.
FIFA 13 introduces Complete Dribbling, First Touch Control
Kinect capability to be detailed later in the year.
EA Sports has officially lifted the wraps on FIFA 13 and introduced this year's big gameplay improvements, with Complete Dribbling, First Touch Control and Attacking Intelligence all coming to this year's model.
