It won’t be a superstar football player who takes the first kick of 2014’s Football World Cup in Brazil. Nope, instead, it will be a teenager, paralysed from the waist down, who will use the world’s most advanced mind-controlled exoskeleton to get things underway.
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Now that we know which 32 football nations will be on the quest for global domination in Brazil, FIFA, the sport’s governing body, decided it was the right time to release a set of apps for iOS and Android. These official applications, which are free of charge, provide fans with access to a ton of footie-related stuff, including news, videos, photos and match results from nearly 200 leagues. The FIFA app also lets you mark up to three national teams, clubs and competitions as favorites, allowing easy access to information from those followed the most. Better yet, FIFA’s going to be using its new mobile ware to stream the 2014 World Cup Final Draw on December 6th, so you’ll be able to see in real-time what road lies ahead for your country.
Filed under: Internet
Source: App Store (iPhone), (iPad), Google Play
NFL commentator Rich Eisen has, for reasons unknown, created a dating app for football fans. And if the only good it brings the world is this joyously unhinged review from KissingSuzyKolber’s PFTCommenter, it will have been worth it. Read it below, in all its [sic]’d glory:
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During Wisconsin’s long, bitterly cold winters, the only things that grow are snow banks. So to keep Lambeau Field’s turf in game shape for Sunday, the Packers roll out these massive Friday night lights.
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Following a similar deal in May with the NBA, Twitter’s Amplify program has landed an envy-inducing arrangement with the National Football League. As part of the new advertising partnership, the NFL will leverage Twitter to “package in-game highlights and other video content” inside sponsored tweets, which can be distributed via a marketer during games. Both Twitter and the NFL will take a slice of the profits, though neither side is talking specific terms. As of now, it sounds as if Verizon will be the “premiere sponsor,” which grants it “exclusive sponsorship rights for Amplify ads during the Super Bowl next February.” The upside? Easily tweetable instant replays. The downside? It might make you a shill. Them’s the breaks!
Source: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
Whether you refer to it as fútbol, football or soccer, there’s no denying that the FIFA franchise is one of the sports’ best options for gaming across the various existing platforms. Now, following in the footsteps of its relative Madden 25, FIFA 14 is available for iOS as well as Android. As with its sporting game sibling, the renowned title’s latest mobile edition can be downloaded at no cost, with EA hoping to bring in revenue by way of in-app purchases — which includes anything from Ultimate Team points to the unlocking of additional game modes (such as Manager and Tournament). Be prepared to make some room for FIFA 14 on your device though, since the app’s size is a little more than 1GB in both the App Store and Google Play.
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Mobile
Via: Android Police
Source: App Store, Google Play
Nineteen young men died playing football in 1905. Another 137 were seriously injured. Football has always been a violent sport, but calls to make the game less brutal were widely mocked at the turn of the 20th century. Satirical magazines of the time warned that the football players of the future would become effeminate dudes, bowing to each other on the field. The new rules would include, "No pinching, no slapping, and hug easy…" Sound familiar?
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We’ve seen plenty of analysis of NBA games from Kirk Goldsberry
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Don’t talk about what you are capable of doing. What are you WILLING to do?
— Mike Tomlin (@CoachTomlin) August 17, 2013
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Last night marked the official start of the 2013 football season, which means pretty much anyone and everyone that is mildly interested in sports were glued to their television sets. Microsoft knew this, which is why they chose last night as the perfect time to debut the first commercial for its upcoming next-generation console, the Xbox One. (more…)
First Xbox One Commercial Highlights Everything But Gaming [Video] original content from Ubergizmo. 
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