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EA latest post has to do with the future of FIFA, as their Gameplay Beyond FIFA 19 goes into the changes you can expect in the next instalment - FIFA 20. EA will be tweaking AI defending, 1v1 shooting, time finishing, chained moves, etc.

EA have found themselves in yet another false advertising controversy, this time regarding FIFA 19 content that was readily advertised to Switch owners but never delivered. EA's solution? Genius - simply remove it from the advertisements.

There's been much talk about whether the court case of Christiano Ronaldo will affect his standing with EA, what with the man gracing the cover of FIFA 19, and the company finally decided to make the cut and posted the new cover online.

EA's mobile sports line-up has raked in over $1 billion for the publishing hydra to date, according to an analysis by Sensor Tower. Games from the NFL Madden free-to-play line-up account for a majority of microtransaction revenue.

Belgium's government has finally managed to weed out EA's FIFA Ultimate Team point sales in the country. EA announced they are no longer going to sell the gambling-connected currency after a prolonged discussion with the government.

EA Sports have addressed the issue where timed finesse shots would too often result in goals whether players nail the timing or not. The patch also reduces the maximum size of timed finishing window and nerfs yellow timing effectiveness.

FIFA 19 and Red Dead Redemption 2 have been overthrown from the top spots as New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe physical sales start strong. Nintendo's new release also sold 56 per cent more copies than the original Wii U version at launch.

Sony have shared the list of most downloaded PlayStation 4 games in 2018. EA's FIFA 19 took the first spot in front of Treyarch's Call of Duty Black Ops 4 while Beat Saber was the best selling VR game beating Job Simulator to first place.

It's been a few weeks since FIFA 19 started its hunt for the first spot in UK's physical sales chart, picking up speed a bit faster than Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, whose second stint in the first place has now come to an end.

The latest report from Entertainment Retailers Association shows that in 2018, games accounted for more than half of the entire UK entertainment market. This also means that the games market is bigger from video and music sector combined.