Europe’s premier club competition the Champions League resumes next week, and FIFA 19 has been given a facelift to celebrate. However, the soccer simulation will move forward without Cristiano Ronaldo on its cover, as the Juventus striker’s been replaced by an image of Brazilian forward Neymar, who’s flanked by Kevin de Bruyne and Paulo Dybala.
The game’s already been completely rebranded on the PlayStation Store, with every version of the release featuring the updated icon – including the PlayStation 3’s outdated Legacy Edition. It’s probably the most work EA’s invested into the last-gen iteration.
One neat addition is that anyone who plays FIFA 19 Ultimate Team for the first time from now will receive a bunch of bonus in-game items, which we guess is a good way of attracting newcomers to the lucrative mode. Still, while this is probably EA’s attempt at keeping its flagship game fresh, we suspect the ongoing investigation into CR7’s personal life may have played a part.
[source goal.com]
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i think you mean FOOTBALL hence why it's called FIFA, the F stands for Football, it's not call FISA
@get2sammyb Soccer, Sammy? You're British man! C'mon!
@Jake3103 @FullbringIchigo I obviously wanted the alliteration.
@get2sammyb well all you earned was our disappointment
@get2sammyb That's no excuse 😂
I'm surprised in this country they never have Harry Kane on the cover.
Where's Stuart Bannigan? Absolute outrage that there's Neymar but not the mighty Bannigan.
Why is Neymar stood up? He should be on the deck after doing 7 rolls.
It’s ridiculous that they removed CR7, nothing is confirmed about the accusations.
Neymar is a scumbag, overrated player, a great diver though. CR7 is way more professional, and a better player without a doubt.
@get2sammyb There’s only one football.
@PS_Nation Neymar should be on the cover of Subnautica.
@JJ-firl Great post. ^^
@Jake3103 - 'Soccer, Sammy? You're British man! C'mon!'
So is the word Soccer, we Brits invented it and were using it long before the US adopted it.
@get2sammyb I applaud you using the correct world for soccer.
So am i supposed to call it soccer or football? So confusing...
@Shigurui good to know! Thanks
@PS_Nation Whilst nothing may have been proved about his personal life, he has been found guilty of Tax Fraud in Spain and has to pay £17m and a suspended 23month Jail sentence. That isn't 'great' for a cover star...
Whether he is found guilty or not of the accusations surrounding his private life, you can't argue with the fact that he is guilty of Tax Fraud with a 23month suspended jail sentence over his head and therefore isn't the best role model for a cover star.
I don't think Neymar is either btw...
@Jaz007
I'll second that. We all know real football is played in the NFL.
@PS_Nation more or less. It's a business as well, people who put money on project don't want any issues and problems with face of product. So it's easier to remove him.
@Shigurui don’t bring your logic and reason into this matter.
It is a British man’s duty to moan about the word soccer. We don’t win anything in real football so we have to win this war of words to keep up our morale.
@AdamNovice That's probably because not everybody playing fifa is from that country, and they couldn't care less about some British folk
@Jaz007 Yeah, the only place you'll find real football is in rocket league
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