FIFA 13

FIFA 13 (also known as FIFA Soccer 13 in North America) is the most recent edition ofElectronic Arts' highly-acclaimed association football FIFA video game series. It was developed by EA Canada. A demo of the game was released on 11 September 2012; the demo teams include: Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Juventus,A.C. Milan and Arsenal.^[1] The demo was downloaded a record 1.99 million times within three days.^[2][3][4] The game was released on September 2012 in most regions, and in Japan in October.^[a] The Wii U version was released alongside the console on its launch day in all regions.

Lionel Messi was the first person to appear individually on a FIFA game cover in North America for 10 years. It is also the first game to not include Wayne Rooney on the cover of the UK version since FIFA 06. The UK version of FIFA 13 instead includesLionel Messi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joe Hart and with St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United, in the background.

FIFA 13 included new features to the FIFA franchise such as the First Touch Control.^[2][5][6][7] New celebrations were also added as a new feature.^[8]