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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil for PlayStation 3
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 includes 203 national teams, 7,469 players and 21 stadiums. These include all twelve official World Cup venues in Brazil. Road to the FIFA World Cup lets you take any available country through regional qualification, the group stage and the knockout rounds. Supporters, flags, fireworks and colourful stadiums give every match a distinctly Brazilian tournament presentation.
The matches build on the FIFA technology of this console generation, with one hundred new animations and changes to dribbling, passing and sprinting. Ball flight is tuned using adidas data, including the characteristics of the Brazuca. Captain Your Country follows one player on the way to the national team, while Road to Rio arranges matches across the official host cities.
Eleven types of play are included in total, among them individual matches, qualification, the finals and challenges based on earlier World Cup moments. Road to the FIFA World Cup supports up to 32 local participants who take turns controlling their countries; this does not mean 32 controllers at once. Former online features and live scenario updates are not promised as functional. The extensive offline tournaments remain available from the disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil supports local matches with multiple controllers on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In Road to the FIFA World Cup, up to 32 participants can take turns controlling a country. Discontinued network features and live scenarios are not guaranteed.
Manual
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
EA Sports released 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil in Europe on 17 April 2014, almost two months before the opening match in São Paulo. EA Canada developed the game solely as a full release for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One did not receive an equivalent standalone disc; only World Cup content with a different scope later appeared within FIFA 14 on those systems.
The developers wanted to show the scale of qualification. They therefore included all 203 countries that took part in the cycle, not only the 32 finalists. Nineteen licensed national-team managers, all twelve Brazilian World Cup stadiums and nine additional qualifying venues reinforce that breadth. New crowd scenes, more than fifteen hours of additional commentary and one hundred animations were intended to distinguish the four-yearly event from a regular club season.
The disc preserves the teams, kits and presentation from the build-up to the 2014 World Cup. Later squad changes and live challenges are not permanently guaranteed because the related network services have ended. Local qualification and the finals therefore form the core of this version. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases share their main content, but these product pages remain linked to the correct version for each platform.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
FIFA 14 offers clubs, competitions, transfers and a full career, while 2014 FIFA World Cup builds everything around national teams and one tournament cycle. The World Cup game adds 203 countries, twelve Brazilian finals stadiums and a pronounced event presentation. FIFA 14 has more breadth for club football; the World Cup disc goes deeper into qualification.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 focuses on ball handling, formations and club competitions and uses a different collection of licences. 2014 FIFA World Cup instead presents almost the entire international qualification campaign with 203 official national teams. PES demands patience in build-up play, while the World Cup game moves more quickly towards decisive tournament moments and an exuberant stadium atmosphere.
The 2010 predecessor contains 199 countries and ten official stadiums in South Africa. The Brazilian edition expands this to 203 countries and 21 venues, with new animations, Road to Rio and updated presentation. Both follow qualification and the finals, but their players, kits, host cities and match technology belong to their respective World Cups.
FIFA 13 was also built for this console generation and offers an extensive club season with careers and transfers. The World Cup release uses a more direct tournament structure, national squads and the Brazuca. A FIFA 13 campaign develops across multiple seasons; every route in 2014 FIFA World Cup leads to the final in Rio de Janeiro.
FIFA Street moves football to small courts and indoor-style venues, emphasising tricks and short matches. 2014 FIFA World Cup uses full teams, large stadiums and official qualification rules. Both feature famous players, but only the World Cup game reconstructs the regional qualifying rounds and the event in Brazil.
