EA Sports has been officially confirmed as Aston Villa’s continued “Official Football Action Games Partner” after Aston Villa and EA Sports renewed their partnership.
The two organisations have been partnered in the past, but the new reaffirmed relationship brings with it a few tasty treats for fans of both FIFA and the Aston Villa football club. EA have confirmed that a unique FIFA 14 cover featuring some of Aston Villa’s biggest stars will be free to download once the game launches on September 27th. There will also be an in-game wallpaper for FIFA 14 featuring three of the club’s most popular players: Gabby Agbonlahor, Ciaran Clark and prolific striker Christian Benteke.
EA Sports have announced that FIFA 14 covers featuring players like Christian Benteke will be available for download and, in very limited cases, in physical format.
For some extra lucky Villa fans, EA are printing a limited amount of physical copies of the limited edition Aston Villa FIFA 14 cover to give away from the EA Sports Dugout, which will pop up at the Villa stadium, Villa Park, on for the game against Manchester City on September 28th. The dugout will also hold mini tournaments on the latest FIFA offering, as well as a host of free give-aways that are sure to make it very popular amongst football fans.
The Chief Executive of Aston Villa, Paul Faulkner, had the following to say about the move:
“We have been delighted by our partnership with EA SPORTS for the past two seasons and the renewal of this commitment for a further two years is very pleasing. EA SPORTS leads the market in sporting games, particularly football games, and many of our supporters and indeed our players enjoy playing its FIFA games. The mutual benefits of our partnership are self-evident and we look forward to continuing to work together.”
The Head of UK Product Marketing for EA Sports, Dan Holman, also seemed excited by the prospect of an extended partnership between the company and Aston Villa:
“We’re delighted to extend our partnership with Aston Villa for 2 years. The Villa fans are so passionate and we love working with the club to engage with them through FIFA. There are plenty of exciting initiatives for fans again this season and we look forward to a successful season together.”
FIFA 14 has been subject to a lot of promotion recently, with a free download of the game recently announced as available with all Xbox One Day One Edition pre-orders.
FIFA 14 is due to be released in the US on September 24th and in the UK on September 27th for all major consoles and mobile devices.
