After opting to commemorate the 2012 European Championships with a digital download, EA Sports has returned with a full retail release for this year's World Cup in Brazil, exclusively on Xbox 360 and PS3.

 

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil adds new modes, teams, stadiums and a carnival atmosphere, but with FIFA 14 still fresh in the minds of fans, will it prove as popular?

 

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will make its Xbox 360 and PS3 debut in April

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England will play Italy in their opening game

 

Creating a carnival atmosphere

 

Immediately, you can tell that 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil looks and feels different compared to FIFA 14.

 

Not so much when the whistle sounds and the first ball is kicked, but certainly leading into matches.

 

Everything is much brighter and more colourful, the music is a bit more chipper and there are lots of little touches that make it clear you're at the World Cup. Crowds gather to watch games on the big screens, real life managers strut around the technical area and matches are played in bright sunshine.

 

Producer Matt Prior said that one of the team's key objectives was not only to capture the carnival atmosphere, but also to make new and returning fans feel like they're a small part of a much bigger event.

 

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

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Stadium shots precede each game

 

"We wanted to create the biggest game we've ever done; capture the atmosphere that makes the World Cup so special; and enhance gameplay so that it's a noticeably different game than FIFA," Prior explained.

 

"It's the biggest game we've ever done in terms of an event title. There's ten modes in there and it was important for us to create the atmosphere, because that was a key part of the World Cup, and this time around it's in Brazil, and so it couldn't be in a more exciting place.

 

"So, capturing that kind of Brazilian flair, that essence, that kind of atmosphere was key for us, so we've done lots around that. We've got the crowd in there, the managers in there, the crowd at home where it cuts away to the England fans in Trafalgar Square watching it all unfold.

 

"We've got external views of the stadiums and all that kind of ultimate team coinsstuff, so we've really blown out the atmosphere of the whole event, which was a key part for us."

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