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Part two of our investigation on Xbox Live's FIFA 12 'money laundering' scam problems, with response from EA regarding its franchise being used as a profit tool for attackers.
On December 20, my Xbox Live account was hacked. The breach was sophisticated, more so than Microsoft wants to acknowledge, but at the heart of it is EA's popular sports franchise FIFA.
EA Sports would like you to give it money for the new FIFA Street long before the game launches, the lunatics! It's not all take-take-take, though, you will actually get something in return--a super-team starring ball-kicking man Lionel Messi.
The annual Ultimate Team add-on for FIFA Soccer is becoming a part of the core game experience with this year's FIFA Soccer 12. For the first time ever, the add-on will be included on the disc.
It's not quite 'jumpers for goalposts,' but EA is bringing back its bare-knuckle football series FIFA Street next year for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
