FIFA 13 Skill Games Day 1: Passing

FIFA 13 has 24 Skill Games that should perfect your shooting, improve your passing, and make you an all-round better player. If they don't, you might just be beyond help.

They're divided into 8 categories, including shooting, dribbling, and free kicks. In each one you'll be able to earn a bronze, silver, and gold level by fulfilling different challenges.

This week we're going to show you all of them on IGN, starting with that absolute fundamental: passing. The 6 videos below teach you how to play a variety of balls, from tiki-taka passes designed to eviscerate defences to lofted Beckham-esque balls that fall from the heavens.

Ground Pass

In this first drill, you simply need to pass the ball to several targets dotted around the pitch. You'll learn how to vary the amount of pace put on the ball to reach your desired target.

Increase your accuracy by threading passes between narrow gates towards targets.

Same as the last drill, but this time pesky defenders are lurking to intercept your laser passes.

Lob Pass

It's time to get out the bins. Dozens of them, in fact. In this first drill, you'll learn how to vary the length of lofted passes. Get into a big or small bin to net some extra points.

There's more to passing than simply hitting it as hard as you can. This skill game teaches you how to 'drive' a lob pass into a target and how to spread play left and right onto the flanks.

And to claim gold, you must take on the Crossbar Challenge! See how many times you can hit the bar as the clocks ticks down. If you hit it, you'll move further out. Can you hit it from the halfway line? We did.

FIFA 13 is out on all major platforms on September 25 in the UK and September 28 in the US.

Daniel is IGN's UK Staff Writer. That's him in all the Skill Game videos above. Didn't he do well? Follow him on IGN and Twitter.

Source : ign[dot]com

Arrested Development: Season 4 Begins Filming Today - Bateman Tweets First Photo

This is less a news piece than a place to celebrate... Because Arrested Development is back in production! Yes, today is the first day of shooting on the miraculously resurrected comedy series, which will return with ten new episodes next year, debuting on Netflix.

Jason Bateman (who already provided us with some pics of TV son Michael Cera visiting the newly rebuilt Bluth home set) has tweeted the first photo from the midst of actual production on the show, with the words, "First Day. Here we go..." No, it's not much to go on, but we'll take what we can get. Just imagine the funny things being said as they film!

Update: Yep, we agree - those looks like some Workaholics cast members (Adam DeVine and Anders Holm) in the photo.

Source : ign[dot]com

Rise of the Triad Returns

Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment are bringing back a long-dormant shooter with Rise of the Triad. The original was released way back in 1995, and involved fast shooting, bizarre weapons and, at least for the time, surprising amounts of gore.

This updated version is being built using Unreal Engine 3 and will feature a 20 stage single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer mode. Like in the original, you'll still be able to fire Drunk Missiles and rejoice as enemies explode into bits, as this version will include a full dismemberment system. As one of five playable characters, you'll be able to check out Rise of the Triad later this year on Steam.

It seems like Apogee and Interceptor are taking advantage of Valve's platform by including the ability to build and share levels through Steamworks. If you don't care about building and sharing levels, you'll still get plenty of other ways to extend the play experience beyond the base content, as plenty of secret areas, collectibles and modes (such as God mode, Elasto Mode, Shrooms Mode and Dog mode) will be included.

Did this announcement just trigger a nostalgic rush? Or do you have no idea what Rise of the Triad is?

Source : ign[dot]com