In FIFA 17 we look back at the year 2016. What were the highlights so far?
We at Mein-MMO want to look back at the year 2016 with you in the coming days. Until December 31st, an article about our most important games will be published each day. Today, on December 24th, we start with FIFA 17.
The most important events in FIFA 17 in 2016
EA Sports’ current football simulation FIFA 17 was released at the end of September this year, but the game made headlines months in advance. As early as June, rumors circulated that FIFA 17 would come with the Battlefield engine Frostbite – several sources wanted to know about it. And these rumors were confirmed: The game actually runs on this graphic engine and delivers impressive in-game graphics – in the following months before release, several in-game screenshots surprised fans.
In mid-June, FIFA 17 made a splash at the E3: “The Journey” was revealed, the first story mode in the FIFA series. In it, you take on the role of young football talent Alex Hunter and experience the beginnings of his football career. You get insights into the professional business that are otherwise kept hidden. Sounds exciting – and it is! “The Journey” was well received by many fans, the only criticism: The story could have been longer.
From June to September, more information about FIFA 17 was gradually revealed. Gamescom was used to present the innovations of FUT 17: The Squad Building Challenges and FUT Champions. Also, the top 50 players were revealed in advance.
FIFA 17 truly picked up speed in September. On September 13th, the demo version was supposed to be released – but it took forever to arrive. The FIFA community went half crazy and debated hotly when the demo would finally be released. We at Mein-MMO followed this craze all day long, until the demo was released around 7 PM – and then received mostly positive reviews.
On September 29th, the full version was finally released in Europe. Since then, we have been covering the game with detailed guides and regularly informing about the Team of the Week and various events. In the last three months, for example, events in FUT 17 took place for Halloween, for Movember, for Black Friday, or now for Christmas: FUTmas.
Our most successful articles about FIFA 17
Now let’s look at the cold numbers. FIFA 17 has given us and still gives us several page views:
- The article with by far the most views was our article on the release of the FIFA 17 demo. We updated this several times that day to keep readers informed and provide them with every hint that appeared. It received nearly 300,000 clicks.
- Our second most popular article is about the story mode “The Journey”. We looked at how long this mode actually is and what rewards await at the end. More than 90,000 people were interested in it.
In further places, many of our guides can be found, with people especially interested in FUT Champions, perhaps the most exciting new mode in FUT, where only the true “champions” claim the best rewards.
2016 is far from over
2016 may be slowly coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the shutters are going down for FIFA 17. The FUTmas event is ongoing and shortly after that, the highlight in FUT 17 follows: The Team of the Year will be announced and the best cards will come into play.
There will still be a few events in the following months. The teams of the season will also take place in spring. And then the focus will slowly shift to FIFA 18…
Ttime means:
2016 has been an exciting year for me – and directly connected to FIFA. In January, I called our boss Dawid Hallmann and asked him if I could write some guides for FIFA 16 to be published on Mein-MMO. Since he is as passionate about FIFA as I am, I knocked on open doors with him. That’s how I came to Mein-MMO.
I’m already excited to see what 2017 may hold. Until then, I wish you happy and pleasant holidays and a good start into the new year!
