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The 2026 Men's World Cup begins today, June 11, and EA Sports has announced the result of its simulation for this year, predicting which team will win. This year, the simulation has Spain winning the World Cup, capturing its second World Cup victory on the men's side and first since 2010. EA's simulation has been correct for the past four Men's World Cups, previously predicting Spain (2010), Germany (2014), France (2018) and Argentina (2022). The simulation hasn't been wrong since 2006, when it picked the Czech Republic to win. That year's simulation was very wrong, as the Czech Republic didn'

Simulation run in EA Sports FC game, formerly known as FIFA, has an unbroken record of accuracy going back 16 years

With EA's acquisition by Saudi Arabia now complete, there have been a couple changes at the top.

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After Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, one of the first things people theorized was that the company would have one of Activision's numerous Call of Duty studios work on Halo. That already happened, according to a new report, and though it hasn't led to anything yet, that could change down the road. According to Rebs Gaming, who has accurately reported on unannounced Halo news before, Microsoft enlisted Sledgehammer Games to help develop a Halo multiplayer game. Halo Infinite Sledgehammer reportedly began work on a prototype in June of this year, but whatever this was ended up getting c