FIFA 14 - Free with Xbox One (Ultimate Team Legends Announced)

During Gamescom this week, Microsoft announced that every single customer who pre-orders Xbox One in Europe will received a free copy of FIFA 14.

This confirmed a rumour that first emerged earlier in the week and joins a host of other FIFA related news from the conference.

EA announced the exclusive ‘Xbox Only’ feature (that was first confirmed at E3) called FIFA 13 Ultimate Team Legends.

The exclusive mode is an additional feature for the online gameplay option Ultimate Team and will allow gamers to include all-time greats like Pele and Rudd Gullit into their created team (which will also feature the standard contemporary stars).

"Each Legend will have their own distinct look, unique attributes, and custom biography, and will be randomly included in Gold Packs in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team on Xbox One and Xbox 360," says Microsoft's release. "Fans will be able to acquire Legends in packs or through the Transfer Market, and then compete with their squads in special tournaments... Each legend will be available in packs for a limited time and at different times throughout the season."

Ultimate Team Legends will be exclusive to Xbox One and Xbox 360 (sorry PlayStation users).

FIFA 14 will also allow Xbox 360 players to bring their Ultimate Teams and other content to Xbox One, and likewise for PS3 and PS4 players, similar to Battlefield 4 among other cross-generation games.

This is quite a coup for Microsoft as FIFA 13 was one of the most played, and biggest selling, titles of the last 12 months. It’s always a popular title and may give people even more of an incentive to pick the Xbox One over the PS4.