South Africa’s World Cup this year will get a virtual counterpart from EA Sports, due in April.

If playing FIFA or Winning Eleven is not enough football for you, SEGA has your answer with Football Manager 2010. This title takes the gameplay off of the field and onto the sidelines, letting players decide key lineup changes, formations on the field and more.

This week’s ‘Deal of the Week’ on Xbox Live is the FIFA Soccer 09 Ultimate Team Deal. Not a bad deal to tide us over until FIFA Soccer 10 comes out. Once the ‘Summer of Arcade’ ends, Microsoft is following that up with another sweet deal on the week of August 24th – the Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC The Lost and Damned will be discounted to 1200 MS Points from 1600 Points.

Eidos, along with Beautiful Game Studios, announced today that Championship Manager 2010 will be available on Games for Windows across Europe on September 11th 2009.

Every year, EA Sports releases their take on popular sports in the form of Madden NFL, FIFA, NBA Live and NHL Hockey. While sports fans’ opinions on the quality of these games often vary wildly, hardly anyone can say EA Sports drops the ball when it comes to soundtracks.