2002 FIFA World Cup (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

2002 FIFA World Cup

World Cup 2002 is the official game of the 17th FIFA World Cup, held in Korea and Japan between May 31 and June 30. It is based on the engine of FIFA Soccer 2002, so experienced Fifa players can get used for…

67 22 April 2002

What 2002 FIFA World Cup is

2002 FIFA World Cup is a sport game developed by Creation and released in 2002. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FIFA 2001 Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

2002 FIFA World Cup, sometimes known as FIFA World Cup 2002, is the second EA Sports official World Cup video game and tie-in to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, released for GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was developed by EA Canada and Creations, with Intelligent Games assisting the development of the PC and sixth-generation console versions, with additional assistance from Tose Software for the GameCube version. The game was published by EA Sports in North America and Europe and published by Electronic Arts Square in Japan. The GameCube version was a launch title for the system in Europe.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the FIFA series

2002 FIFA World Cup is the 53rd of 225 entries we hold in the FIFA series. The next entry was 2002 FIFA World Cup in 2002. Its critic score of 67 is 6 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at 88.

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How it was received

2002 FIFA World Cup holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 36% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 65, across 50 votes.

What it launched against

2002 FIFA World Cup launched on 22 April 2002, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International, Spider-Man and Dungeon Siege. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International, Spider-Man, Dungeon Siege.

Cheats and codes

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