2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is the official video-game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This soccer video game was released on April 27, 2010 in USA and it is rated E for Everyone. Featuring 199 nations that took part in the qualification stage and all the stadiums available in South Africa the video game is available only on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Playstation Portable and iPhone.

EA Canada the developer of this video game is the largest EA studio and it is located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Canadian studio developed the most important titles released by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Carbon, FIFA 09, FIFA 10 and some of the NBA games are just several titles they worked on during the years. With 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa the soccer video-game legacy developed by EA continues.

Unlike in any soccer video game developed by EA, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, will allow each player to try new emotions of a football game. For that, EA implemented different options:

• 199 national teams
• 10 official stadiums that will be used in South Africa
• All the stadiums used in qualification stage
• The possibility to play with a national team in World Cup even if the team didn’t qualify. This option is enhanced by the multiplayer mode which allows the player to pick his own nation and play against rivals from all around the world using the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live.
• Confetti, banners, fireworks and flags will be used by the supporters.
• Different tactics can be assumed by the players depending on the game they are playing. Home and away tactics are also available in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
• The game also features the attitude effects that will modify the speed and trajectory of the ball if the match is taking place in cities located higher than the sea level. The characters are also affected by these modifications: stamina will go down faster.

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa features 28 soundtracks, performed by artists from 21 countries. The main track of the video game is Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) performed by K'naan. The full list of the soundtracks available in the game is:

• Last Rhythm – Last Rhythm (for Italy)
• The Instrumento – Latin Bitman (for Chile)
• Não é Proibido – Marisa Monte (for Brazil)
• Say Hey – Michael Franti & Spearhead (for United States)
• Atomizer – MIDIval Punditz (for India)
• In Search of – Mike Snow (for Sweden)
• Strong Will Continue – Nas & Damian Marley (for Jamaica)
• Africa Soccer Fever – Rocky Dawuni (for Ghana)
• Rocksteady – Rox (for England)
• Emoriô – Sérgio Mendes (for Brazil)
• Bring Night – Sia (for Australia)
• Fragment Eight – The Kenneth Bager Experience (for Denmark)
• Warm Heart of Africa – The Very Best feat. Ezra Koenig (for Malawi/France)
• Percussion Gun – White Rabbits (for United States)
• International – Baaba Maal (for Senegal)
• Kiyakiya – Babatunde Olatunji (for Nigeria)
• Saga – Basement Jaxx feat. Santigol (for England and United States)
• Restless – Buraka Som Sistema (for Portugal)
• Dipso Calypso – Buscemi feat. Lady Cath (for Belgium)
• Wild & Raw – Fedde le Grand feat. Stereo MCs (for Netherlands)
• Drumming Song – Florence and the Machine (for England)
• The World Is All There – Fool's Gold (for United States)
• Papua New Guinea – The Future Sound of London (for England)
• Oh Yeah – Gang of Instrumentals (for South Africa)
• Your Side – John Forté (for United States)
• Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die – Jonathan Boulet (for Australia)
• Winner – Kid British (for England)
• Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) – K'naan (for Somalia and Canada)

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa isn’t the first game of the EA franchise. The series started in 1997 with FIFA 64, a video game for Nintendo 64. Since then, EA developed and published each year a soccer related video game.