Just hours after Konami made the PES 2012 release date official, EA Sports has hit back unveiling the art work for FIFA 12 revealing both Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshire will feature as the game’s cover stars in the UK.

With a FIFA 12 UK release date pencilled in for September 30th, three days after the game launches in the US, EA has officially revealed the football sim’s box art with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney making his seventh consecutive appearance on the game’s cover.

Joining Rooney for the first time as a FIFA cover star is fellow England star and Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshire with the two plays set to appear on the UK, Irish, Scandinavian and Middle East renditions of the market dominating game.

Whilst EA has improve the collision engines for FIFA 12 to bring added realism to tackles and impacts, Pro Evo developer Konami today revealed the PES 2012 release date as October 14th, two weeks after FIFA 12, whilst announcing its title “is a massive advance for the football genre.”

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Via: CVG