World Cup (video game series)
| World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Sports simulation |
| Developer(s) | Orbis Games |
| First release | Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1995 December 2, 1994 |
| Latest release | World Cup 23 December 2, 2022 |
World Cup is a series of association football video games developed and released annually by Orbis Games. The game is incredibly popular throughout the world and due to it's exclusive partnership with the World Cup it has little to no competition.
The series first game, Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1995, also known as just World Cup 1995, was the first ever officially licensed World Cup game, and would end up pushing Orbis Games to the forefront. The first ever cover athlete for the game was Lissathan star Giustino Milano, who would be the cover athlete for the first four games, and the most recent is Anton Petrov.
After World Cup 03 the game expanded to not just focus on the World Cup, but on various leagues around the world that the game had obtained the licenses for, massively expanding the games scope and appeal.
History
Games in the series
Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1995
- Cover athlete: Giustino Milano
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- Release date: December 2, 1994
Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1996
- Cover athlete: Giustino Milano
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- Release date: December 2, 1995
Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1997
- Cover athlete: Giustino Milano
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- Release date: December 2, 1996
Giustino Milano Presents: World Cup 1998
- Cover athlete: Giustino Milano
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- Release date: December 2, 1997
World Cup 99
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- Release date: December 2, 1998
World Cup 2000
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- Release date: December 2, 1999
World Cup 01
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- Release date: December 2, 2000
World Cup 02
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- Release date: December 2, 2001
World Cup 03
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- Release date: December 2, 2002
World Cup 04
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- Release date: December 2, 2003
World Cup 05
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- Release date: December 2, 2004
World Cup 06
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- Release date: December 2, 2005
World Cup 07
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- Release date: December 2, 2006
World Cup 08
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- Release date: December 2, 2007
World Cup 09
- Cover athlete: Federico Scherrer
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- Release date: December 2, 2008
World Cup 10
- Cover athlete: Andreas Hjortshøj
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- Release date: December 2, 2009
World Cup 11
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- Release date: December 2, 2010
World Cup 12
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- Release date: December 2, 2011
World Cup 13
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- Release date: December 2, 2012
World Cup 14
- Cover athlete: Samuil Shabalin
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- Release date: December 2, 2013
World Cup 15
- Cover athlete: Matas Kalnietis
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- Release date: December 2, 2014
World Cup 16
- Cover athlete: Oleg Sobol
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- Release date: December 2, 2015
World Cup 17
- Cover athlete: Roch Asselin
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- Release date: December 2, 2016
World Cup 18
- Cover athlete: Assad al-Hasad
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- Release date: December 2, 2017
World Cup 19
- Cover athlete: Stefan Untermann
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- Release date: December 2, 2018
World Cup 20
- Cover athlete: Aron Hjalmarsson
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- Release date: December 2, 2019
World Cup 21
- Cover athlete: Ellis Ball
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- Release date: December 2, 2020
World Cup 22
- Cover athlete: Isaiah Ross
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- Release date: December 2, 2021
World Cup 23
- Cover athlete: Anton Petrov
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- Release date: December 2, 2022