Sponsored Video: FIFA 15 Holiday Special

As the near year screams into view, and those long winter nights keep us hostage under a blanket of, well, blankets, it’s comforting to have video games to keep us warm and cozy.

FIFA 15 is one of those video games, too. In fact, it’s one of those games that is incredibly successful. Having dominated the sales charts from the moment it was released, and garnered positive reviews, it’s a juggernaut of epic proportions.

Whether you’re planning to play as Barcelona or not, everyone knows that Lionel Messi is the current king of Football. He breaks records left and right, and thanks to EA Sports and FIFA 15, now stars in videos showing the game off. In this one, we see Messi playing the game with some humorous anthropomorphic festive treats singing along as he does so.

It leaves us wondering, who does Messi have in his FIFA Ultimate Team? In case you don’t know, that’s a trading card-like mode that lets you build a custom team based on chemistry and all manner of other things. Nowadays you don’t have imagine what it’d be like if Messi and Ronaldo played in the same team – you can hit the auction house and buy them with in-game currency, or even just take your chances opening packs and hoping you’ll get that golden ticket (or player, in this case) that will take your team to the next level.

In this video, it looks as though Messi is playing against Eden Hazard, the game’s cover star. Get watching, and put them both in your team. You don’t need to be a pundit to know that’d be a recipe for success.

Sponsored by EA.