Football fans flocked to hundreds of Game stores for the midnight launch of Fifa 15.

The latest instalment of the EA Sports video game went on sale today featuring improvements such as players showing emotion based on the context of the match, new animations and more realistic crowds.

Premier League stars including Tottenham's Eric Dier and Hull's Liam Rosenior and David Meyler attended Game stores to play against some of the first fans to buy the game.

Dier, 20, who was at the Stratford store, said: "Everyone loves Fifa. All the lads play it, we've got it upstairs in the games room at the club and it gets quite feisty.

"On the new one they've got (crowd) songs. I played with Tottenham the other day and they're singing Tottenham songs. It's small touches like that that make it really good."

Rosenior, 29, attended the Hull store and claimed he normally gets the better of team-mate Meyler when they play the game.

"We enjoy playing Fifa ourselves," he said. "I beat Dave a few times and he beats me less. But it's a good game and we enjoy it."