EA Sports says that FIFA 11 is the fastest selling sports videogame having already sold 2.6 million units in Europe and North America by Saturday October 2nd.

Sales compared to the launch of FIFA 10 last year are up 29 percent.

"We’re thrilled at how fans embraced FIFA 11 last weekend, and we are excited to be able to offer one of our most popular game modes – FIFA 11 Ultimate Team – for free this November," said EA Sports boss Peter Moore. "This is a landmark achievement for EA SPORTS – we’ve shattered sales records at retail, critics are praising FIFA 11 as being one of the most authentic and innovative titles ever, and fans are connecting and competing with other gamers around the world and have logged a record number of online connected game sessions."

The publisher has also revealed it will release the FIFA 11 Ultimate Team mode as free content for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games in November.