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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Ah, and by that I mean association football, not “throwball” as soccer enthusiasts call American football. Seems that one of the coverboys for FIFA 09, Maurice Edu (at right in the cover shot) of Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC, is close to signing with Glasgow Rangers of the Scottish Premier League. That would make two football cover boys changing shirts in as many months for Electronic Arts.
Players changing teams in the European domestic leagues is common, and Edu is nowhere near as iconic a player for TFC as Favre was for the Packers. But if Edu does end up with Rangers, will EA update their cover art with a downloadable/printable replacement? Will we see guerrilla shoops a week after he changes teams? It’s one thing to second-class the sport over in the U.S. How would it be taken in Europe? Or since it involves an MLS player, would anyone even care …
Another Cover Change for EA? [XeNonX, thanks Ben] (Ulterior motive: A football post allows me to boast about San Jose dismantling Revolution 4-nil last night. We are absolutely the best last place team in anything on the face of the earth right now.)
We’ve reported already that EA Sports’ FIFA Soccer 09 might get a “game mode” exclusive to the PlayStation 3, and now an announcement confirms “platform-specific” experiences for each version of the game, which is releasing on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PS2, DS and PSP.
The Wii-specific “All Play” version, for example, features 11 versus 11 simulation or an 8-on-8 “arcade action” mode with Mii versions of soccer stars.The PC version, on the other hand, seems more geared for users of “hi-spec gaming PCs”.
EA Sports says the core gameplay has received “over 250 additions and enhancements” based on consumer feedback. Full announcement after the jump!
Being an EA Sports game, when we talk the latest version of FIFA, we’re not talking sweeping changes. We’re talking the slightest of tinkering. Especially when you consider they’re closing the gap on Pro Evo’s lead in the quality stakes, and as such obviously don’t want to go blowing that with any radical alterations. So when EA are talking up FIFA 09 with stuff like “Custom Team Tactics” (plus other “innovations” you could swear they already introduced between FIFA’s 98-08), it’s only of interest to the sharpest point of the FIFA fanbase. What is interesting, however, is an improved animation system (long FIFA’s chief problem), as well as talk of the PS3 version of the game scoring an exclusive “game mode” not found on the other iterations. Being PS3-only, could it be related to Home? The option of a quick kickaround in the park, jumpers for goalposts, perhaps?
