FIFA is brilliant for forgetting real football and rewriting history, as those of us who spend hours holding back the tears and replaying England’s highest profile disasters can attest (Germany ’96, Argentina ’98 and - ooof - Portugal 2006). And with FIFA 10’s My Live Season, you can do it every week, replaying the fixtures of your favourite team, and powering them to the top of the league with Stalinist fervour. ... » Read More

20 Sep 2007

FIFA 08 PS2 developer blog #4

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

Sept 20, 2007 Paul Hossack, FIFA 08 (PS2) CG Line Producer Hi, guys. Im looking forward to the imminent launch of FIFA 08, and wanted to tell you more about our new game mode this year “Be A Pro: Co-op Season”, how it came about, and some tips for playing it. What is Co-op Season? Be A Pro: Co-op Season is a new way of playing FIFA 08 – as one footballer. Instead of controlling all 11 players on your club, you play through a whole season with your friends where each of you ... » Read More

12 Sep 2007

FIFA 08 PS2 developer blog #03

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

Sept 12 2007 Marcel Kuhn, FIFA 08 (PS2), Producer First of all, I want to thank all of you for taking the time to read my last blog (Gameplay – Control and Freedom), and even more for posting responses. For today, lets have a look at Custom Formations and Club Specific Formations, which are both new features in FIFA 08. We wanted to implement team personality in FIFA 08, so we added Club Specific Formations. What this means is that our database team and their editors researched the ... » Read More

17 Aug 2007

FIFA 08 PS2 developer blog #02

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

17 Aug, 2007 Jochen Siess, FIFA 08 (PS2), Online Producer Hi there! My name is Jochen and I am the Front End and Online producer for FIFA 08 on PS2. I was born and raised in Germany, and Ive been a football fan all of my life. I love going to the stadium and seeing live football together with my friends. World Cup 2006 in my home country was definitely my personal highlight so far. Being together with friends and fans from all over the world watching great performances on the pitch was ... » Read More

16 Aug 2007

FIFA 08 PS2 developer blog #01

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

Aug 15, 2007 Marcel Kuhn, FIFA 08 (PS2), Producer Ill start off by introducing myself. My name is Marcel. I was born in Austria, and raised in Germany, and for as long as I can remember I have been a football fan and a FIFA fanatic. It all started in my parents apartment, where my Dad called me a lunatic for shouting and swearing at my PSOne while I was playing FIFA. It continued all the way through university, where studying lost out to all-night long FIFA tournaments. It was a dream come ... » Read More

1 Aug 2007

FIFA 08 - developer interview

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

Wednesday 1 August 2007 As we promised earlier, here's the full interview with Paul Hossack, associate producer on FIFA 08 for PS2. Having worked on seven FIFA titles on nine different platforms, he certainly knows his stuff. And seems to be a fan of Stevie Gerrard too. Fair enough, in our opinion. Check it out ... » Read More

6 Jun 2007

Pro evolution FIFA

PS2 Feature | FIFA 08

Every year, FIFA starts boasting about the new tricks up its sleeve. But how many of them actually stick around for the next installment? GamesRadar takes a look back at some 15 years of FIFA and the amazing new features it's introduced. And then forgotten about. FIFA International Soccer The original FIFA introduced stunning graphics to the genre. We remember one journalist at the time saying "it looks like Match of the Day." Well... we must all have been more easily impressed back then. But ... » Read More

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