EA Sports have released factsheets for each version of their forthcoming soccer title FIFA 08. Rather than filter out the best bits, here they are in full for each format.
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8 Aug 2007

EA releases PSP and DS FIFA 08 details

PSP News from N4G | FIFA 08

PSP - FIFA 08 - EA releases PSP and DS FIFA 08 details

Due this autumn, the latest version of the FIFA franchise promises all sorts of tweaks, with an emphasis on control.

On PSP, new manual controls give you responsibility for through-passes and crosses, as well as the goalkeeper during one-on-one situations against a striker.

For DS, the level of control is given a more dynamic twist, with use of the stylus made for free kicks (you can run up and strike the ball, curling the shot around the wall and into the goal), penalty kicks (a new Penalty Shoot-Out mode is also included) and saves, as well as defensive duties such as controlling the goalie and commanding the wall.
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29 Jun 2007

5000 ways to make FIFA better than PES

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PSP - FIFA 08 - 5000 ways to make FIFA better than PES

FIFPlay is not an official site of EA Sports but that doesn't stop it putting suggestions about FIFA and FIFA Manager to EA's developers. The site has now received over 5000 ideas and suggestions about how to make the next FIFA better than all the rest.

There are a lot of good ideas on there, with most people asking for indoor football and every league and team in the world to be included in the new game.
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12 Jun 2007

First FIFA 08 trailer arrives

PSP News | FIFA 08

EA has released the first trailer of FIFA 08, the latest iteration of its best-selling soccer franchise. The teaser shows a player in Barcelona kit, running with the ball over 3D grass before burying a long-range shot. If it is representative of in-game animation on PS3 and 360, it looks as though the game will make use of animation-blending so movement remains smooth under slow-motion conditions. Definitely a good thing. Of course, it is only a teaser, so it's too early to say anything ...
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6 Jun 2007

Pro evolution FIFA

PSP News | 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 ...
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1 Jun 2007

Ronaldinho fronts FIFA 08

PSP News | FIFA 08

Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho will be the face that launches a few hundred thousand FIFA 08 units come autumn for Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, mobile and for the first time PS3 and Wii. No platform is safe... "We're proud to call some of the world's best football athletes our partners. The access, guidance and insight they give us means that FIFA 08 will create a next gen experience that not only looks authentic, but that captures the emotion, finesse and beauty of the ...
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29 May 2007

FIFA will thrash Pro Evolution Soccer, says EA

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PSP - FIFA 08 - FIFA will thrash Pro Evolution Soccer, says EA

EA is feeling as confident as ever about the yearly FIFA vs PES battle as FIFA 08 and PES 7 prepare to do battle for another season.

"I'm happy to say that we're comfortably on top in the whole FIFA vs Pro Evolution Soccer battle," marketing manager Dan Holman told UK trade mag, MCV. Our market share has kept on increasing over the past three years, and more and more core gamers are being converted to FIFA all the time."
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24 May 2007

FIFA 08 European cover athletes revealed

PSP News from N4G | FIFA 08

PSP - FIFA 08 - FIFA 08 European cover athletes revealed

Electronic Arts today announced that two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho will headline a global lineup of superstar athletes to be featured on the front packs of FIFA 08, which is set for release this autumn on formats including the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii...
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10 Apr 2007

Electronic Arts to buy stake in The9

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PSP - FIFA 08 - Electronic Arts to buy stake in The9

Electronic Arts Inc. has reached an agreement with The9 Ltd. to buy a 19 percent stake in the Chinese online game operator for about $200 million, a local newspaper said on Saturday.

EA, the world's top video game publisher, and The9 have reached a basic agreement, Shanghai Securities News reported.

A representative from The9 was not immediately available for comment.

Shanghai-based The9 also obtained the exclusive right to run EA's casual game FIFA Online in China at the end of March, the newspaper added.
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2 Mar 2006

Got skills?

PSP News | FIFA Street 2

If you think you've got more flik-flaks than Ronaldinho, or can out-spin Zidane, Electronic Arts wants to see you in action. Head over to www.fifastreet2.com and hit Show Your Skillz and you could find yourself starring in a future FIFA Street game. There's already a bundle of uploaded clips, and some of them are so tricksy they made our eye-spheres spin in their sockets. Get practising, chuck your video on the site and get in the ...
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