Anticipating EA Sports FIFA 11

FIFA 11 will be the 18th title in Electronic Arts' FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it will be published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label on 30 September 2010 in Australia, 28 September 2010 in North America and 1 October 2010 in Europe for all platforms except the Wii. The Wii version will be released on 3 October 2010 in North America and Europe. The Windows version of FIFA 11 will be the first in the series to use the same game engine as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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New features

• Next Gen Gameplay Engine (PC) - The game engine that is used for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the game will now be used on the PC.

• FIFA World (PC) This will allow the player to customize their online avatar, compete with players from all over the world and fight for positions on the leaderboard

• Personality+ (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is a system intended to improve the way that players' individual abilities are reflected in-game, resulting in clearer differentiation between players. Personality+ utilises a database containing 36 attributes and 57 traits for each player, maintained by a worldwide network of 1700 scouts, editors, and reviewers.

• Pro Passing (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is a new passing system where the gamer's own accuracy with the control pad, as well as the situation and skills of the players on the pitch, determines the accuracy of each pass.

• Creation Centre (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is a new web-based application which allows the user to create material to download to their console and share with their friends. Created teams names, kits, players and home stadia can be customised and players can be edited in a more in-depth way than before. Create a player by choosing his appearance, accessories and attributes and then create an original team with a distinctive crest and kits, complete with home stadium.

• Custom soundtracks For the first time in the series the player will be able to create their own personalised soundtrack by importing their favourite music into the game. Customised chants can also be imported and a club's anthems and chants can be set to play during introductions, halftime, after goals, or at the end of matches. The player's virtual pro's name can be chanted in the stadium.

• Career Mode (Xbox360,PlayStation 3 and PC) Be A Pro mode and Manager mode have been merged into the new Career mode, where the player can choose to be a player, manager, or player-manager over fifteen seasons.

• Street Football (Wii) Players can now play 5 vs 5 street football as well as the traditional 11 vs 11. Each street player has a distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match, and for the first time, head on indoors to play with many additional customizable features.

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