FIFA 09 Ultimate Team Enables Gamers To Create And Collect Their Dream Team To Compete Online

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team delivers a new strategic online experience to the award-winning EA SPORTS™ FIFA 09 on PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360™

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team challenges gamers to collect or create the most talented football players in the world, develop them into a dream team and then compete online against a legion of challengers to be crowned the ultimate team.

“Online is the next great frontier in sports gaming. We are seeing a record number of individuals globally playing FIFA 09 online so we are focused on developing games that maximise the online experience,” said Andrew Wilson, Vice President & Executive Producer for the franchise. “A dedicated team developed FIFA 09 Ultimate Team and they have created a game within the game, delivering a strategic new way to play FIFA 09 that will create hundreds of additional hours of playing time.”

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team challenges gamers to collect 30 different types of bronze, silver and gold virtual cards, including Player, Staff, Contract, Formations, and Tactics, to create their fantasy team. Strategically collect and manage players and different types of cards, and then set the match strategy to win. Carefully select or trade for the right Manager, then choose the best Tactics and Formations that forge the team chemistry necessary to take your club to the top. Plus, deal Gameplay cards on your opponent at key moments of any match for a tactical advantage.

Live the ultimate dream in FIFA 09 Ultimate Team. Create yourself in game, line up alongside your heroes and captain your squad to glory. Customise everything from players and stadiums to the kits and badges, creating the world’s next great football club. Compete offline and online to earn more valuable cards or trawl the market for the ones needed to complete a winning team. Climb the league table or compete in knockout tournaments for the most coveted trophies, where the opposition becomes more difficult after each victory.

Feel the exhilaration as you take your carefully assembled squad into matches and tournaments online against the most formidably talented teams ever assembled—and out play them. Here is the ultimate test of your skills as a player and manger. Write your own legend with FIFA 09 Ultimate Team.

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team will be available as a download to FIFA 09 beginning March 19, 2009. Fans will be able to experience the new game mode by creating a team with a starter package of players and virtual cards and play a five game trial before deciding to purchase the FIFA 09 Ultimate Team mode. FIFA 09 is required.

Find out how to take part in the first FIFA 09 all-british cup.

EA and The Sun newspaper are looking for the most skilled FIFA 09 players in the UK to take part in an all-British cup.

If you fancy putting your virtual footie skills to the test in an interactive tournament and be in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes, then all you need to do is email The Sun telling them that you’d like to take part, what club you usually choose and what format you play on. If we have enough interest from FIFA fans, then the tournament will start sometime over the next couple of months.

To express your interest in taking part Email The Sun or go to The Sun Website for more information.

This is your opportunity to tell us, your fellow gamers and the world at large what your favourite PC games of all time are.

PC Gamer is running a Top 100 PC games of all time feature where one lucky user will be winning a top of the range PC courtesy of Cyberpower and AMD.

To vote for your favourite games all you have to do is register at the PC Gamer Top 100 website and choose your top 10 games from their database.

Our patchmaker's co-ordinator, Opeel, had made great facepack for a lot of players in FIFA 08. In my opinion he done very good patch! Opeel made faces for:

• Eric Abidal [Barcelona]
• Andres Iniesta [Barcelona]
• Hugo Almeida [Werder Bremen]
• Simone Perrotta [AS Roma]
• Andrea Barzagli [Palermo]
• Johan Djourou [Birmingham]
• Kuba Błaszczykowski [Borussia Dortmund]
• Micah Richards [Manchester City]
• Michael Carrick [Manchester United]
• Stefan Kießling [Bayer Leverkusen]
• Robert Enke [Hannover 96]

That sunday was not anything special for causal people but it was for us, for "cyber sport" fans. What happened?? It is all because of Polish Fifa 2008 National Team. Few guys who love football became European Champions. I do not have to remind you that this second time in a row because last year Wojtas' and Kartek's team managed to win as well. In the big final they played versus Portugal and very calmly won 14:6. They proved their good form and we can look forward for the European Nations Cup which is more important and every national team will do their best to qualify to LAN finals in Germany. As we remember, last year our team was beaten after relegation with Ukraine and did not have to book flights to Leipzig.

As we look on the lineup we can majority of 2 teams: PGS and Wilda D-Link. It is a pitty that very soon those organisations will connect in one because in National Team there can be only 3 players in the lineup. Can we look for bright future for polish players?? We will see soon. At the moment we thank for the Championship as Poland defended the tittle.

Portugal [06:14] POLAND

Beast - wsn (1:2 2:2)

redler - kartek (0:0 0:4)

reyes - hom3r (1:2 2:2)

roger - pio (0:1 0:1)

last - kargul (1:0 2:2)

I have ineloquent pleasure to announce that the MEGA Patch PL is on our site now! It is one of the greatest polish patches! Our the best patch makers had created it! What is in the patch?

• updated Orange Ekstraklasa
• 2nd Polish Division
• Updated teams(autumn ’07)
• Polish Cup
• Ekstraklasa Cup with actual groups
• Playoffs, advances, falls
• Improved Polish National Team
• Holland National Team
• Add 4 teams: CSKA Moskwa, Dynamo Kijów, Szachtar Donieck i Steaua Bukareszt
• Kits awal, home, golkeeper
• Alternative kits for some teams
• Flags, adboards, minikits for every team
• stadiums (Orange Ekstraklasa - 16 and 2nd Division – 14)
• A lot of faces
• New menu
• Popup Canal+ Sport
• New boots
• MPPL Switcher
• Easy installer
• And many, many more...

Our patchmaker PlockiWislak has made great chants for polish teams. One of these is for Wisla Krakow, one of the famous polish teams. Another one is created for Polonia Warszawa; a few years ago they won Polish Championship. Both of chants are in very high quality. I hope you’ll satisfy. Link is below.

• Wisla Krakow Chants
• Polonia Warszawa Chants

Our patchmaker, PlockiWislak, had made another great patch. After Legia Warszawa Chants, now he had created chants for Górnik Zabrze. I have to admit: this patch is excellent! If you are a fan of Orange Ekstraklasa you must have this affix! Have fun!

Are you rummy why polish stage is so strange? Why polish portals cannot unite each other and make some big, great decisive patch? I tried to answer this question. If you want to read my article please click in link below. Have fun!

Our new patchmaker, PlockiWislak, has made excellent chants for Legia Warszawa. Affix is excellent and I think that every fan on Legia Warszawa should download this file. What should you do? Just click here. Have fun!

I have ineloquent pleasure to announce that the Graphics Patch by PiPoL is available to download from our site now. I am sure that I don't have to introduce you this affix. What is in GP? Practically everything! FIFA 08 Graphics Patch contains:

• 50 boots 2G
• 6 balls
• Adidas Kahn Fingersave™
• Adboards 2G
• Popup and TV logo Canal+ SPORT
• New sub's jerse's (black,white,red)
• Flag for linesmans
• New turf

A behind the scenes look at the
making of FIFA 08

Each video provides a unique insight into the 'making of' FIFA 08 covering the following elements:

1)       Authenticity
2)       Be A Pro
3)       Current Generation Features
4)       Interactive Leagues
5)       Wii
6)       Motion Capture
7)       Next Generation Engine – Skill Moves
8)       Next Generation Engine – Ball Striking
9)       Passion
10)     Soundtrack

Click here to enjoy!

EA takes it to the street with international music soundtrack for FIFA Street 3

Environments Pulsate and Explode To Life with The Beat of the Music

EA unveiled today an international selection of artists and music that make up the soundtrack of FIFA Street 3, the newest installment of the EA SPORTS BIG™ street football arcade series. Hand selected to bring the exhilarating football experience to life through environments that pulsate to the beats, the FIFA Street 3 in-game soundtrack features 37 songs representing a resurgence in electronic music and brings the beautiful game back to the streets.

The third chapter in the FIFA Street series creates a hyper-real world that brings to life football’s biggest stars as stylised action heroes who perform to an eclectic selection of music seamlessly infused into their surroundings. The game’s environments pulsate and explode to life with every well-timed tackle, outrageous trick move or unstoppable shot on goal.

A playable demo of FIFA Street 3 for the Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3 is now available for download. The PLAYSTATION3 downloadable demo is available at the PLAYSTATION Store and the Xbox 360 downloadable demo is available on Xbox Live Marketplace.

The FIFA Street 3 soundtrack boasts an extraordinary mix of music gathered from around the globe, hand picked to represent different regions and their passion for the game. It includes songs by Chromeo (Canada), MC Amilcka (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Junkie XL (Holland), M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/ London), and Underworld (London).

“This has always been a game with global underground credibility, and our responsibility is to always take its music to the next level,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “For FIFA Street 3 we’ve created a soundtrack that digs deep into hardcore electronic culture, bringing together the genre’s most radical breakthrough artists from more than a dozen countries. It’s more than just the world sound of the streets; it’s the sound of FIFA Street.”

The music in FIFA Street 3 includes:

FIFA Street 3 features over 250 of the world’s best players representing 18 of the top international teams. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player has been rendered into a stylized caricature and boasts his own, distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Whether you’re after brawn, brains, silky skills or crunching tackles to complete your team, the perfect street player is out there. Choose from Tricksters, Enforcers, Playmakers and Finishers to give you different options on the ball and make your mark on the street.

Euro Championship of the computer and video players at CeBIT 2008

The World Cyber Games (WCG) are spectacular starting in the year 2008. Already in March there will be a highlight: from March 6th to 9th the WCG guest with the Euro Championship of the computer players, the Samsung Euro Championship (SEC), at the CeBIT in Hannover. That means: Four days non-stop-Action, 250 players from 30 nations and prize money of 100.000 US-Dollar.

The Samsung Euro Championship invites the best players from all over Europe to the Euro Championship of the players. It begins with a furious opening ceremony on March 6th before the tournaments are starting. Then the guests and the visitors of the CeBIT experience some eSport legends and newcomers with exciting games in a variety of disciplines. Sport fans get one`s money worth at the game titles Need for Speed: Pro Street (car race), FIFA 08 (soccer) and the console hits Dead or Alive 4 (Beat'em Up) as well as Project Gotham Racing 4 (car race). Spectacular tactic matches show the Cyber-Athletes at Counterstrike 1.6 (Tactic-Shooter), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (strategy) and Command & Conquer 3 (strategy). In addition, there are many events, competitions, information and of course autographs of the stars. The new European Champions will than nominated at a spectacular closing ceremony on March 9th. They play for fame, glory and total prize money of 100.000 US-Dollar.

„Fans and visitors of the Samsung Euro Championship see the living contact with the technology at the CeBIT: The trend-sport type eSport has long become a symbol of a dynamic digital lifestyle,“ is Thomas von Treichel, announcer of the Samsung Euro Championship and the World Cyber Games saying. „The year 2008 will be the year of eSport in Germany, with the Samsung Euro Championship as a brilliant kick and the crowning conclusion, the worldwide finals of the World Cyber Games in November in Cologne.“

The Samsung Euro Championship will be battled at CeBIT in Hall 22 on the grounds of the Hanover tradeshow.