Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS
style="font-size: 6pt;">TM
FIFA Online , the first downloadable FIFA football game designed for PC
^, is available to football fans everywhere around the world to play
for free*.
Register at
class="releaselink" target="_new">http://fifa-online.easports.com
and compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa tournament mode and
score the goal that lifts your nation to FIFA World Cup glory. Compete
by yourself or online with friends in an authentic re-creation or a
fantasy version of the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament.
“Football
fans have helped drive the game’s evolution and development through our
testing period and now we are ready to share the game with a much
larger audience,” said Kaz Makita, Executive Producer of the EA SPORTS
FIFA franchise. “The FIFA World Cup attracts casual football fans all
over the world and we are inviting them to try a free football game
they can play at work or home and win the FIFA World Cup virtually.”
EA
SPORTS has also partnered with FIFA.com to give their Club members
exclusive content. Any gamers and football fans who register at
FIFA.com will receive an exclusive unlimited match pass to the 2010
FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM
mode. Register now on
class="releaselink" target="_new">www.FIFA.com/club.
Since
February 3, more than 20,000 football fans across Europe have
participated in the Closed Beta development and testing of FIFA Online
and that number is expected to grow to hundreds of thousands of fans.
Additional content will be designed for the game based on feedback by
fans.
FIFA Online features 28 licensed leagues, 500 clubs and
more than 15,000 players in a League Mode that enables fans to manage
and compete as their favorite football club, and the ability to play
online in challenge or cooperative matches. FIFA Online will enable
football fans to build their favorite club into their fantasy team by
developing or acquiring players, upgrading skills, and getting unique
apparel by earning in-game currency to acquire items or through
micro-transactions.
EA SPORTS FIFA Online will be released
around the world in stages. The UK English language Beta version is
available now with plans over the next 12 to 24 months for FIFA Online
to launch in other languages across Europe and then in North America.
EA SPORTS FIFA Online is developed by EA Canada and EA Singapore. The
game is rated PEGI 3.
Screenshots can be downloaded at
href="http://www.easports.co.uk/press" class="releaselink"
target="_new">www.easports.co.uk/press.
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