The future of mainstream football gaming was showcased at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany on August 31st when games publisher EA revealed its dynamic new engine that will debut in FIFA 07 on the Xbox 360 and lead the franchise into the future.
Two years in development, the new engine is the single largest investment EA has ever made in the football business. A physics-based and data-driven technology, the engine delivers individuality of player movement, authentic athletic motion and an unprecedented level of responsiveness.
The new engine creates a decision-making layer in FIFA 07 that gives each individual player a ‘football brain’ – a level of intelligence never before seen in a videogame. Player characteristics are now based on brand-new traits and twice the number of attributes, so no two players move in exactly the same way. Instead, they behave like the individual athletes we see gracing the pitch week-in, week-out.
FIFA 07 allows players to recognise their favourite athletes by the way they move. The human biomechanics of each athlete are taken into account and replicated in the game because the new engine is data-driven – the player motion is driven by individual attributes, physical characteristics and for the first time, traits.
FIFA 07 also introduces new ball physics, a central component to the feel and finesse of a football game. For the first time, the ball is alive with its own independent physics, resulting in truly unpredictable gameplay. Now any type of pass or shot is possible and goals will feel natural and unique.
Bringing the football experience beyond the videogame to truly deliver a complete media package for football fans is the online component to FIFA 07 which streams up-to-the-minute match results via real-time podcasts and news ticker. Nowhere else will football fans find such a comprehensive destination for football stats, information and real-world news.
With this new engine and licenses for 27 leagues from over 20 nations, FIFA 07 on the Xbox 360 will create the most refined football gameplay experience to date.
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