Gaming News - August 2006
Redwood City, CA (August 23, 2006) - EA today released new details on
FIFA 07 for the Xbox 360.
From EA:
Two years in development, the new engine is the single largest investment EA
has ever made in the soccer business. The engine is poised to redefine the way
sports videogames play and feel. A physics-based and data-driven technology, the
engine delivers individuality of player movement, authentic athletic motion and
an unprecedented level of responsiveness.
“Get ready for the first real next-gen soccer experience. FIFA 07 on Xbox 360
will deliver athletes that move as fluidly, as realistically and as intuitively
as athletes in real life,” said Andrew Wilson, Producer for FIFA 07 at EA. “This
engine is the most sophisticated sports technology we’ve ever produced – it
gives us the ability to transform soccer as it is played today but more
importantly, it is a dynamic technology that promises to deliver new innovations
for years to come.”
The new engine creates a decision-making layer in FIFA Soccer 07 that gives each
individual player a ’soccer 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 Soccer 07 allows players to recognize their favorite 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.
“The FIFA Soccer 07 engine unlocks ultra realistic player motion and delivers
complete responsiveness due to its ability to branch animations and the
real-time calculation of real human biomechanics. Essentially our software
engineers are writing human decision-making code,” said Hugues Ricour, Producer
for FIFA Soccer 07 on the Xbox 360.
FIFA Soccer 07 also introduces new ball physics, a central component to the feel
and finesse of a soccer 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 soccer experience beyond the videogame to truly deliver a complete
media package for soccer fans is the online component to FIFA 07 which streams
up-to-the-minute game results via real-time videos, podcasts and news ticker.
Nowhere else will soccer fans find such a comprehensive destination for soccer
stats, information and real-world news.
With this new engine and licenses for the top leagues from around the world,
FIFA Soccer 07 on the Xbox 360 will create the most refined soccer gameplay
experience to date.
“EA SPORTS is focused on gameplay and online innovations. We believe fans will
feel the difference in FIFA 07 on Xbox 360 the first time they pick up the
controller,” said Clive Downie, VP, Marketing, EA Europe.
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