FIFA 08

FIFA 08
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Developer(s)	EA Canada
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts Automati
Designer(s)	Joe Booth & Kaz Makita (PS3, Xbox 360) Paul Hossack (PS2, Xbox, PC)
Series	FIFA series
Engine	(band
Platform(s)	PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PSP, DS, Mobile, N-Gage
Release	PC, PS2, Xbox360, PSP, NDS & Wii September 27 2007 September 28 2007 October 9 2007 PS3 September 27 2007 September 28 2007 October 16 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer, Multiplayer online

FIFA 08 (also known as FIFA Football 08 and FIFA Soccer 08) is the latest installment of Electronic Arts' popular series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts worldwide. It was released in September 2007 and October 2007, depending on the region. The game was released on the following platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, Mobile, and N-Gage. The PC version of the FIFA 08 demo was released on August 31, 2007. Both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions of the demo were released on the 13th of September, 2007.

The tagline for the game is "Can You FIFA 08?".

Leagues

FIFA 08 includes 620 FIFA licensed teams, 30 leagues (with all 27 leagues from FIFA 07), and more than 15,000 players included, 20% more than FIFA 07. The new leagues officially confirmed are the FAI League of Ireland, the Australian A-League and the Czech Gambrinus Liga.

Playable Leagues

• Hyundai A-League ^{new, 1}
• T-Mobile Bundesliga
• Jupiler League
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• Gambrinus liga ^new
• SAS Ligaenen
• Eredivisie
• Barclays Premier League
• Coca-Cola Football League Championship ^2a
• Coca-Cola Football League One ^2b
• Coca-Cola Football League Two ^2c
• Ligue 1 Orange ³
• Ligue 2 Orange
• Fußball-Bundesliga
• 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

• FAI eircom League of Ireland Premier Division ^{new, 4}
• Serie A TIM
• Serie B TIM
• K-League
• Major League Soccer ⁵
• La Primera División del Futbol Mexicano
• Tippeligaen
• Orange Ekstraklasa
• bwinLIGA
• Clydesdale Bank Premier League
• La Liga
• Liga BBVA
• Allsvenskan
• Axpo Super League
• Turkcell Süper Lig

^new - First time included in the FIFA series
¹ - includes Wellington Phoenix from New Zealand
^2a - includes Cardiff City from Wales
^2b - includes Swansea City from Wales
^2c - includes Wrexham from Wales
³ - includes AS Monaco
⁴ - includes Derry City from Northern Ireland
⁵ - includes Toronto FC from Canada

Rest of World

FIFA 08 has 23 clubs in its "Rest of World" division. These teams are not part of any league listed above, but are included in FIFA 08.

• Lausanne-Sport
• Lugano
• La Chaux-de-Fonds
• Orlando Pirates
• Kaizer Chiefs
• Mamelodi Sundowns
• Arka Gdynia
• Górnik Łęczna
• Pogoń Szczecin
• Wisła Płock
• Polonia Warszawa
• PFC Levski Sofia

• Boca Juniors
• River Plate
• Esporte Clube Bahia
• Atlético Mineiro
• Ponte Preta
• Santa Cruz
• São Caeatano
• Fortaleza
• AEK Athens
• PAOK
• Panathinaikos
• Olympiacos

Key Features

Clinical Finishing — A true next-generation ball-striking engine calculates shot success by combining an almost infinite number of different contexts, including ball spin, pressure from defenders, player attributes, and even air pressure to recreate the drama and unpredictable nature of shooting.

Intelligent Football -- Now featuring AI with a 35-point decision engine which enables players to process 1,000 potential options and reactions every second in real time -- more than 60,000 options every minute -- via a dynamic ‘Threat Map’ system to capture the excitement and realism of football.

Be a Pro: Offline Training — Think and react like a real professional soccer player. Play the entire game as a fixed player while getting real time feedback and analysis on the fly. A unique camera angle keeps both player and action in focus, zooming in when you’re on attack.

Pro Skills — A new, organic building-block system enables you to combine tricks and skill moves together to recreate signature moves from the real-world superstars or define your own style of play. Animations can be interrupted at any time to transition into a new move, just like real life.

Manual Controls — Dictate the play with new manual controls for through-passing and crossing. Now use the right-stick to quickly switch defenders and choose exactly who you want defending, when you want him.

Online Leagues – Create and organize your own multiplayer Friends Leagues and tournaments with all the tools in-game.

EA SPORTS™ Interactive Leagues: – Represent your club online against your rivals throughout the season in the F.A. Premier League, Bundesliga, French League or Mexican 1st Division. Features weekly in-game pod casts by the development team.

Video Upload: Capture your best goals and highlights in-game and bring them online for the world to see. Upload your highlights to the FIFA 08 website to create the ultimate highlight reel to prove the stories you are telling your friends are all true. Because without the footage, it’s fiction.

Real World Soccer News — Receive up-to-the-minute soccer news and podcasts from media outlets.

Complete Authenticity — Dramatically more authentic and exhilarating with 620 licensed teams, 30 official leagues, and more than 15,000 players.

Tournament Mode – Play 60 tournaments, including 35 officially licensed ones, or create one of your own.

Game soundtrack

As a constant in the series, FIFA 08 too will feature a wide variety of world music on its soundtrack. The songs featured are as follows:

• !!! - "All My Heroes Are Weirdos"
• Apartment - "Fall Into Place"
• Art Brut - "Direct Hit"
• Aterciopelados - "Paces"
• Babamars - "The Core"
• Bodyrox ft. Luciana - "What Planet You On?"
• Bonde do Rolê - "Solta o Frango"
• CAMP - "From Extremely Far Away"
• Carpark North - "Human"
• CéU - "Malemolência"
• Cheb i Sabbah - "Toura Toura (Nav Deep Remix)"
• Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Off the Hook"
• Datarock - "Fa-Fa-Fa"
• Digitalism - "Pogo"
• Disco Ensemble - "We Might Fall Apart"
• Dover - "Do Ya"
• Heroes & Zeros - "Into the Light"
• Ivy Queen - "Que Lloren"
• Junkie XL - "Clash"
• Jupiter One - "Unglued"
• Kenna - "Out of Control (State of Emotion)"
• k-os - "Born to Run"
• La Rocca - "Sketches (20 Something Life)"
• Lukas Kasha - "Love Abuse"
• Madness ft. Sway and Baby Blue - "Sorry"

• Maxïmo Park - "The Unshockable"
• Melody Club - "Fever Fever"
• Mexican Institute of Sound - "El Microfono"
• Modeselektor ft. Sasha Perera - "Silikon"
• Noisettes - "Don't Give Up"
• Pacha Massive - "Don't Let Go"
• Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
• Planet Funk - "Static"
• Robyn - "Bum Like You"
• Rocky Dawuni - "Wake Up the Town"
• Santogold - "You Will Find a Way"
• Simian Mobile Disco - "I Believe"
• Superbus - "Butterfly"
• Switches - "Drama Queen"
• The Automatic - "Monster"
• The Cat Empire - "Sly"
• The Hoosiers - "Goodbye Mr. A"- _{Appears on the official Site and is the 'Main Song' for this year.}
• The Hours - "Ali in the Jungle"
• The Tellers - "More"
• Tigarah - "Culture, Color, Money, Beauty"
• Travis - "Closer"
• Tumi and the Volume - "Afrique"
• Vassy - "Wanna Fly"
• Wir sind Helden - "Endlich ein Grund zur Panik"
• Yonderboi - "Were You Thinking of Me?"

Game covers

Ronaldinho will be featured on game cover in all regions, along with the following footballers depending on region.

• Germany: Miroslav Klose of Bayern Munich

• Spain: Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid

• France: Franck Ribéry of Bayern Munich

• Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa of Club América & Jozy Altidore of Red Bull New York

• Poland: Euzebiusz Smolarek of Racing Santander

• UK: Wayne Rooney of Manchester United

• United States: Guillermo Ochoa of Club América & Jozy Altidore of Red Bull New York

• Austria: Andreas Ivanschitz of Panathinaikos FC

• Switzerland: Tranquillo Barnetta of Bayer Leverkusen

External links

• Official FIFA 08 site
• FIFPlay