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''FIFA 16'' includes [[Women's association football|female footballers]], with 12 women's national teams: [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]], [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]], [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]], [[China women's national football team|China]], [[England women's national football team|England]], [[France women's national football team|France]], [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]], [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]], [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]], [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]], [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]], and the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]. At the time of initial release, three modes are available for the women's teams - offline friendlies (Match Day), online friendlies and a tournament mode based on the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]].
''FIFA 16'' includes [[Women's association football|female footballers]], with 12 women's national teams: [[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]], [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]], [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]], [[China women's national football team|China]], [[England women's national football team|England]], [[France women's national football team|France]], [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]], [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]], [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]], [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]], [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]], and the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]. At the time of initial release, three modes are available for the women's teams - offline friendlies (Match Day), online friendlies and a tournament mode based on the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]].
[[FIFA_16screenshot.jpg]]

Gameplay of FIFA 16
The game contains 78 stadiums, including 50 real-world venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2015/fifa-16-stadiums|title=FIFA 16 - All Stadiums|publisher=[[EA Sports]]}}</ref> [[Fratton Park]], home of [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], was added to in honour of Portsmouth fan Simon Humber, creative director of the ''FIFA'' series, who died of cancer in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2015/fifa-16-fratton-park-and-simon-humber|title=Fratton Park in Honour of Simon Humber|publisher=[[EA Sports]]}}</ref>
The game contains 78 stadiums, including 50 real-world venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2015/fifa-16-stadiums|title=FIFA 16 - All Stadiums|publisher=[[EA Sports]]}}</ref> [[Fratton Park]], home of [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], was added to in honour of Portsmouth fan Simon Humber, creative director of the ''FIFA'' series, who died of cancer in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2015/fifa-16-fratton-park-and-simon-humber|title=Fratton Park in Honour of Simon Humber|publisher=[[EA Sports]]}}</ref>


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FIFA 16
Global cover art featuring Lionel Messi
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesFIFA
EngineIgnite
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Android (Ultimate Team only)[1]
iOS (Ultimate Team only)[2]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

FIFA 16 is an association football simulation video game published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Android and iOS.

The game is the first in the FIFA series to include female players. It is also the first in which the players on the covers were chosen by popular vote, including the first women to appear on the cover.

The game received generally positive reviews on its release in September 2015, with writers praising its realism.

Gameplay

FIFA 16 includes female footballers, with 12 women's national teams: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. At the time of initial release, three modes are available for the women's teams - offline friendlies (Match Day), online friendlies and a tournament mode based on the FIFA Women's World Cup. FIFA_16screenshot.jpg Gameplay of FIFA 16 The game contains 78 stadiums, including 50 real-world venues.[3] Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth, was added to in honour of Portsmouth fan Simon Humber, creative director of the FIFA series, who died of cancer in 2015.[4]

A new Training Mode was also added to Career Mode allowing the player to develop footballers in the team of which they are managing without actually playing them.[5] These are in the form of skill games, a feature added to the series previously. It allows the player to set a specific focus on which the footballer should develop on meaning that he will grow specifically according to the chosen focus attribute. Doing this also increases the transfer value of the player.[6]

New friendly enhancements were added to the mode with players now able to pick a friendly tournament before a season starts. Winning these friendly tournaments gives the player a reward in the form of a transfer budget boost. Also, unlimited substitutions are permitted when playing these friendly games. Other features include two-year loans, many realistic transfer budget enhancements and improved player values.[7]

New features that are exclusive to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC versions of the game will involve a licensed presentation package for the Bundesliga, new weather and kick-off time variations, and the use of vanishing spray during certain matches.[8]

Development and release

In order to get female player motions correct, the game's designers used motion capture of American forwards Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux, American midfielder Megan Rapinoe and Australian defender Steph Catley.[9]

FIFA 16 was announced on May 28, 2015.[10] The announcement of the inclusion of woman players was met with positive critical response from IGN.[11] EA Sports' official trailer revealing the women's football feature was released on May 28 and included live and in-game footage of such players as Morgan, Leroux, Rapinoe, Abby Wambach, Hope Solo, Spain's Verónica Boquete (who had previously petitioned EA Sports through Change.org to include female players[12]), England's Eniola Aluko and Steph Houghton, Germany's Célia Šašić, Canada's Christine Sinclair and Sweden's Kosovare Asllani.[13]

The game was released in September 2015 worldwide for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Android and IOS.[14] A representative from publisher Electronic Arts confirmed that neither a PlayStation Vita version nor a Nintendo 3DS version of the game is in development, making FIFA 16 the first edition in the series since 2000 to not to be released on Nintendo platforms.[15][16]

In September 2015, due to a warning by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), 13 women's players that are currently attending or "likely to attend" an NCAA-sanctioned school, will be removed from FIFA 16. The NCAA argued that the inclusion of these particular players would result in their forfeiture of eligibility to participate in NCAA-sanctioned programs, as NCAA rules strictly restrict monetary compensation to individual student-athletes. Whilst complying with the request, EA argued that they had licensed their likenesses through national governing bodies under "standard protocol", and that "none of these NCAA student-athletes or potential student athletes were to be individually compensated by EA Sports for their inclusion in the game."[17]

The official soundtrack was released on September 10, 2015, and is available for streaming on Spotify.[18]

Cover athletes

FIFA 16 is the first game in the series to allow fans the opportunity to put their favourite player alongside Lionel Messi on the cover of the game in Australia, Brazil, France, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Poland and the United Kingdom.[19] Three female players – Catley, Sinclair and Morgan – became the first women to be on a FIFA game cover.[20][21][22]

FIFA 16's localised covers include the first three women to feature on the cover of a game in the series, including Alex Morgan (pictured) in the United States
Cover Athletes
Territory Cover athlete
Japan Japan Shinji Kagawa[23]
France France Antoine Griezmann[24]
Australia Australia Steph Catley[20]
Tim Cahill
Mexico Mexico Marco Fabián[25]
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland Ireland 		Jordan Henderson[26]
Brazil Brazil Oscar[27]
Latin America
(except Brazil and Mexico) 		Juan Cuadrado[28]
Poland Poland Arkadiusz Milik[29]
Canada Canada Christine Sinclair[21]
United States United States Alex Morgan[22]
Austria Austria David Alaba[30]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani[31]
Italy Italy Mauro Icardi[32]
Turkey Turkey Arda Turan[33]

Reception

ESPN writer James Tyler gave the game a positive review, commenting on the increased realism of defending and passing tactics. He suggested that the series could be improved with a mode playing as a team owner.[47] The Independent's Andrew Griffin was also pleased with the additions, but theorised that they would not be revolutionary enough to challenge rival title PES 2016.[48] Writing for The Guardian, Ben Wilson noted the difference in tactics needed while playing as women, and concluded that it would be difficult to choose the best game out of the year's FIFA and PES editions, awarding a maximum five stars.[46]

IGN praised the addition of women’s football and the FUT Draft mode, but compared the game unfavourably with PES 2016, stating that, with "its biggest rival matching its dynamism and beating it for fluidity and responsiveness, EA Sports has work to do if FIFA is to regain its title as king of the digital sport."[42] Metro also compared it unfavourably with PES 2016, stating that it is the "worst FIFA game for over half a decade, and clearly inferior to PES 2016" but is "still not a bad game in itself, with some welcome new features."[45] GameSpot gave it a more positive review, stating that, while it "can be stubborn and stifling," it "feels gloriously new, and having to learn fresh strategies and nuances in a game series like this is an almost-forgotten pleasure."[41]

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  25. ^ "FIFA 16 Cover for Mexico Revealed". FIFPlay. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  26. ^ "Jordan Henderson is the FIFA 16 cover star in the UK". FIFPlay. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  27. ^ "Oscar is the FIFA 16 Brazilian Coverstar".
  28. ^ "Juan Cuadrado features on FIFA 16 cover in Latin America". FIFPlay. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  29. ^ "Arkadiusz Milik as FIFA 16 cover star in Poland". FIFPlay. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  30. ^ "FIFA 16 Austrian Cover Revealed". FIFPlay. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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