With over 250 additions and enhancements to core gameplay, FIFA 09 on the PS3 system and Xbox 360 deliver an authentic football simulation that enables you to customize the game to suit your style and ability. New animation technology creates more responsive first-time shooting and passing, faster and more controlled dribbling, and improved trapping. New player momentum physics, which exploits the power of these platform engines, delivers realistic player collisions, authentic jostling for the ball, and more variation in tackling.

For the first time, go inside the game engine to customize the strategy and positioning of your teammates to decide exactly how your team will play in any situation. With new Custom Team Tactics you have all the tools to become a first-team coach. Adjust and customize tactical settings so CPU players and your team perform just like the real-world team plays and make strategic decisions to exploit your opponent’s weaknesses, all on-the-fly. The popular feature innovation Be A Pro has expanded to a career mode called Be A Pro: Seasons where you can choose or create a professional player and then develop his skills at a single outfield position over four years with the ultimate goal of becoming a national legend. The matchday experience is now true-to-life with a referee and linesmen on the pitch. Plus, crowds, stadium atmosphere and commentary have all been regionalized in exact detail.

In what has become an annual tradition, FIFA Soccer 09 features a handpicked roster of Platinum acts and soon-to-break artists from around the world that defines the sound of the coming soccer season as it creates new international stars. This year’s soundtrack includes debut tracks from Italian electro-funk artist Caesar Palace, UK rockers Kasabian, and Artwerk Music Group’s international sensation Datarock, as well as exclusives from French hip-hop phenomenon Soprano and a new track by Tom Jones remixed by Junkie XL. The soundtrack is further highlighted by songs from Hot Chip, The Kooks, Foals, The Ting Tings and My Federation (UK); Radiopilot (Germany), Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley (Jamaica); The Kissaway Trail (Denmark); The Fratellis (Scotland); Gonzales (France); CSS and Curumin (Brazil); Duffy (Wales); Cut Copy and The Veronicas (Australia); and Sam Sparro, The Airbourne Toxic Event, MGMT and The Black Kids (USA).

“We have exceeded our annual challenge to create videogames’ preeminent international soundtrack,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA. “No other game has been as influential with regards to new music, and FIFA Soccer 09 truly raises the bar worldwide. We’re excited that Brazilian fans of Curumin will hear Spain’s The Pinker Tones and Norway’s Datarock. We’re proud that Canadians who love Chromeo will discover Ladytron from England and Junkie XL from Holland. We want fans throughout France, Mexico and Germany to find that their favorite new song is by Señor Flavio from Argentina, DJ Bitman from Chile or Jupiter One from New York. FIFA Soccer 09 will take music globalization to a whole new level.”

The complete in-game soundtrack for FIFA Soccer '09 includes:

Artist Song Country Album Caesar Palace 1ne Italy Dogs from V-Gas Chromeo Bonafied Lovin' (Yuksek Remix) Canada Fancy Footwork: Deluxe Edition CSS Jager Yoga Brazil Donkey Curumin Magrela Brazil Japan Pop Show Cut Copy Lights And Music Australia In Ghost Colours Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Something For You (One Loaf Of Bread) Jamaica   Datarock True Stories Norway   DJ Bitman Me Gustan Chile Latin Bitman Duffy Mercy Wales Rockferry Foals Olympic Airways England Antidotes Gonzales Working Together (Boys Noize Remix) France Soft Power Hot Chip Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Remix) England Made In The Dark Jakobinarina I'm A Villain Iceland First Crusade Junkie XL feat. Electrocute Mad Pursuit Holland Booming Back At You Jupiter One Platform Moon USA Jupiter One Kasabian Fast Fuse England   Ladytron Runaway England Velocifero Lykke Li I'm Good I'm Gone Sweden Youth Novels Macaco Movin' Spain   MGMT Kids USA Oracular Spectacular My Federation What Gods Are These England Don't Wanna Die Najwajean Drive Me Spain Till It Breaks Plastilina Mosh Let U Know Mexico All U Need Is Mosh Radiopilot Fahrrad Germany Fahrrad Reverend And The Makers Open Your Window England The State Of Things Sam Sparro Black & Gold USA Sam Sparro Señor Flavio Lo Mejor Del Mundo Argentina Supersaund 2012 Soprano Victory France   The Airborne Toxic Event Gasoline USA The Airborne Toxic Event The Black Kids I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix) USA I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You The Bloody Beetroots Butter Italy   The Fratellis Tell Me A Lie Scotland Here We Stand The Heavy That Kind Of Man England Great Vengeance And Furious Fire The Kissaway Trail 61 Denmark The Kissaway Trail The Kooks Always Where I Need To Be England Konk The Pinker Tones The Whistling Song Spain Wild Animals The Script The End Where I Begin Ireland The Script The Ting Tings Keep Your Head England We Started Nothing The Veronicas Untouched Australia Hook Me Up The Whip Muzzle #1 England X Marks Destination Tom Jones Feels Like Music (Junkie XL Remix) Wales   Ungdomskulen Modern Drummer Norway Cry-Baby

On the Wii, enjoy FIFA 09 All-Play one of two ways—a Wii-specific take on the authentic ‘11 vs. 11’ simulation or over-the-top ‘8 vs. 8’ arcade action within a stylized environment with Mii™ versions of your favorite superstars, like Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney. Refined motion and point-and-play controls make playing FIFA 09 All-Play even more intuitive and perfectly balanced for gamers of any ability to enjoy fun, football action. Choose to play the style that best suits your skills from advanced controls for experienced players to new EA SPORTS™ All-Play controls that enables novice players to focus on fun using simplified controls with AI assistance.

FIFA 09 on PC now features leading-edge visuals that deliver graphics that exploit the power of hi-spec gaming PCs, as requested by PC gamers. Star players are featured in photorealistic quality with remodeled likenesses for ultra-realistic gameplay. FIFA 09 on PC also features customizable mouse gameplay controls that deliver deeper, more intuitive command over your squad. Plus, customizable widgets are now integrated into the menu system to connect you to the FIFA community and real-world football so you stay connected while playing FIFA 09.

With 500 new animation sequences and all-new collision and shielding systems—representing the biggest innovations to the multiplatform EA SPORTS football engine in four years— FIFA 09 delivers more responsive, intelligent and realistic physical action on the PlayStation 2 system. The new collision detection system with 360 degree coverage enables players to behave according to their physical attributes where player speed, direction and strength determine everything from the severity of the collision to the outcome of possession. Changes to the animation system reward the skillful gamer during one-on-one situations between attackers and defenders. Tuned acceleration attributes enable swifter virtual players to possess quicker first steps and gain advantage in sprints. Plus, four new skill moves—scoop turns, rainbow flicks, heel-to-heel knocks and ball rolls—give you a total of 32 tricks in your arsenal to perform just like Ronaldinho.

FIFA 09 on the PSP and NDS now include the innovative Be A Pro feature, including the unique Be A Pro camera that re-creates the rush and excitement of racing in on goal, designed exclusively for each system.

Additional major feature innovations for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC will be revealed later this month and announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August.

FIFA 09 is in development for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PS2, NDS, PSP, and is scheduled for worldwide release this autumn.

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