EA Sports FIFA World Launching New Game Engine Later This Year

[Steve_OS]

EA Sports is set to launch a new engine later this year for FIFA World, a new free-to-play game for PC gamers. Check out some of the features.

• FIFA World Ultimate Team – Build your own unique club that plays your style of football and hit the pitch to compete in online and offline modes. Play the 24/7 transfer market and strategically outwit other gamers in buying, selling and trading the world’s greatest superstars to create your Ultimate Team.
• League Mode – Lead your favorite real-world club to victory in Online Seasons and experience the drama of promotions and relegation as you battle against other community players to climb the league tables and reach the top flight.
• Accomplishments – Complete challenges and earn rewards for in-game tasks revolving around gameplay, transfer market, tournaments, online play and more. Check FIFA World daily for limited time accomplishments that reflect activity from the real world of football and accomplish to earn coins, packs and XP!
• Accessible Controls – Play with traditional gamepad devices , keyboard controls or try the new mouse based controls that are simple to use, but a challenge to master; and offer first time FIFA players and casual fans an easy and intuitive way to play. The choice is yours!
• EAS FC Social Hub – Capture and share spectacular goals and beautiful moments you create on the pitch and instantly post them to the in-game social feed. Keep up with your friends’ in-game activity and debate and discuss the latest results and highlights with the community.
• Single Player Tournaments - Enter your Ultimate Team into single player tournaments and challenge football clubs from around the world! Win trophies and you'll unlock new tournaments while earning rewards to boost your squad.
• Feature Tournaments - Every week new featured tournaments put your Ultimate Team in the spotlight, challenging you to beat some of the world’s best clubs to earn even bigger rewards for your Ultimate Team including coins and packs!
• Match Invites – Challenge your friends to an Ultimate Team showdown and see who has what it takes to rule the pitch.
• Player Impact Engine – The physics engine is built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction. Experience an infinite variety of natural and believable outcomes in every contact. Players feel resilient on the ball, push and pull during the fight for possession, and recover from light challenges more easily, preserving their natural momentum.
• Pro Player Intelligence - CPU players are infused with self-awareness and aptitude, enabling them to make decisions based on their own skills as well as the strengths and attributes of their teammates. Additionally, teams will vary their attack based on the strengths of their players on the pitch, and the weaknesses of opposing players, creating a more authentic experience and greater variety of matches.
• Tactical Defending - The defending mechanism places equal importance on positioning, intercepting passes and tackling at the right moment. Tactics and timing are crucial.
• Precision Dribbling - Enjoy new ways to take on opponents, more time on the ball to make decisions, and complete control of the pace of the game. Utilize close dribble touches in tight spaces, on the wings, and even while fending off an opponent.
• Complete Authenticity - 31 officially licensed leagues, more than 600 clubs and 16,000 players.

Read the full press release below and the official fact sheet here.

EA SPORTS FIFA WORLD TO LAUNCH A NEW GAME ENGINE LATER THIS YEAR

Improved Gameplay To Bring A New Level Of Authenticity To Free-To-Play Sports

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that EA SPORTS™ FIFA World, a new free-to-play* game for PC, is set to launch a new game engine that will give fans an even better, more realistic, football experience. By removing the barriers of having access to a console or a high powered PC, EA SPORTS FIFA World brings the FIFA experience to more gaming and football fans around the globe. Available in 9 languages, fans with an average spec laptop or desktop PC and a broadband Internet connection can play a fun, free*, authentic football game, driven by live content and featuring real players and real clubs from over 30 officially licensed leagues.

Since being announced at Gamescom 2013, EA SPORTS FIFA World has seen more than 3.5 million registrations from over 180 countries register to play the Beta, with over 45 million total matches played. Based on fan feedback, over 20 major updates have been made to the game, including gamepad and keyboard-only controls, as well as Accomplishments - a new feature that captures compelling storylines from the real world of football as they happen, challenging and rewarding fans to recreate and re-live these defining moments in EA SPORTS FIFA World.

“In FIFA World we have created a live service platform that allows us to fundamentally change the game by adding new features and modes through regular updates, all while keeping fans engaged with dynamic live content that follows the real world of football,” said Executive Producer Mike McCabe. “After almost a year of working closely with our fans we are very excited for our biggest update yet - a brand new game engine.”

The award-winning development team at EA Canada has adapted some FIFA HD** fan favorites with a number of new features to bring EA SPORTS FIFA World’s new game engine to life. With smarter AI, teammates will adapt to your style of play by making better attacking runs in the opponents half. Off the ball, improvements to Defensive AI result in better marking and run tracking. Game-changers like First Touch Control and Complete Dribbling redefine how players control and run with the ball, making offensive play feel even more authentic. An improved Player Impact Engine brings real world physics to the game like never before, to the point where each challenge and tackle feels realistic and rewarding. Upgrades to the Keyboard and Mouse Controls and Tactical Free Kicks are only some of the other improvements fans can expect with the new engine.

To complement the new game engine, fans can expect a number of updates in the coming months with new features such as video sharing, which will allow fans to upload their goal replays directly to YouTube, as well as roster updates, new kits, boots and club badges, as well as the addition of the Turkish Super Lig.

Start building your club in EA SPORTS FIFA World for free* by registering here.

[©roke]

If it doesn't have full manual controls I won't even try it this year

[HenryClay1844]

Funny that they would include a screen shot from the Brazilian league after they "dropped" it from regular FIFA. Probably an oversight.