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Take a look at this FIFA 09 Ultimate Team Freshness Interview.

Get a starter pack of cards that will build your team. Win to earn more credits.

FIFA 09 Ultimate Team will be released in next weeks Playstation Store update for  around $10 (£7.99). This adds a new mode to the FIFA franchise that allows you to build your ultimate dream team using cards. Take a look at the below video to get a taste of what this is going to be like.

FIFA Soccer 09 Ultimate Team Mode Gameplay

Thanks to our friends over at TheSixthAxis, EA has announced a price for the upcoming Ultimate Team expansion that will be made available for FIFA 09 on the 19th of March.

In order to get the Ultimate Team you will need to pay £7.99, not great lot if you ask me to what seems like a rather big update.

A 5 game trial will be available so you can try it before you buy. Thats not it, a Trophy patch is due out the same day. Good times lay ahead for Fifa 09 owners.

The Ultimate Team is downloadable content for Fifa 09 and will be released on the 19th of March 2009. The pack will add a new mode, trophies and now we can reveal that it will add new ‘funny’ celebrations.

Fifa 09 producer Simon Humber says:

There are some funny new celebrations.

To see if you can snoop anymore information, head over to the official EA sports forums.

Trophies will be added to Fifa 09 on the 19th of March 2009 when the Ultimate Team patch is released. Below is the full list.

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On the UK forum of EA Sports, an employee announced that FIFA 09 has received an update following the feedback from the user on in the community. These are improvements from this update:

• Fixed side-stepping issue on lofted through balls
  Fixing the issue where a player sidesteps when trying to control a lofted through ball instead of running straight onto it and controlling it, was a top priority for the EAC development team. We’re happy to say that the team at EAC has been able to fix this problem and it will be included in the game update.
• Improved advantage rule: fixed goals being called back for free kicks
  There was a problem in the advantage rule whereby the referee would call back a goal if it was scored when the advantage was being played. Instead the referee would give a FK or a PK to the fouled player. This issue has been resolved in the game update. Goals that are going in when a foul is committed will count when they score.
• Improved number assigning in Manager Mode
  When signing a player in Manager Mode the player now makes a more sensible decision, based on this position, on which number he would like, whereas previously he would always take the number 2.
• Allowed up to 8 user-controlled teams in Tournament Mode
  After installing the game update it will be possible to play in Tournament Mode with up to 8 user-controlled teams. This gives the option to host bigger events with your friends to compete in offline-tournaments. Have fun!
• Removed ability to bring custom teams into Online ranked matches
  Everybody has the option to transfer players in his favorite team and create his own custom dream team. This is an option we want to offer everybody to enjoy the feeling of creating own teams and play matches online or offline. When it comes to ranked competitive online matches we think only real teams should compete against each other to keep everybody’s chances even. So with the update it is no longer possible to enter a ranked match with a custom created team. You will still be able to upload your customized team online as in customized starting line-up with the existing players of that team’s roster
• Fixed Stadium 23.Maj lag issue
  We fixed a major frame rate issue in 23.Maj stadium.
• Fixed join issue in Online Team Play Lobbies
  A game hang issue occurred during search for available OTP game sections within the lobby rooms has been resolved.

Most of you will probably be glad with the advantage rule fix. And if you read the North American Store update, you noticed that they got commentary packs of non-english languages, but EU update didn’t. Well it did. After checking the store out we discovered that the EU store has also received the packs.

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The most notable game in this update is Age of Booty. Made by Capcom that is mainly for the casual, online pirate who want to regain some of their past notoriety. You can think of it as a party game which included the help of some former Halo multiplayer developers.
Also you’ll find the PAIN Movie Studio Lot expansion and a special PAIN The Hoff Character on it.

Check the list for what you get in North America.

Downloadable Games

Age of Booty ($9.99)

Add-on Game Content

• PAIN Movie Studio Lot ($5.99)
• PAIN The Hoff Character ($1.99)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Multiplayer Map Pack 1: Elemental (free)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Multiplayer Map Pack 2: Terrestrial ($1.25)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Costume Pack 1 ($4.99) (Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi and 4 more characters)
• Hot Shots Golf Out Bounds Costume Pack 2 ($2.99)

LittleBigPlanet costumes

• LittleBigPlanet – MotorStorm Stormers Costume ($1.99)
• LittleBigPlanet – Sack-Eating Plant Costume (SCEE contest winner) (free)
• LittleBigPlanet – Lilly Pad Costume ($0.99)
• LittleBigPlanet – Hugo Costume ($0.99)
• LittleBigPlanet – Great Blue Costume ($0.99)
• LittleBigPlanet – Frost E Costume ($0.99)
• LittleBigPlanet – Animal Costume Bundle ($2.99) (4 different costumes)

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Fifa 09 has broke records with a successful first week of sales. The newest Fifa game outsold last year’s game by around 37.5%, this set new records. 42% of the sales were on the Xbox 360, 40% on the Playstation 3, 11% on the Playstation 2 and the remaining were shared by other platforms.

Good news for EA and the gaming industry and it holds strong through the credit crunch.

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Fifa 09

Fifa 09 Screenshots.

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Have you got what it takes to become a legend? Check this trailer out, it shows how good the Be a Pro season mode is.

Do you have the stones to become an international legend?

FIFA 09 PS3 Be a Pro: Seasons

For those of you living in the UK and don’t have FIFA 09 yet you might want to wait until the weekend before you buy it. Tesco will be selling FIFA 09 at a reduced price of just £29.99. ASDA will be reducing the game to £32. Meanwhile, Blockbuster will be selling the game at £34.99 and are giving away a free football and £5 off any other game.

So yes, wait until the weekend unless you need to play it now!

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Here’s a gameplay video of FIFA 09 which is due to be released this week. You’ll see Brazil take on FC Dallas.

Revel in the glory of GOOOOOOOOAL.

FIFA 09 Brazil vs. FC Dallas gameplay

Someone has got their hands on the FIFA 09 final retail build, they’ve posted some information and compared the full version to the demo. Here’s what they said.

• The shooting is much more refined & huge improvement on the demo – BUT, the camera does zoom in now as soon as the ball crosses the line. This may not be a huge problem for most – in fact, it may not even be noticeable to some, but there was delay in the zoom on the demo, which meant you saw the ball hit the back of the net before the camera zoomed for the celebration – this has gone for the main game, and for me personally, it does take a little of the satisfaction away from scoring, which is a shame.
• The graphics are an improvement, with better AA now, and replays are much, MUCH better, with no slow-down or stuttering, and the camera angles seem to be far better.
• Commentary so far seems spot on, although I’ve always liked it, yet some complain. Not 100% sure if the running animation has changed, although again, I was happy with it in the demo.
• Night matches lighting may not be to everyones taste, but it looks stunning from where I’m sitting, and has a similar hue to that of the 2004/5 champions league Fifa game, with a very slight blueish tint, that does give it a TV style feel, even though it isn’t necessarily accurate. The crowd seem to have improved since the demo, although I can’t put my finger on how.
• There are lots of nice little touches here and there, and variations within the animation – sometimes the way players receive the ball and pass looks absolutely stunning. It’s difficult to put my finger on it, but the way the players position their bodies, and the shape of them as they recieve the ball can just look fantastic.
• All in all, I can’t get enough of it at the moment. It’s without the doubt the best football game I’ve played, and the most ‘right’ feeling football game since PES 3 for me.

Click through for the full list of stadiums in the game.

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With the release date of Fifa 2009 around the corner the start of the fifth Fifa Interactive World Cup Qualifications will start on the same date.

The FIWC is a season-long tournament mirroring the real world of football in which gamers from all around the world can participate playing Fifa 09. This tournament is only available on the Playstation 3 system.
Despite Playstation only being involved for the second time in this tournament, Darren Carter, Vice President for brand and Consumer Marketing, hopes to see the tournament establish itself into the biggest online football tournament in the world.

With certain special features only available on the PS3 version of Fifa 09, you’ll be getting dynamic real-world data and analytics, bringing the game to new heights of authenticity for football fans and gamers connected online.
If you have not heard about this, it will a feature based on the gameplay and performance of a players which will change dynamically if their performance is good or bad during certain periods, thus simulation the highs and lows of teams in the real world. (more…)

Here’s a FIFA 09 video where you’ll see Chelsea take on Barcelona. The game is due on the 3rd of October which is just over a week away.

He’s got quite a fight in him.

FIFA Soccer 09 Dominant Force gameplay

Check this excellent advert out. The FIFA 09 advert showing the PS3 version off. The advert was first shown on the 21st of September on Sky Sports 1 during the first half of the Chelsea Vs Man United game.

You can see Wayne Rooney and Manchester United against Gonzalo Higuaín and Real Madrid with the Manchester United team made up of Wayne Rooney and 9 of the best football gamers in the world.

FIFA 09 PS3 advert