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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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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 we have 7 new screenshots of EA Sports upcoming Football game, Fifa 09. Not a lot has been said in whats been improved over Fifa 08 but what i can say is that Fifa 09 has more than 250 key improvements and boasts 50,000 different combinations of tactics. Now that is a lot!

Lets hope this is the best Football game yet, i’m sure it will be better than Pro Evo because Fifa 08 was!

7 Fifa 09 screenshots

Fifa 09

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I loved Fifa 08 and i hope Fifa 09 is even better. Fifa 09 promises bug fixes and a more realistic approach to gameplay physics. Take a look at the first details of Fifa 09. Fifa 09 should be released in the summer of 2008. The following shots are from PSM3 magazine.

For all the football and fifa fans out there check out the first shots of Fifa 09:

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The first details of EA Sports upcoming football game have arrived from a US mag called Gamepro. “Considerable gameplay improvements” are to be seen in the next instalment of Fifa. Gameplay improvements such as “increased responsiveness from passing, dribbling and the physical pushing and shoving that occurs in a game.”

Fifa 09 is apparently to improve in the animations area to make the game feel more realistic and faster than the previous Fifa games.

“the ball-handler can adjust themselves from falling during a slide tackle “if their non weight-bearing leg is tackled”, and goalkeepers can reach behind their bodies if they misjudge a shot on goal.”

“Team Captains may also cry like babies when a crucial cup penalty is royally scuffed – It all sounds so much more realistic.”

Read more over at CVG.