UEFA EURO 2008 announced
If it’s not a new Champions League title they are working on to tide us over to the inevitable release of a new FIFA game later on in the year, it’s a football game that cashes in on either Football World Cup or European Football Championship. With UEFA EURO 2008 soon upon us, it comes as no surprise to learn that EA is soon to “celebrate” the occasion with the release of an officially licensed game. As EA put it in the press release: “You didn’t think EA had forgotten about this one, did you?”
Naturally, the game is promised to feature realistic representations of the world’s famous football players, as well as the teams and official stadiums that will be part of the championship. Powered by a more accessible, faster paced and responsive version of the “market-leading” EA SPORTS football engine, the game is set to be EA’s best shot at replicating the real-life football experience.
Players will be able to pick from over 50 European national teams, including France, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain. Two new game modes, Captain Your Country and Battle of the Nations, are also being added:
A new game mode called Captain Your Country will enable gamers to put themselves on the pitch, earn the captaincy of their team and truly inspire their country to glory.
/…/ In addition, an online mode called Battle of the Nations will enable gamers around the world to lead their country to global supremacy.
UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
Said lead producer Simon Humber:
Our game, UEFA EURO 2008, celebrates the passion fans have for their national teams by capturing all of the national rivalries in-game, and enabling you to captain your country or play as your heroes and inspire them to glory. We have taken our football engine to another level and added innovative new features to create a videogame that captures and simulates the real-world experience and all the emotion of this tournament.
UEFA EURO 2008 is scheduled to hit retailers across Europe on April 11th for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, PC, and mobile. North America will get the game on May 20th.
*Yawn*
“footbaall” blows donkey dick. not only to play in real life, but to watch as well. The video game version … sucks even harder.
Will England be in it? lol
Actually, they will
where is England lololol… Portugal its gonne win
Hope Scotland is in it… specially since we beat France in the qualifiers… TWICE!
Just pipped out of Euro 2008 by Italy… Meh… still we did better than England =P
I like these tournament games infinitely more than the normal FIFA 06/07/08/09. I’m not going to play an entire years worth of national competition. That’s just boring. I’m still playing FIFA World Cup 06, and will probably but UEFA Euro 2008 as well…
Just try to have a certain amount of objectivity when writing or commenting on a game like this.