The FIFA Interactive World Cup has been known to produce a lot of excitement and drama. This year's tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and for the first time ever in the competition, the championship was won by an American. We had the opportunity to sit down with FIWC winner Nenad Stojkovic for his thoughts on winning the tournament.
Even though the games have shipped, there's plenty of footy news coming out of EA Canada as we near the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa next weekend. In case you missed all the news, here's a recap:
The world's biggest sporting event is quickly approaching, but you can get your first taste of the festivities by picking up your copy of 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is now available in stores. For the first time the world's biggest spectacle will be hosted in Africa and you will be able to experience all of that pageantry and atmosphere by playing the game.
The man in black was the topic of this week's Big Shout in the Fifa 10 podcast, where I was joined by the sweet talking David Witts from sweetpatch.tv, as Romily continues to find sand in the unlikeliest of places on his hols.
To all soccer fans out there! Don't miss today's Mexico vs. US World Cup qualifying match and watch EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 10 pack athlete Cuauhtemoc Blanco in action! Just visit http://envivo.terra.com/deportes/live/259-eu/ to see the live streaming of the Mexico vs. US soccer match at 4:00PM EST
By now you should have heard a fair amount about what's in store for FIFA 10. I'll cover them again here shortly - but we've a lot more coming soon, too. Throughout the end of June I'll be visiting London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Milan, Warsaw and Moscow to get our game in front of more journalists and unveil a number of additional new features we have deliberately not mentioned yet.
David Rutter
is the Line Producer for FIFA 11 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. A lifelong football fan, David supports Leicester and Hitchin Town. In addition to playing FIFA, Rutter also enjoys CoD, GRAW, and NHL.
Aaron McHardy
is responsible for gameplay design on FIFA 11. He did that on FIFA 08, 09 and 10, too. A professional footballer prior to working at EA, Aaron displayed his skills for the motion-capture cameras on FIFA Street and FIFA Street 2.
Marcel Kuhn
is a producer on FIFA 11 with a big focus on the all-new Career Mode. Prior to EA, Marcel worked for a marketing agency in Germany for several years and, later, worked for a comic publisher.
Romily Broad
is community manager for EA SPORTS Football World. Principally, that means he gets to play FIFA a lot and claim that it's actual work. Between games he also brings us the weekly FIFA podcast and all the cool stuff you might find over at EASPORTSFootball.com.
Christophe Labrune
came to EA Canada from France in 2001 and, after some time in QA and localistion, joined the FIFA crew for FIFA 2004. He was Online Producer for FIFA 10 on PS3 and Xbox 360 and now runs the Football Live Team for the FIFA series. If you're a forumite, you'll find him there as "EA_FLT".
Stevie Morgan
has worked in sports broadcasting for the past 12 years, despite always being picked last for football at school. He has also founded a support group for fellow fans of Southampton FC who, like him, have found things a bit much over the past few years and are suffering from post-Premiership depression.
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