Rain and snow can be switched on and off before games, which affects whether players wear gloves. New goalkeeper technology has also been added which allows for better positioning, better reactions to saves and faster recovery after a save has been made.Īn improvement from " FIFA 08" is the weather and time. Īmong the improvements in the new FIFA are improved responsiveness that allows for quicker release of the ball, greater urgency in the off-the-ball running, a new jostle system that takes into account the strength of the players when going shoulder to shoulder and subtle animations that enable players to take first-time shots.Īnother of the edition's biggest changes is a completely revamped collision system, which calculates speed, weight and power when the players collide, as each player will have their own individual strength and power statistics depending on their body characteristics. It has been stated in an interview with David Rutter that there are over 250 improvements on the game. and because of that the cover was changed to feature Maurice in a US National Team jersey and Ronaldinho is changed to wearing his Milan jersey, so that a club's jersey was featured. After the North America cover was already presented, Maurice Edu signed for Scottish team Rangers F.C.
All covers features Ronaldinho with different players for each region: North America version features Guillermo Ochoa and Maurice Edu, German cover features Kevin Kurányi, Italian cover features Daniele De Rossi, Irish cover features Richard Dunne, French cover features Franck Ribéry, and Karim Benzema, Portuguese cover features Ricardo Quaresma, Spanish cover features Gonzalo Higuaín, Swiss cover features Tranquillo Barnetta and UK and Australian covers feature Wayne Rooney.
The only difference between the PS3 and Xbox 360 demos is the stadium, PS3 features the FIWC Stadium while the Xbox 360 version features the new Wembley stadium.ĭifferent versions of covers for "FIFA 09" have been unveiled.
The demo was released on 10 September for PC and on 11 September for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It has been given a release date of 14 October 2008 for North America and has been already released on 2 October 2008 in Australia and 3 October in Europe. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. "FIFA 09" is the latest installment of Electronic Arts' " FIFA Series" of football video games.
6.1 GB free hard disk space for DVD format and additional space required for DirectX® 9.0c installation CPU: 2.4 GHz - RAM: 512 Megabytes of RAM (1 GB required for Windows Vista) - DirectX® 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated 128 MB video card or equivalent (must support Shader Model 2.0 or above) - DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Cardĥ12Kbps or greater broadband connection for online gameplay Requirements = Operating Systems: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista Platforms = PC, Mobile, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 Ratings = vgratings|ESRB=Rating Pending|PEGI=3+ Released = vgrelease|AUS=Octovgrelease|EU=Octovgrelease|NA=October 14, 2008 Paul Hossack (PS2, PSP, DS, PC) Fact|date=September 2008 Caption = The UK cover featuring Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooneyĭesigner = David Rutter (PS3 and Xbox 360)