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Fifa 16 Adds National Teams for Women
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 28, in the year of our Lord 2015
– Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that EA
SPORTS™ FIFA 16 will feature 12 Women’s National Teams for the
first time in franchise history when it launches starting on
September 22, 2015 in North America. Women’s National Teams from
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany,
Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the United States of America
will all represent their respective federations in several FIFA
16 game modes including Kick Off, an Offline Tournament, as well
as Online* Friendly Matches.
“Bringing some of the best women’s players and teams in the
world to our franchise is a massive event for EA SPORTS, and we
are equally excited about bringing millions of fans a new way to
play,” said David Rutter, VP and GM, EA SPORTS FIFA. “We’re
making sure fans get an authentic experience when playing with
Women’s National Teams thanks to our innovative player capture
and reference tools, as well as the sophisticated gameplay
platform which we will continue to innovate on in FIFA 16.”
From all new player movement and likeness, to realistic
animations and attributes, the FIFA development team have
authentically recreated 12 of the top-ranked teams in the world.
Capturing all new player movement was done with meticulous
detail and supported by a motion capture session at EA Canada
with four top players from United States Women’s National Team:
Sydney Leroux, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, and Megan Rapinoe. The
players’ movements helped to build new locomotion for women in
FIFA 16 including new walks, runs, sprints, and horizontal
movement. Soccer Canada also visited EA to provide full-player
references captured using the 360 degree body scanning rig – the
references were then used to develop new player models. And the
mobile headscanning unit travelled to a variety of tournaments
and events around the world to capture facial features including
hairstyles to ensure players look as realistic as possible in
FIFA 16. Players in the game will look and move in game like
they do on the pitch when representing their country.
“I honestly can’t believe all of the science and technology
behind the game itself, let alone getting us into the motion
capture suits and eventually into the game,” said Abby Wambach,
world record holder for International goals scored and forward,
United States Women’s National Team. “We’re all excited to see
ourselves in the game, but even more excited to see the reaction
from all of the fans, including the fans of our team that maybe
wouldn’t be expecting something like this from EA SPORTS.”
FIFA 16 with Women’s National Teams** will be available when the
game launches on Origin™ on PC, Xbox One, the all-in-one games
and entertainment system from Microsoft, Xbox 360® games and
entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 and
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems.
*Internet connection and Origin account required. Must be 13+ to
create an account.
**Not all features available on all gaming platforms.