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Fifa Ultimate Team Draft Unveiled
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Aug 5, in the year of our Lord
2015 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today
announced that EA SPORTS™ FIFA 16*, delivers New Ways to Play in
its two most popular modes: FIFA Ultimate Team™ (FUT) and Career
Mode. FIFA Ultimate Team introduces FUT Draft, a brand new way
for fans to test their team building skills and compete with
some of the best football players in the world. And this season,
Career Mode adds two features most requested by fans: Pre-season
Tournaments and Player Training that ensure an even deeper and
more authentic career whether fans play as a manager or a pro.
In FIFA Ultimate Team Draft, fans can compete in single player
or online** in a single knockout string of four games to achieve
rewards – the more games won, the better the reward to utilize
in your FUT Club. Once fans enter a Draft using virtual coins,
FIFA Points, or a Draft Token, they will choose from one of five
formations, then a captain, and then go on to fill out the rest
of their 23-man squad by selecting a player from a choice of
five in each position. Fans will be tested as they choose
between picking the best players and creating a team with the
right chemistry before they enter their games. See FUT Draft in
action as two of England’s top football pundits, Jamie Carragher
and Gary Neville play the all new mode: here.
“We are delivering unprecedented depth and innovation to the
franchise this season by bringing several new ways to play
across Career Mode, Ultimate Team, and through the introduction
of twelve Women’s National Teams,” said David Rutter, VP and GM,
EA SPORTS FIFA. “We think fans are going to be equally as
excited with all the new ways as they have been with the
gameplay in FIFA 16. From hands-on gameplay events across the
world, we’ve heard resoundingly positive feedback on the
balanced and exciting experience we are building in FIFA 16.”
FIFA 16 delivers Innovation Across the Entire Pitch in gameplay
highlighted by No Touch Dribbling and Clinical Finishing, two
new features sure to provide Moments of Magic in the final
third. To balance against attacking players, defenders now move
as a unit with new positioning and 25 feature changes to their
locomotion, ensuring they stay with attackers and give fans
Confidence in Defending. Arguably the most important part of the
pitch, the middle of the park is where matches are won and lost,
and FIFA 16 encourages fans to gain Control in Midfield with
Passing with Purpose and Interception Intelligence, two
revolutionary features that elevate the battle for possession
and balance gameplay. Goalkeepers have also been improved with
new save animations and authentic positioning.
Rich and authentic football narrative in FIFA 16 is driven by
hours of new commentary, new commentators in German and Russian,
and more than 900 new real chants sung in stadiums across the
globe. BORRUSSIA-PARK in Mönchengladbach, El Monumental in
Buenos Aires, and CenturyLink Field in Seattle make up three of
the nine stadiums making their debut in FIFA 16, taking the
total to more than 70 stadia in game. And the German Bundesliga
gets an authentic presentation package in FIFA 16 synonymous
with the league’s television broadcast visuals, including score
graphics, team sheets, and player analysis.
FIFA Ultimate Team also adds new broadcast presentation to give
fans a unique experience from game-to-game. Dynamic commentary
in FUT will now have commentators reacting to the stats and
history of your club. FIFA 16 also sees the arrival of Legends
Chemistry, which will increase chemistry links between legends
and squad players, and eight new FIFA Ultimate Team Legends,
only on Xbox.
In Career Mode, Pre-season Tournaments will help managers grow
transfer budgets and get their team in good form ahead of
competition that counts. Managers will select from three of nine
tournaments presented at the start of each season before jumping
into their domestic campaign. Player Training will assist in the
development of youth and squad players in between matches. Fans
will select from more than 30 drills and put up to five players
through their paces to improve faster. This opens up new ways to
play, especially for those managers looking to develop youth
players and transfer them to other clubs.
The all new FIFA Trainer helps all fans Compete at a Higher
Level by utilizing an optional, ground-breaking in-game training
system which uses the context of the game to display controller
options to the player. The trainer options will progress as the
level of the trainer increases, which can be set to automatic or
controlled manually.
FIFA 16 innovates across the entire pitch to deliver a balanced,
authentic, and beautiful football experience. Fans who
pre-order*** FIFA 16 can choose from Standard, Deluxe, and Super
Deluxe editions. The Super Deluxe edition offers up to 40 FIFA
Ultimate Team™ Jumbo Premium Gold Packs, three FIFA Ultimate
Team loan players for five games each, and two brand new
celebrations from the EA SPORTS Football Club catalogue.
FIFA 16 will be available starting September 22 in North America
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.
*Not all features available on all gaming platforms.
**Internet connection and Origin account required. Must be 13+
to create an account.
***Offer restrictions apply.