The evolution of FIFA: 1994 - 2013

The tagline for the game was “A great player needs a great first touch”, and was the twelfth game in the FIFA series. The main cover for the game featured Patrick Vieira, Fernando Morientes and Andriy Shevchenko. The game was back with create-a-player mode and and more authentic passes and tricks were added to the game play. It was released on 11 October 2004.

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This instalment cam with a lot of changes, mostly in the control of play while the “off the ball” ability was discarded. The “team chemistry” which determines how well team members play together was introduced. The game also featured a Classic XI and a World XI team consisting of great football legends and current superstars respectively. The game came with the tagline “You Play, They Obey”, and was released on 4 October 2005. Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho served as the cover stars.

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With more than 510 teams in 27 leagues and 20 countries with over 10,000 licensed players, FIFA 2007 was huge and had stadia such as the new Wembley Stadium and Emirates Stadium. “Interactive Leagues” was introduced, which allowed the users to play the EPL, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and Mexican League in a real-time world where the weekly real world fixtures are tracked. It was released on 27 September, 2006 and Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney were retained as the cover stars.

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With a tagline “Can You FIFA 08?”, FIFA 08 was released with the new “Be A Pro” mode where the users could play an entire match as a single player. The manager mode came with the option of scheduling training on desired dates. It was released on all popular gaming formats in September 2007 and yet again, Rooney and Ronaldinho were retained as the cover stars.

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