FIFA 10 Character Renders, Box Art Players, And Demo Announcement

EA has released some character renders for some of the cover athletes for the game. the renders are for Sacha Kljestan, Frank Lampard, Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney, And Bastian Schweinsteiger.

A Demo for FIFA 10 will be coming to the PS3/PC and Xbox 360. Europe will see it on September 10th whilst America will get it on September 17th. Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille, and Chicago Fire will be playable.

EA has also announced the Following cover athletes for the following regions.

Global
Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard

UK
Wayne, Rooney, Theo Walcott, Frank Lampard

France
Karim Benzema, Stave Mandanda, Guillaume Hoarau

Italy
Giorgio Chiellini, Ronaldinho

Spain
Xavi Hernandez, Karim Benzema

Germany
Bastian Scweinsteiger, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard

North America/Mexico
Quauctemoc Blanco, Sacha Kljestan, Frank Lampard

Switzerland
Tranquillo Barnetta, Frank Lampard

Austria
Andreas Ivanshitz, Wayne Rooney

Hungary
Balázs Dzsudzsák, Wayne Rooney

Poland
Robert Lewandowski, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney

FIFA 10 Character Renders


Press Release

GUILDFORD, UK. – August 14th, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled the global cover athletes for EA SPORTS™ FIFA 10. Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard joins Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney as the face of FIFA 10 worldwide on each available platform— the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and mobile.

FIFA 10 marks the fifth year the 23-year-old Rooney has been featured on the global pack cover of the FIFA franchise while the 31-year-old Lampard is on the cover for the first time in the FIFA franchise history.

“It is an honour to be part of the EA SPORTS FIFA franchise. Being on the cover of this fantastic football video game with such a rich history is really a great achievement for me”, said Lampard.

The two football greats will be joined by numerous stars from all over the world on regional packaging, including Karim Benzema in France, Xavi Hernandez in Spain, Giorgio Chiellini in Italy, Bastian Schweinsteiger in Germany and many others all over the world.


A full playable demo of FIFA 10 for the PLAYSTATION3 will be available for downloadable at the PLAYSTATION Store, for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Marketplace and for the PC atWWW.EASPORTS.CO.UK/FIFA10 as of September 10 in Europe and September 17 in North America. Play as Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille, and Chicago Fire (MLS) and discover a football experience that will deliver a new standard for authenticity with gameplay refinements and innovations that will make it the most complete and intelligent simulation of football. In addition to playing an exhibition match, for the first time in a FIFA demo users will be able to upload created in-game videos to EA Football World.



FIFA 10 will be available in stores across Europe from October 2nd 2009 and in stores throughout North America on October 20. It is developed under the EA SPORTS brand by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C., FIFA 10 is localized into 18 languages and sold in 37 countries–-it is the most popular EA SPORTS franchise globally. The game is rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI in Europe.

EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.

Visit WWW.EASPORTS.CO.UK/FIFA10 for more information.


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