2010 FIFA World Cup demo tomorrow

By Robert Purchese Published 7 April, 2010

Spain versus Italy, or vice versa.

A demo of EA's new FIFA World Cup game will be released tomorrow on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.

In it you'll be able to play as tournament favourites Spain or football stalwarts Italy, trying out the optional two-button control system while saving and sharing your replays on EA Football World.

EA took the chance to also announce that the game's soundtrack had been compiled by 28 artists in 20 different countries. This apparently highlights the tribal and rhythmical musical landscape of Africa, where the World Cup is being staged this summer.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Shikasama #1 2 years ago

    Expect more EG Fifa bumming soon then

    Original review was a joke

  • DavoTheDiv_2010 #2 2 years ago

    Shame it's not been released as DLC. Will probably buy anyway, best Footy game around.

  • abcd #3 2 years ago

    I'll probably buy it after the world cup. I imagine the price to bomb after the tourny.

  • Jay-ITFC #4 2 years ago

    Yep will pick this up for a fiver after the World Cup.

  • wizlon #5 2 years ago

    Fifa demos are ace, I just pretend it's the full game and make my own tournament up... leg 1, Spain vs Italy. leg 2, Italy vs Spain. Final, Spain vs Spain (away strip). You even get two player included so as long as you have a mate as cheap as you are you can get a good 20+ hours from it. GOAL!

  • Dave797 #6 2 years ago

    Wow the "should have been DLC" comments amuse me. How exactly could EA include 199 teams, 6000 players, 4 or 5 game modes, the refined gameplay engine and all the presentation that comes with a WC game as DLC? It would be impossible to to do the game or competition justice because of size restrictions alone. Plus it's had a full 12 month development cycle the same as a full Fifa release. So for me it deserves it's place on the shelf next to Fifa10.

    Can't wait for this!

  • marcgiu #7 2 years ago

    i am with you dave797 - we have people buying 3 -4 first person shooters so why not by 2 absolute quality footy games.

  • Power_n_Glory #8 2 years ago

    I'll rent it during the World Cup if the demo is good but I won't buy it. EA are a bunch of crooks and should have released a patch to fix the bugs in Fifa 10. Let's hope the writers at Eurogamer can write an honest and indepth review and not not ignore the bugs.

    It's funny how most of the sites have been silent on the bugs issue even though the Fifa community has been calling for fixes for months on the official Fifa 10 site. Before the release, the EA staff were constantly talking up the game to posters on the site and after the release and complaints about bugs they've went on holiday and gave the silent treatment.

    Sites like Eurogamer haven't done enough and should have done an article or something just to stir EA a bit and get their attention. It was bad enough that the reviewers missed the many bugs.

  • kentmonkey #9 2 years ago

    Totally agree with the person above who I can't remember the name of and can't be bothered to write out their long name. But I do agree.

  • Number1Laing #10 2 years ago

    FIFA 10 was honestly a pretty big disappointment. Amazing control scheme let down by annoying bullying AI and a flat out broken career mode.

    So I'm skeptical about this (and FIFA 11). I'm sure the demo will be very impressive. The on-pitch control should be amazing. But what about everything else?

  • DiamondIce #11 2 years ago

    They have supposedly fixed the ball chesting feature (my wording sounds a bit iffy) for this edition. How could they deem it to be acceptable for FIFA 10?

    I have lost count of the cheap goals I have conceded because the player goes into the overally long chest animation, which you have next-to-no control over.

  • rodpad #12 2 years ago

    No ref.

  • Trigga_Tybalt #13 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 15:43:01 23-02-2012

  • xDIGNITYx #14 2 years ago

    I hope so because the demo is excellent.