FIFA 11 to "reinvent player authenticity"

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 June, 2010

Due out this autumn for PS3 and 360.

EA Canada aims to "reinvent player authenticity" in FIFA 11, which will be released this autumn for PS3 and Xbox 360.

The key features in this year's iteration of the megabucks sports franchise are called Personality+ and Pro Passing, and between them they should promote players' individual skills and make the flow of play more realistic.

Check out our FIFA 11 screenshot gallery and preview for more details.

FIFA 10 already had a huge database of stats for particular player attributes, but Personality+ will employ more of them in pronounced fashion.

Defenders, in particular, should be noticeably superior to other players at reading the play and dealing with skilful attackers, while goalkeepers will have different diving styles and noticeable advantages in terms of agility and reactions.

Pro Passing, meanwhile, will use more contextual logic to determine the success of passing. Along with a sort of power bar (which also provides feedback in the case of over or under hit passes), FIFA 11 will apply more "error" based on the circumstances in which passes are made.

On top of that, you'll be able to import crowd chants and your own music this year, and there are myriad other changes - handball is an option, nets can be customised, and animations have been overhauled to make it easier to identify players at pace.

EA isn't talking about changes to game modes yet, but will be showing the game at E3 next week and gamescom in August, so expect more details soon.

You can read much more in our FIFA 11 preview.

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  • Segnit #1 2 years ago

    No Wii, PSP or DS and PC version?

    Is this signify a change in strategy by EA corporate or just and EG oversight? I'm curious now.

  • Fab4 #2 2 years ago

    "Defenders, in particular, should be noticeably superior to other players at reading the play and dealing with skilful attackers, while goalkeepers will have different diving styles and noticeable advantages in terms of agility and reactions."


    If they successfully implement this alone, I may just be tempted. Really got on my tits the way experienced defenders could be made to look like chumps because the opposition were playing with one of the whored teams.

  • LHH #3 2 years ago

    I thought for a minute that they were going to do a dlc thing whereby you download the new players/transfers/kits rather than release a game every year. *rolleyes

  • solidSnake04 #4 2 years ago

    they should indeed change the dev time to 2 years. meanwhile they would release 2 dlcs (cheap obviosuly) with updated stuff and collect feedback from gamers.

  • TFM_Excalibur #5 2 years ago

    Handball?

    about time...

  • Gartt #6 2 years ago

    Sounds good and I'll be picking it up but the AI will probably still cheat though.

  • nuanimal #7 2 years ago

    Sounds like an interesting concept.

    Have to admit though when I read the title I thought there was EA attenpting to introduce some form player reputation and behaviour system

  • darth_paul #8 2 years ago

    i think they are forced, by FIFA, to sell 2 games every year (FIFA 1X + FIFA ROAD WORLD CUP/WORLD CUP or ROAD EURO/EURO)

    i think i read i somewhere... dunno though. But considering people are morons, and WORLD CUP 2010 sold so well, they´re encouraged anyway to sell 2 FIFA´s every year... so