FIFA 10

FIFA 10

The UK cover featuring Theo Walcott, Wayne Rooney, and Frank Lampard

Developer(s)

EA Canada (Xbox 360, PS3), HB Studios (PC, PSP, PS2)^[1]

Publisher(s)

EA Sports

Designer(s)

David Rutter (PS3 and Xbox 360)
Kaz Makita (Wii)
Paul Hossack (PS2, PSP, DS, PC, iPhone OS)

Platform(s)

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii,Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PSP, iPhone OS,N-Gage, Mobile Phone

Series

FIFA

Release date(s)

^AUS 1 October 2009^[2]
EU 2 October 2009^[3]
NA 20 October 2009^[4]

iPhone OS
^INT 2 October 2009^[5]
N-Gage
^INT TBA

Genre(s)

Sports

Rating(s)

ESRB: Everyone (E)
OFLC: G
PEGI: 3+

Mode(s)

Single-player, Multiplayer

Media

Optical disc, all systems except iPhone, N-Gage, mobile phone (download) and Nintendo DS (Game Card)

FIFA 10 (also known as FIFA Soccer 10 in North America) is the 18th title in Electronic Arts'FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it was published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. The game was to be released on 1 October 2009 inAustralia, but, as a result of unknown circumstances, it became available on 30 September. It was released on 2 October 2009 in Europe and 20 October 2009 in North America. It is available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Wii.^[6]Handheld versions of the game were also released for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Nintendo DS,Nokia N-Gage, PlayStation Portable, and mobile phones.

The demo of FIFA 10 appeared on Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC on 10 September in Europe, on 11 September in Australia, and on 17 September in North America. The playable teams wereChelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille and Chicago Fire. The stadia used in the demo were Wembley Stadium (Xbox 360 version), and FIWC Stadium (PlayStation 3 version). The demo offered friendly matches with half lengths of three real-time minutes. As well as playing a friendly match, the demo allows users to upload created in-game videos and screenshots to EA Football World.^[7] The tagline for the game is "How big can football get?", and "Let's FIFA 10".

FIFA 10 is the second version of the game to sponsor a football club. Along with football magazine FourFourTwo, FIFA 10 is the co-sponsor of English Football League One clubSwindon Town. The FIFA 10 logo appears on the front of the team's away shirt and on the back of the home shirt.^[8][9] It is the first FIFA game to do so since FIFA 07, which sponsoredAccrington Stanley for the 2007–08 season.^[10]