At SoccerGameZ Jan van Haaren has released a great patch for the Creation Center. It allows for the easy translation of the Creation Center into the following languages:
English
Dutch
French
German
Korean
Spanish
Download this easy to install patch by clicking here.
EA Sports have just released the English version of the long awaited FIFA 2003 Creation Center. This official editor allows you to create, edit, import and export players, team, leagues and tournaments. You can also edit players appearances, import new kits, badges, supporter flags and chants.
This is program is a must have for anyone wanting to edit their FIFA 2003 game. It is vital for importing new FIFA 2003 patches.
To get full use from the Creation Center be sure to read the readme.txt in the zip and install the Artwork program as well as the main program itself. The Creation Center comes complete with a very detailed Help system.
We encourage all patch makers to begin using the new "packages" system in the Creation Center to make installing patches easier for the fans.
The Creation Center weighs in at a heft 31 mb however is well worth the download. Grab it from our Downloads Centre today.
Leo and the guys over at Fifa Online have published their first set of kits for FIFA 2003. In the game Inter Milan does not have their sponser's logo on the kits, so this patch contains Inter Milan's Home, Away, and 3rd Kit for the 2002-2003 season complete with the sponser logo. It also includes the images of the kits on the Kit Selection screen.
Our all new Tips & Tricks section has just opened. It is packed full of my own personal tips on how to improve your play in FIFA 2003. From help with general attacking and defending, to scoring from crosses and free-kicks you'll be sure to find a lot of useful advice present in the Tips & Tricks section.
Hone your skills and before you know it your team will be posing for similar photos as above.
We're wanting to start a Replays section of our Downloads Centre. If anyone is interested in running this section, please drop me an email. You'll need to have HTML experience and have the time to receive and review quite a large number of replays from our visitors.
Leo, Downloads Centre Updater extraordinaire as well as the webmaster of Fifa Online, has published his Final FIFA 2003 Demo Patch. This patch, called the Liverpool - Deportivo La Coruna Demo Patch, contains the two most voted on teams as decided by you guys. The patch includes Liverpool's kits and roster (replaces Real Madrid) and Deportivo La Coruna's kits and roster (replaces Arsenal).
Liverpool - Deportivo La Coruna Demo Patch
Go over to Fifa Online right now and pick up this amazing patch.
FIFA Web Portal have published their newest kit, the Liverpool Home Kit. They are not stopping there, however, as they still have many other kits in development, so look for more new files from them.
Liverpool Home Kit by FIFA Web Portal
Get on over to FIFA Web Portal now and see what other files they have available.
I was lucky enough to get a copy of FIFA 2003 for the PC today. I've been playing it and really enjoying it for a full day now. Very soon I'll post my review of it on Soccer Gaming.
I actually received two copies of the game. I've decided to send one of them to Ariel Santarelli of SoccerAccess.com to congratulate him on his magnificent FIFA 2003 demo patches that have kept so many of us happy while we waited for the full version. I'd like to think that it is not just a gift from myself, but a gift from the entire FIFA community to say thank you to Ariel for his great work.
Many of you may also have read that SoccerAccess may soon be without a host for their site. I've already told Ariel that Soccer Gaming would be more than happy to offer SoccerAccess completely free hosting. Apparently I have to hear from Xavier Baez first who is hard to track down these days. Ariel's patches and the work of the SoccerAccess team is too good to go to waste, so we would be happy to host them if it meant the patches would keep being produced.
Finally, here are two screenshots I took today that I thought I would share. You can check out a further five at Soccer Gaming.
EA Sports have opened thier FIFA 2003 Support section. It is full of some useful questions and answers. As well as helping you with the more technical issues, it also tackles the issue of why certain players and teams (eg. Ronaldo for Brazil and the Japanese national side) are not included in the game. For the record, it is all to do with licensing.
So if you're having any problems with FIFA 2003, check out the support section.
Recently Joe Lemon posted a request for questions to be sent in for the all new Soccer Gaming Mailbag. The response has been terrific and today I present the answers to the first batch of questions. Here are Joe's answers:
What are the technical specifications for FIFA 2003?
You can check out the specifications of the game from the official FIFA 2003 website:
When will the Creation Center be released? A specific date if possible.
Soccer Gaming has stated the Creation Center (CC) would be released two weeks prior to the release of FIFA 2003. As you probably already noticed, the CC has not been released yet. We can only speculate that it will be released in the next week or two, as it seems near completion and is now listed as “COMING SOON” at the official FIFA 2003 website. Early next week I'd imagine.
You can check out Matt Holme’s hands-on preview of the CC by following the URL below.
Well, according to a reliable source, if you want the most realistic and lifelike presentation you’re going to want to purchase FIFA 2003 on the Playstation 2 or Xbox. But, the PC version also has advantages, especially this year with the downloadable Creation Center being released by EA Sports. So, if you’re looking for a great presentation from the comfort of your couch, look no further than the Playstation 2 or Xbox. But if you want added playability and the option to edit your game, you definitely want to go with the PC version.
Should I buy FIFA Soccer 2003 or FIFA Football 2003?
Well, there is no difference really. If you live in North America it’s called FIFA Soccer 2003, and if you live outside of North America it’s called FIFA Football 2003. No difference except the name, made to appeal to the area it is sold in.
That is all for this week. Keep those questions coming in to editor@soccergaming.com. I'll answer another fresh batch this time next week.
This weekend marks an important time over at the home of Sweetpatch. They have released a beta version of their brand new Download Boutique for you to trial and feedback all your views and additional requirements.
This new Boutique has been developed in conjunction with their partner sites and over the coming months will bring you a totally new way of accessing all your required Fifa downloads. Not only do they now provide links to all the best Fifa files at our partners sites but they also provide you with the following:
Downloads divided per Country per League per Team providing:
latest league table
latest soccer headlines from selected country
link to actual team website
link for Club Merchandise to find all the available merchandise for the team
Per team you get the following for each download:
available for game
screen shot(s)
number of downloads
release date
file size
author
partner site
your comments and ratings
Very soon they will release the full version with an index page which enables you to search the Boutique as per the Patches Database. They will then release one new countries downloads on a regular basis.
Check out this great new Download Boutique over at the home of Sweetpatch.
Brand new official EA Fifa Football 2003 website launched
Electronic Arts have launched their brand new Fifa Football 2003 site today and it is certainly very different to anything they have provided before. The new community area is excellent for community sites as it will even allow them to promote their own work!
The site consists of 3 main areas:
About the Game
The Game
The making of Fifa Football 2003
Pre-season training (controls and skills)
Fifa Community
Community News
Top Community Downloads
Forums
Fan Sites
Fifa News Ticker
Downloads
PC Demo
Creation Centre
Movies
Wallpapers
Screen Savers
"Making Of" (lots of movies about the making of the game)
As of next week Fifa websites can begin contributing their news and displaying the new Fifa News Ticker on their sites.
Go and pay the brand new Fifa Football 2003 site a visit to see what they have in store for you.
Leo from Fifa Online has created an all new Demo Patch. With this patch you will be able to play with either Roma (replaces Real Madrid) or Milan (replaces Arsenal).
Roma vs. Milan Demo Patch
Visit Fifa Online now to download this patch. Also, Leo has informed us that he will be doing a final Demo Patch with the match between the two most voted on teams. To vote simply e-mail Leo.
Now that is something we didn't expect. FIFA 2003 for the PC will be shipped on 2 Cd's this year. Apparently they are both for installation, but what a huge game it must be to have to be on 2 Cd's. I ryhme :)
The first Downloads Centre Update has arrived at last. With people already talking about having bought the game today, and with the release dates in other countries drawing ever closer, the downloads are bound to start pouring in. Here is what has been added to our Downloads Centre so far for FIFA 2003:
Roma - Lazio Demo Patch
Real Madrid - Inter Demo Patch
Inter - Juventus Demo Patch
Valencia 2002-2003 Home Kit Textures
AC Milan 2002-2003 Home Textures Kit
Adidas Green Boots
Roda JC To Fifa 2003 Demo
Roma - Lazio Demo Patch and Inter - Juventus Demo Patch
Start checking into our Downloads Centre often for great new files for FIFA 2003.
Ariel from SoccerAccess has released a new add-on to his already extremely popular Team Raptor. This add-on adds Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Galatasary to the FIFA 2003 Demo as well as the following:
Barcelona Home Kit by Braulio Paine
Barcelona Away & GK Kits by Federico de Blasio
Inter Milan Home, Away & GK Kits by Federico de Blasio
Galatasaray Home, Away & GK Kits by B.Mert Peker
Riquelme (Miguelito), Vieri, Crespo and, Sas faces.
Flags for the three teams (B.Mert Peker, Der Luigi, and FIFAMANIA)
New Add-on for Team Raptor 2.0
Make your way over to SoccerAccess and show your support for all of their hard work.
A brand new utility, titled FlareZ, has been published over at FifaKulte. Here are some of the features of the final version:
Special Flares for each team
New colors
Place them anywhere
Change density of flares
Change number of flares
Available in English and French languages
The version that they have available for download right now, however, is just a tech demo containing only the Italian and French colors. Expect the final version and some screenshots soon at the FifaKulte site.
The guys over at the FIFA Web Portal have been hard at work creating new kits for the FIFA 2003 Demo. Their most recent work is the AC Milan Home Kit (screen below). In the next day or so they also plan on releasing the PSG Home Kit and the Hajduk Split Home Kit.
AC Milan Home Kit by FIFA Web Portal
Click on over to FIFA Web Portal and download all of their amazing kits.
Over at www.fifaserwis.com they have published a brand new Demo Patch featuring the two best Polish clubs, Legia and Wisla. This patch comes with kits for both clubs, as well as original player names. Head on over to www.fifaserwis.com and pick up this nice little addition to the FIFA 2003 Demo.
Meet Stefan Münstedt and discuss GFO 2003 over with Sweetpatch
Today Sweetpatch is proud to announce that she has a world exclusive for the Fifa community. The famous, and 2 times winner of the prestigious "Soccer Gaming Personality of the Year Award", Stefan Münstedt agreed to an interview with her to discuss the Fifa scene and his new German Fifa 2003 Online project.
Stefan makes some great points and you will learn many new things about the man and his Fifa community. Read the interview here and now!
Team Raptor 2.0, created by Ariel from SoccerAccess, has been released as many of you probably already know. For those of you who had no idea here are some of the features:
Juventus added as one of the clubs to select from
Accurate Juventus Roster
Juventus Home and Away Kits
Edgar Davids Face
Fixed Barthez and Zidane bug
Ablity to choose the kit the away team wears
New Ball
Team Raptor 2.0 and Davids Face
Click over to SoccerAccess right now and pick up this amazing utility.
The guys over at FIFA Tools have published a brand new Demo Customizer. There are over 50 hidden settings that you can change with this new utility. Some of the settings you can change are:
Resolution
Flag Animations
Flares
Computer AI
Referee Strictness
and much more...
Find out more and download this utility by clicking here.
FifaFrance have released a great new patch for the FIFA 2003 demo. The "France vs. Real London" patch allows you to play the demo with either France or Real London. Both teams have all new kits as well. Here are the line-ups for the two sides:
France: Coupet - Thruram, Desailly, Gallas, Lizarazu - Viera, Wiltord, Pires, Zidane - Trezeguet, Henry
Jofer Mañé, webmaster of Club of Games, has published brand new boots for the FIFA 2003 Demo. He named these boots the adidas Fantasia because of the odd colors (white, pink, and black).
adidas Fantasia Boots
Be sure to go over to Club of Games to download these creative new boots.
EA Sports have just released an updated version of the FIFA 2003 demo. This new version is exactly the same as the original, except it fixes a number of the video card problems people were experiencing. Only download the new demo if you've had video card problems, otherwise you won't find anything else new and you'll be wasting your time. You can download it from the EA FTP or if that is busy, wait a couple of hours and we'll have mirrors up in our Downloads Centre.
In other interesting news, the release date of FIFA 2003 on the PS2 has been brought forward by one week. It will now hit the streets on October 25th. The other platforms will follow a week later.
Leo has some incredible news from Fifa On Line! As last year he's starting to work on patches to change teams in the Demo. For his first patch he has just released the Real Madrid v Inter Demo Patch.
It replaces Arsenal with Inter plus the correct rosters and kits. You can download this great demo patch by visiting Fifa On Line.
We at Soccer Gaming like to keep up to date with times so we like to make sure everything is "hip," and just like every gaming website on the Internet we're giving you a chance to ask questions that we will do our best to answer.
We're looking for questions, comments, or concerns on anything relating or pertaining to the game of soccer, or the gaming of soccer - also known as soccer gaming. We will post the best questions, with answers. The only thing we ask is that you would be as specific as possible, in hopes that my inbox won't be filled with multiple questions like "Can I get a free copy of FIFA 2003?" Sure, it never hurts to ask. You can send all your requests to editor@soccergaming.com.
And, of course, if your question doesn't get answered, you can always visit the Soccer Gaming Forums by clicking right here.
With the recent release of the FIFA 2003 Demo giving us a first peek at the current file system, work has begun over at Fifa CONCACAF on the FIFA 2003 version of the popular Canada Super-Patch.
In years past, this patch has been wholly dependant on the available leagues/teams that could be overwritten and has been severely restricted by the limitations of Hex Editing. This year, with the imminent release of the Creation Centre, patching looks to be more flexible than ever.
As such, they would like to open this patch up for input from Canadian fans. As this is by and large a fantasy patch, let your imagination go!
How many teams this year?
Which ones?
Do you still want to see a CUSL Second Division (CPSL)?
Keeping in mind that patches can be released in portions and installed together without conflict... what's the best way to go about this?
Have your say on this patch! Discuss it over in the Fifa CONCACAF Forum.
IGN has posted their short and sweet hands-on FIFA 2003 preview:
"We got not one, but two FIFA games that played well, but lacked features the other game had. From what we've seen of this years version, EA seems to have corrected some of those mistakes, but possibly created some new ones."
Click here to check out the IGN FIFA 2003 Preview.
SoccerAccess have finally finished their Kit Importer. At last you will be able to import your own kits into the FIFA 2003 Demo. Simply load your 24 bit kit .bmp, select the kit you want to replace and click "Import". It's that easy!
Kit Importer by SoccerAccess
Get over to SoccerAccess now and download this great utility.
FIFA 2003 features a more advanced online multiplayer "Matchup" system this year. Like previous years you will be able to register with EA.com and login to play friendly games against other players from around the world. This time around though, EA have added the extra feature of a "Leader Board". To have your match ranked on the leader board you simply tick a box before you start your game. If you win the game you receive a certain amount of points. The more games you win the more points you get and the higher you climb on the Leader Board.
Check out some of the screenshots from the Matcheup system below.
SoccerAccess have sent us 2 pieces of news from their site. First, they have released "Team Raptor". They had promised the Manchester United Patch, but this contains all you would get from that patch plus much more. Here are the features:
Play as or against Manchester United
Accurate Manchester United Roster
David Beckham, and Fabien Barthez Faces
Manchester United Kit, Flags, TV Popups, and Badges
Does now overwrite Real Madrid or Aresenal
Team Raptor
Second, SoccerAccess will release their Kit Importer on Monday night 20 pm (Argentina Time). This new utility obviously allows you to import your own kits into the FIFA 2003 Demo.
To get more information about these new utilities and to download them, head on over to SoccerAccess.
Leo has informed us that he and the guys over at Fifa Online have released their Demo Pather 2.0. The second version of their patch has many new options including the abilty to choose:
Resolution
Rendering
Demo Mode
Skip FE
Only One Game
Match Halves
Start With Side Select
Disable Options
Half Minutes
Difficulty
Game Speed
Camera
Ingame Options
Demo Patcher 2.0 by Fifa Online
Not only have the Fifa Online guys released the Demo Patcher, but they have also published a gameplay patch. To download both of these files click on over to Fifa Online.
Ariel Santarelli, the webmaster of SoccerAccess, has released version 2.0 of his already highly downloaded Demo Raptor. This version includes some new features such as the all new Free Camera Mode, allowing you to place yourself anywhere on the pitch or in the stands. Here is the full list of features and fixes:
Free Camera Mode (New)
Super Slow Motion (New)
Resolutions up to 1280x1024 and 1600x1200
Windowed Mode
Film Noise (New)
Injuries, Offsides, and Bookings may be enabled
Fix for audio error in "No Demo Mode"
Demo Raptor v2.0
Head on over to SoccerAccess to pick up this great utility for the FIFA 2003 Demo.
SoccerAccess have published the first kits for FIFA 2003. People have been sending in their bitmaps and Ariel Santarelli has managed to import them into the game. Here is the list of kits:
Barcelona
Manchester United
Dinamo Kiev
Juventus
Leeds
Feyenoord
Bayern Munich
These kits will overwrite the Arsenal and Real Madrid kits in the demo, but they are easy to uninstall as the original two kits will not be deleted. To download all of the new kits check out SoccerAccess now.
Good news for everyone who may not speak English as their first language. The Creation Center is being translated into as many as six different languages. We'll have news on exactly what these languages are in the near future.
Let the file editing begin! Now that the FIFA 2003 Demo has been released, patch makers are hard at work editing various files for everyone to try. The first of thousands of files we are bound to recieve comes from FifaMania.it. They have published the Puma King 2003 boots for the FIFA 2003 Demo.
Puma King 2003 Boots from Fifa OnLine
Head on over to FifaMania.it to pick up the first ever graphical file for FIFA 2003.
As promised, I have just posted a complete run-down on what the official FIFA 2003 editor, the Creation Center, will feature.
This year, for the first time in the history of FIFA games, EA Sports are taking the bold step of releasing an official editor for FIFA 2003. Known as the "Creation Center", this downloadable program will allow you to edit/create players, teams, leagues, tournaments, kits, flags and chants for FIFA 2003. It also boasts a handy import/export feature which allows you to easily import other patches (known as "packages") as well as export your own packages to share with others.
Visit the Creation Center Information section for desciptions of the editors features along with screenshots.
I'm sure you've all noticed how slowly pages having been loading on the Soccer Gaming network the past few days. This is obviously due to the huge number of hits we have been receiving during the busy FIFA 2003 demo release period.
The good news is that we will be installing our sixth (yes, you read it right, SIXTH!) dedicated server later this week meaning that unless EA release another ten or more demos, pages should soon be loading nice and quickly.
The demo hasn't even been out for 24 hours but already there are a number of "demo expanders" available for you to download.
Federico Leonardo created the first demo expander which went online with in minutes of the release of the demo. It changes the half length to 5 minutes and automatically restarts the match at the end of the game. Download it here.
Jan Van Harren from Soccer Gamez created a demo expander which includes 8 minutes halves, professional mode and access to a number of options. You can also turn on injuries and off sides. Grab it here.
Soccered also have a demo expander available. Take your pick.
According to a post in the Forums, there will be a very detailed Demo Expander released by Ariel from Soccer Access tomorrow. Going by the standard of Ariel's previous patches, we should expect something special from his demo expander.
Many people in our Forums are complaining that the graphics either do not work or are very messed up in the demo. Some are even receiving an error message.
EA Sports have informed us that during testing they came across this problem and solved it simply by downloading the latest drivers for their graphics card and installing DirectX 8.1.
The FIFA 2003 demo has finally been released. It features a 2 minute match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Delle Alpi stadium.
The demo is set to semi-pro mode and allows you to not only experience the awesome new FIFA 2003 gameplay, but also see things like rotating ad boards and flares in the crowd.
To expand the length of each half to five minutes, download Leo's INI Expander. We'll have plenty more patches for the demo coming shortly, so stay tuned.
It is October and the air is thick with FIFA atmosphere. The demo is close, the fans are excited and we launch our dedicated FIFA 2003 website. What a time be a football gamer!
Welcome to FIFA 2003 Online... and as I have said every year since October 1997, welcome to your ultimate destination for anything and everything to do with FIFA 2003.
Regular visitors to our FIFA sites will know what to expect from this site over the next 12 months. However, for those of you joining us for the first time, here is what you can look forward to:
Daily news posts covering:
downloads updates
patches news
community news
official news direct from EA
new screenshots
reviews and previews
the demo (very soon)
popular message boards
exclusive polls
plus much, much more
For now though, we have to play the waiting game. The demo is incredibly close to release. As a word of warning, expect some slow loading times on all Soccer Gaming sites over the next few days as a result of the huge interest in the upcoming demo.
Today we have opened the Information and Screenshots section. Both secitons are very comprehensive, covering every aspect of FIFA 2003 info and screenshots respectively.
Coming this weekend, expect a complete overview of the upcoming "Creation Center" editor for FIFA 2003. We'll have screenshots and info on how it all works.
Done with all of the above and got some time on your hands? Please let us know what you think of our new FIFA 2003 Online design by voting in our right menu Poll.
Enjoy the site. The entire Soccer Gaming team looks forward to bringing you another exciting year of FIFA gaming.
Today's Downloads Update
