EA Sports have just opened the official UK FIFA 2004 Community Website. This new site is packed full of goodies, with a lot more content than your usual official EA FIFA website.
Some of the stand out features include a more detailed look at Football Fusion, the announcement of the new stadia which will be featured in the game, a new forums system, a fansites database, along with enough interesting new sections to keep you occupied for quite some time. On top of this, if you get really desperate, you can even check out an interview with yours truly. ;-)
That is the theme of our new poll question. Browse down to the bottom of the right menu and let us know how often you play FIFA 2003 over the internet.
Our last poll question was a huge success. With over 14,000 votes, we asked you what you would like to see most in FIFA 2004. The top two answers, "A Career Mode" and "More Teams and Leagues" both received over 4000 votes. Congratulations people, you have been heard! Unless you've just crawled out from underneath a rock, you'll know that two of the major new features of FIFA 2004 are the Career Mode and a wide range of new leagues and lower division teams. Thank you to EA for listening to our requests.
The flags mega update for the Italian Serie A is available over at FIFA-IL. Research was done about every club and it's ultras groups in the league for maximum authenticity of the flags.
The patch installation is through a simple click on an .exe file, for easy installation. So head over to FIFA-IL's ever growing Download Source and grab yourself a copy of this excellent patch.
As the tournament nears it's conclusion this Sunday FIFA CONCACAF have released the FIFA CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003patch.
Compatible with both the English and Spanish versions of FIFA 2003, this patch will add plenty of great new features including 17 CONCACAF national teams....
As part of the "Total CONCACAF" series, this patch is compatible with the previous 2 patches in the series (A-League and CSL) and will 100% install/uninstall with the FC Patcher utility. So check out the screen shots above and grab your copy today from Sweetpatch's Patches Database.
FIFA IL can't bring you Ronaldinho himself, but they can bring you a new patch for Barcelona.
The new patch features new designed sky for the Barca stadium, the Camp Nou. So instead of the all-black sky which was present in the game, you'll get a new cloudy night sky.
So head right now over to FIFA IL and download this new designed sky, as well as many more quality files. Enjoy.
Plus, if you want them to make a new designed sky for your favorite stadium, just write the name of the stadium in their comments-box over the site, and they'll take it in mind for the next sky-patch.
There is exciting news in the SG Forum about a patch project that has started for the Spanish Primera Division season 2003/2004. The patch is gonna be a very big one. Check out the features with Sweetpatch.
They have already started editing the patch, but the patch will be available to download in late August/early September.
GFO 2003 have released new "Bundesliga 2003/2004" rosters including all the latest teams, players, formations, all details, etc. according to the upcoming season 2003/2004 which starts on August 2nd again. Furthermore lots of fans have sent them the new 2003/2004-jerseys for their favourite team: they have now the brand new jerseys from Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, VfL Bochum, FC Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and many more.
Big news has been released over at Soccer Gaming regarding the new Football Fusion. Here is just a teaser.
"Football Fusion – A unique and innovative feature that will allow the TCM manager to:
Take their favourite team from TCM into FIFA, play the league or cup game and then import the result back into TCM.
Create an all-star team in TCM and then play against CPU or friends in FIFA 2004.
Take any team from TCM, that isn't in FIFA, play with that team in FIFA’s Tournament and Play Now modes, or manage the club to promotion and play it in FIFA’s Career and Single Season modes as well."
The influx of FIFA 2004 news continues today with our own hands-on FIFA 2004 preview. We reveal all the major new gameplay features of FIFA 2004.
In part we say:
"Undoubtedly the most exciting new gameplay related feature is the brand new Off The Ball control. This new feature is probably one of the biggest inovations in football games ever. The way it works is similar to the way people play Madden games. Before I go on though, enthusiasts of standard FIFA play, please do not panic. Off The Ball control is an optional feature and only works when you hold down the R2 button. So if you don't want to use it, you don't have to. Reality is though, once you get the hang of it you'll never go back."
This is a must read for any curious soccer gamer. Read the full preview here.
We've been able to get our hands on 54 brand new screenshots of FIFA 2004 for the PS2, PC and Xbox. The screenshots are from the pre-alpha version of the game.
The FIFA community has been literally swamped with new FIFA 2004 info this week. Expect a lot more news and information over the coming weekend. For now though, check out the screenshots here.
EA SPORTS have released an updated FIFA 2004 Fact Sheet. It is filled with plenty of new info on the game.
Here is just a teaser:
"Off The Ball™ Control: FIFA’s unique and exclusive Off The Ball™ Control system lets you take command of players not in possession of the ball. Call in tackles, jostle for space, lose your marker and send players on runs at the touch of a button."
Check out the full fact sheet here and keep your eye's glued to Soccer Gaming for more info on my hands-on FIFA 2004 experience.
The Canada Super Patch 2003 is here and features the 12-team CSL Premier Division and 5-team 2nd Division (playable in the "Rest of the World" section).
This patch features:
12 CSL (+5 CSL2) teams, all with home, away and keeper kits
Team Flags and Banners
Canadian Adboards
CSL Adidas Ball
A New CSL Menu Screen
Installed with the improved "FC Patcher" utility, making it 100% install/uninstallable
Compatible with the A-League 2003 patch (recommended)
Go grab your copy of what will be a very popular patch from the Patches Database and pay a visit to FIFA CONCACAF to congratulate them and see more screenshots.
The Champions League Mega Update for FIFA 2003 has been released at Fifa IL! The patch will update the Champions League with new graphics and audio and it includes the following elements:
FifaOnLine.it have released a new stadium, the Ramňn Sŕnchez Pizjuŕn Stadium of Sevilla, where FC Sevilla play their home matches. Structure and textures of the stadium have been edited.
Ramňn Sŕnchez Pizjuŕn Stadium
Click over to FifaOnLine.it if you want to download this new stadium.
There is growing news over at Breamster.com about the EPL Patch. They are looking for kit makers and face makers to help. There are two available lists, that are always updated and can be viewed here for the work that has already been done. If you would like to take part, and allow us to use your created kits/faces, then contact the team at Breamster.com
EA FIFA Community Site Opens
