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The wait is over as the new edition of FIFA Football (2004) is released through EA Sports, across all formats.

FIFA Football 2004

For true football fans that demand the finest gameplay and comprehensive game modes, FIFA Football 2004 is the most complete and authentic soccer experience. A new ‘Career Mode’ gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. The action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness.

FIFA Football 2004 now features 18 different leagues, 350 teams and 10,000 individual players. You can play as any of the English Premiership and Nationwide Division 1, 2 or 3, Scottish Premier League and hundreds of other teams from around the world, including Real Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan. New additions for 2004 include the Dutch and Portuguese leagues as well as the lower leagues from across Europe’s greatest footballing nations.

Key Features

Groundbreaking Gameplay: FIFA Football 2004 offers a fine-tuned game engine and a new animation engine dramatically enhancing the smoothness in player movement through organic motion.

Expanded Database and Controls: Enjoy richer depth to team AI, attributes, tactics, playing styles, and individual player personalities. New depth to control keeps FIFA Football 2004 easy to pick up and play but gives greater depth for the master.

Be the Ultimate Player Manager: Be your own player manager with FIFA's deep ‘Career Mode’. Build your own squad and guide your club to the Championship by making calculated front-line decisions.

Manage your team's budget and promote or relegate your players to sustain team objectives on the pitch. When one season ends and another begins new challenges will present themselves. The most successful player managers should also be ready for promotions, as some of the world's top clubs may have new job offer.

In-game Management: You think it's easy being the Manager? Prove your tactical genius on the fly. Don't second-guess yourself after the final whistle-make adjustments mid-game and call plays in real time via the d-pad.

Immersive Environments: More than 300 new crowd chants at an ever growing list of officially licensed stadiums help put you in the best seat in the house. From stadiums small and large, no football gaming experience offers a more complete library of the game's authentic environments. An all-new dynamic weather feature even affects gameplay.

Broadcast Plus: Get a fresh perspective on game presentation with cutting-edge broadcast style quality. New camera angles, intelligent commentary and rich effects make up part of the authentic package.

Play With The Best: More than 500 official licenses, including 16 leagues, 350 teams and 10,000 players are available. From the fast pace of Europe's super leagues to the Americas Club Championship, which allows you to play with the top clubs from the top European leagues such as Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France. FIFA Football 2004 provides for the most authentic selection of the world's top teams, players, and environments.

A Game With No Boundaries: Take on opponents from anywhere around the globe via EA SPORTS online (PlayStation 2 and PC only). An online lobby area where gamers can meet, greet, chat and play FIFA Football 2004 head to head provides the ultimate interactive experience.

All new ‘Off The Ball Control’ lets you control the man on the ball and the men off it. Timing runs, anticipating moves, positioning players and jostling for space adds a new dimension to football gaming. The new ‘Career Mode’ gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. The action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness.

Wayne Rooney

Electronic Arts held a special retail signing with Everton and England football star at the HMV store in Church Street, Liverpool to celebrate the launch of the game. On it's launch FIFA Football 2004 was already the UK's No.1 selling game (*source ELSPA) and Rooney, who features in the new game alongside his Everton and England team-mates, was on hand to meet hundreds of FIFA Football fans who had travelled from all over the North-West region to meet him. Rooney personally signed hundreds of copies of the new FIFA Football game as well as autographs for his fans.

Rooney said: "It's great. Last year I was playing the FIFA Football game against my mates and this year I am actually one of the players in it. At least this means I can now play footie with my mates again, even if it's not in the street."

FIFA Football 2004 allows you to recreate famous domestic and international grudge matches such as Everton Vs Liverpool, Turkey Vs England, or even England Vs Germany. FIFA Football 2004 also includes special career mode where you can assume the role of the manager and make transfers throughout the season plus realistic and detailed stadiums complete with chanting fans and match commentary supplied by John Motson and Ally McCoist.

Series

"We have continually delivered an in-depth football experience for fans who demand the finest gameplay and most accurate representation of their national and domestic football heroes," said Danny Isaac, Producer for FIFA Football 2004. "With the inclusion of Henry, Del Piero and Ronaldinho this year, we will be able to guarantee that the FIFA Football series continues to be the product number one choice for football fans all over the world."

"The FIFA Football franchise is the world's best selling sports series and we are very excited to be working with three of the world's greatest footballers," added Clive Downie, European Marketing Director at EA. With immersive atmospheres, benchmark presentation, the world’s premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, the world’s best selling football simulation returns as the true authority in football gaming.

FIFA Football 2004 is out now on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation game console, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, the Xbox and as a PC version, from EA Sports.

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