FIFA 10

This article is about the annual FIFA video game. For the tournament, see 2010 FIFA World Cup. For the official video game of that tournament, see 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (video game).

FIFA 10
UK and Ireland cover featuring Arsenal's Theo Walcott, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and Chelsea's Frank Lampard
Developer(s)EA Canada (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
HB Studios (PC, PSP, PS2)[5]
Exient Entertainment (NDS)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Producer(s)David Rutter
Kaz Makita
Paul Hossack
Andrew Wilson
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Consoles
Handhelds and Mobile
Release
iOS
  • WW: 2 October 2009[4]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

FIFA 10 (titled FIFA Soccer 10 in North America) is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released on 2 October 2009 in Europe, 1 October in Australasia and 20 October 2009 in North America. It is available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Wii.[6] Handheld versions of the game were also released for the iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and Mobile Phones.

The demo of FIFA 10 appeared on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows on 10 September in Europe, on 11 September in Australia, and on 17 September in North America. The playable teams were Chelsea, 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 soccer get?", and "Let's FIFA 10". Commentary is available in 12 languages, with each language boasting around 25,000 phrases. The English version features British commentators Martin Tyler and Andy Gray, while Clive Tyldesley and Andy Gray were still to remain as commentators in PC, PS2, Wii and PSP.

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 League One club Swindon 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 sponsored Accrington Stanley for the 2007–08 season.[10] It was also the last FIFA game to be released in October until FIFA 21 in 2020.

  1. ^ Australian release date for FIFA 10 Archived 1 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine xboxworld.com.au
  2. ^ "EA SPORTS Reveals Release Date For FIFA 10". Eagames.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  3. ^ Plunkett, Luke (11 August 2009). "FIFA 10 Delayed A Few Weeks (Update)". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  4. ^ FIFA 10 kicks off on iPhone October 2 Archived 2 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine pocketgamer.co.uk
  5. ^ FIFA 10 Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, hb-studios.com
  6. ^ "EA's FIFA Soccer 10 In Stores Now Throughout North America". Electronic Arts. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  7. ^ FIFA 10 Demo Detailed Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, incgamers.com
  8. ^ Plunkett, Luke (27 July 2009). "Football Game Sponsoring Football Team". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  9. ^ FIFA 10 Sponsors Swindon Town, easports.com
  10. ^ EA Sports Announce Accrington Stanley FC Sponsorship Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, teenfi.com