FIFA 09

FIFA 09
UK cover featuring A.C. Milan's Ronaldinho and Manchester United's Wayne Rooney
Developer(s)EA Canada
Exient Entertainment (DS)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Producer(s)David Rutter
Andrew Wilson (executive)[1]
Designer(s)
  • David Rutter (PS3 and Xbox 360)
  • Kaz Makita (Wii)
  • Paul Hossack (PS2, PSP, DS, PC)[2]
SeriesFIFA
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Consoles
Handhelds
Release
  • AU: 2 October 2008
  • EU: 3 October 2008
  • NA: 14 October 2008
  • NA: 28 October 2008 (Wii)
N-Gage
  • WW: 18 November 2008
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

FIFA 09 (titled FIFA Soccer 09 in North America) is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released in October 2008 for Microsoft Windows,[3] Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 and Zeebo. It was later in November 2008 released for the N-Gage 2.0 and mobile phones.[4][5][6]

The demo was released on 10 September 2008 for Windows[7] and on 11 September 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[8][9] The PS3 and Xbox 360 demos were identical with the exception of the stadium used with the PS3 featuring the FIWC Stadium and the Xbox 360 version using the new Wembley Stadium. The tagline for the game is "Let's FIFA 09".

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  5. ^ "FIFA 09 is Here". Official N-Gage Blog. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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