For the first time in the series, FIFA 16 will include female footballers, with 12 women's national teams: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy,Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
The game contains 78 stadiums, including 50 real-world venues.[1] Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth, was added to in honour of Portsmouth fan Simon Humber, Creative Director of the FIFA series, who died of cancer in 2015.[2]
A new Training Mode was also added to Career Mode allowing the player to develop footballers in the team of which they are managing without actually playing them.[3]These are in the form of skill games, a feature added to the series previously. It allows the player to set a specific focus on which the footballer should develop on meaning that he will grow specifically according to the chosen focus attribute. Doing this also increases the transfer value of the player.[4]
New friendly enhancements were added to the mode with players now able to pick a friendly tournament before a season starts. Winning these friendly tournaments gives the player a reward in the form of a transfer budget boost. Also, unlimited substitutions are permitted when playing these friendly games. Other features include two-year loans, many realistic transfer budget enhancements, improved player values as well as the ability to sign free agents out of transfer windows.[5]
New features that are exclusive to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC versions of the game will involve a licensed presentation package for the Bundesliga, new weather and kick-off time variations, and the use of vanishing spray during certain matches.[6]
Development and release
In order to get female player motions correct, the game's designers used motion capture of such stars as American forwards Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux, American midfielder Megan Rapinoe and Australian defender Steph Catley.[7]
FIFA 16 was announced on May 28, 2015.[8] The announcement of the inclusion of woman players was met with positive critical response from IGN.[9] EA Sports' official trailer revealing the women's football feature was released on May 28 and included live and in-game footage of such players as Morgan, Leroux, Rapinoe, Boquete, Abby Wambach, Hope Solo, England's Eniola Aluko and Steph Houghton, Germany's Célia Šašić, Canada's Christine Sinclair and Sweden's Kosovare Asllani.[10]
The game is set to be released in September 2015 worldwide for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Android and IOS.[11] A representative from publisher Electronic Arts confirmed that neither aPlayStation Vita version nor a Nintendo 3DS version of the game is in development, making FIFA 16 the first edition in the series since 2000 to not to be released on Nintendo platforms.[12][13]
| Global cover featuring Lionel Messi | |
| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | FIFA |
| Engine | Ignite |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Android iOS |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Sports (Association football) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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