FIFA (video game series)
FIFA (also known as FIFA Football or EA Sports FIFA) is a series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. As of 2011, the "FIFA" franchise has been localised into 18 languages and available in 51 countries. Listed in "Guinness World Records" as the best-selling sports video game franchise in the world, the "FIFA" series has sold over 325 million copies as of 2021. Football video games such as "Tehkan World Cup", "Sensible Soccer", "Kick Off" and "Match Day" had been developed since the late  1980s, and were already competitive in the games market when EA Sports announced a football game as the next addition to their EA Sports label. When the series began with "FIFA International Soccer" on the Sega Mega Drive in late 1993, it was notable for being the first to have an official license from FIFA, the world governing body of football. The main series has been complemented by additional installments based on single major tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA European Football Championship, as well as a series of football management  titles. Since the 1990s, the franchise's main competitor has been Konami's "Pro Evolution Soccer" ("PES") series (now known as "eFootball"). As of "FIFA 22", Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappé is the face of the franchise, appearing on the front cover of the series for the second consecutive year following "FIFA 21" and in promotional campaigns and advertisements. He took over from Eden Hazard of Real Madrid who was the face of "FIFA 20". Lionel Messi appeared on four straight covers from "FIFA 13" to "FIFA 16". Wayne Rooney appeared in seven covers of the series: every game  from "FIFA 06" to "FIFA 12". Ronaldinho appeared alongside Rooney on four of these ("FIFA 06" to "FIFA 09"), and he also appeared on the cover of "FIFA Football 2004", "FIFA Street" and "FIFA Street 3". Since the release of "FIFA Mobile" in 2016, midfielder Kevin de Bruyne and forwards Marco Reus, Hazard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Paulo Dybala, and Mbappé have appeared on the cover. "FIFA 12" holds the record for the "fastest selling sports game ever" with over 3.2 million games sold and over $186 million generated at retail in its first week of release. The franchise's  latest release, "FIFA 22", was released worldwide on 1 October 2021. It is available for multiple gaming systems, including the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S and Stadia. Every year Fifa bring in huge profits due to their USP of Team of the Season (TOTS). Tots is live for multiple weeks with it opening EFL tots and community tots. In the FIFA 22 EFL tots players such as Isaiah Jones are tipped to have the first 100 rated card. Isaiah Jones is so good that he is just a goat and  deserves a 100 rated card. UTb History. While "FIFA 95" did not add much other than the ability to play with club teams, "FIFA 96" pushed the boundaries. For the first time with real player names by obtaining the FIFPro license, the PlayStation, PC, 32X and Sega Saturn versions used EA's "Virtual Stadium" engine, with 2D sprite players moving around a real-time 3D stadium. "FIFA 97" improved on this with polygonal models for players and added an indoor soccer mode, but an early pinnacle was reached with "FIFA: Road to World Cup 98". This version featured much improved  graphics, a complete World Cup with qualifying rounds (including all national teams) and refined gameplay. Months later, "World Cup 98", was EA's first officially licensed tournament game. John Motson was the first commentator for the "FIFA" series, and has worked alongside Ally McCoist, Andy Gray, Des Lynam, Mark Lawrenson and Chris Waddle. Motson first joined the franchise for "FIFA 96"; he and McCoist were replaced by Gray and Clive Tyldesley for "FIFA 06" but later returned for "FIFA Manager 08". Martin Tyler was the default commentator for the "FIFA" series from 2006 to 2020, alongside Andy Gray between 2006  and 2010 and Alan Smith from 2011 to 2020. Derek Rae and Lee Dixon took over in "FIFA 21". "FIFA" games have been met with some minor criticism; such as improvements each game features over its predecessor. As the console market expanded, "FIFA" was challenged directly by other titles, most notably Konami's "Pro Evolution Soccer" ("PES") series. The rivalry between both franchises since the 1990s has been considered the "greatest rivalry" in the history of sports video games. While "FIFA" initially had a more "arcade-style" approach, "PES" was more of a football simulation video game series with "faster -paced tactical play" and more varied emergent gameplay, which led to "PES" rivaling "FIFA" in sales during the 2000s. EA responded by borrowing gameplay elements from "PES" in order to improve "FIFA", which led to "FIFA" pulling ahead commercially by a significant margin in the early 2010s. Both "FIFA" and "Pro Evolution Soccer" have a large following, but "FIFA" sales were rising by as much as 23 percent year-on-year in the early 2010s. By 2000, the "FIFA" series had sold more than units worldwide, making it the best-selling association football video game series. In 2010, the "FIFA  series had sold over 100 million copies, making it the best-selling sports video game franchise in the world and the most profitable EA Sports title. With FIFA 12" selling 3.2 million copies in the first week after its 27 September North American debut in 2011, EA Sports dubbed it "the most successful launch in EA Sports history". In 2012, EA Sports signed Lionel Messi to the "FIFA" franchise, luring him away from the competitor "Pro Evolution Soccer". Messi's likeness was then immediately placed on the cover of "FIFA Street". In 2013, the Spanish professional women's footballer Vero  Boquete started a petition on Change.org, which called upon Electronic Arts to introduce female players in the "FIFA" series. The petition attracted 20,000 signatures in 24 hours. "FIFA 16", released on 25 September 2015, included female national teams. In 2018, Steve Boxer of "The Guardian" called "FIFA 18" "the slickest, most polished and by far the most popular football game around" and "football [video] games' equivalent of the Premier League". He praised the game's FIFA Ultimate Team, which "encourages you to purchase Panini-sticker-like player packs to build up a dream team", adding the series has "an excellent  Journey mode that lets you control an aspiring pro and build him up to an international superstar, and a Career mode that lets you control your favourite team on and off the field." One of the best-selling video game franchises, by 2021, the "FIFA" series had sold over 325 million copies. The latest installments in the series contain many exclusively licensed leagues including leagues and teams from around the world, including the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, English Premier League and EFL Championship, Italian Serie A and Serie B, Spanish La Liga and La Liga 2, French Ligue 1  and Ligue 2, Portuguese Primeira Liga, Turkish Süper Lig, Dutch Eredivisie, Scottish Premiership, the Swiss Super League, Russian Premier League, Polish Ekstraklasa, Mexican Liga MX, American Major League Soccer, South Korean K-League, Japanese J1 League, the Chinese Super League, Saudi Professional League, Australian A-League, Chilean Primera División, Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Argentine Liga Profesional de Fútbol, allowing the use of real leagues, clubs and player names and likenesses within the games. Popular clubs from around the world, including some teams from Greece, Ukraine and South Africa, are also included, without those nations' entire leagues. They are  available in the "Rest of World" section. Games in the series. 1990s. Section::::"FIFA International Soccer". Known as "EA Soccer" during development and sometimes subsequently also known as "FIFA '94", the first game in the series was released for the Sega Mega Drive in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1993. This greatly hyped football title broke with traditional 16-bit era games by presenting an isometric view rather than the more usual top-down view ("Kick Off"), side view ("European Club Soccer"), or bird's eye view ("Tehkan World Cup" and "Sensible Soccer"). It only includes national teams, and real  player names are not used. A notorious bug allows the player to score by standing in front of the goalkeeper so that the ball rebounds off him into the net. The game was number one in the UK charts, replacing "", and staying there for a full six months. "Mega" placed the game at #11 in their Top 50 Mega Drive Games of All Time. The Sega Mega CD version was released under the title "FIFA International Soccer Championship Edition" it includes some features used in the next title, and is a highly polished version of the original. This version was  ranked #7 on the "Mega" list of the Top 10 Mega CD Games of All Time. The game on the 3DO console sported pseudo-3D cameras and it was the most graphically advanced version. Also, the game is playable on the PlayStation 2 version of "FIFA 06". It was made in celebration for the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States – especially noticeable in the Super NES version which, despite having a smaller team selection than the Genesis version, had three exclusive teams which qualified for the real-life tournament: Bolivia, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The game was  called "International Soccer" so EA could sell the game successfully in Europe, after assuming Americans would have no interest in the game. Section::::"FIFA 95". Using the same engine with only minor touch-ups, "FIFA 95" introduced club teams to the series within eight national leagues: Brazil, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, France's Ligue 1, Netherlands' Eredivisie and the United States. Most of the leagues have team lineups based on the 1993–94 season, and the teams, although recognisably real, all still have generic players, many of them even returning from  the previous game. The USA League consists of teams and players from the A-League, the country's second division – subsequent editions would feature "artificial" division one leagues, a feature not corrected until the 2000 edition, when Major League Soccer was included for the first time. In addition, the Brazilian league contained only teams from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states, with the exception of Internacional, from Rio Grande do Sul—it would not be until "FIFA 07" that Campeonato Brasileiro represented the country. The game eliminates the one-touch passing seen in the original "FIFA International Soccer". This  was also the only game in the main series not to be released in more than one platform (counting spin-offs, only "FIFA 64" and certain versions of the "FIFA Manager" series share this distinction). Section::::"FIFA 96". This is the first "FIFA" game to feature real-time 3D graphics on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC versions, using technology called "Virtual Stadium". It is also the first in the series to present players with real player names and positions, with ranking, transfer and team customisation tools. However, the Brazilian teams had mostly inaccurate rosters, some of them even featuring long -retired players (this would only be corrected in "FIFA 99"), and the American league consisted of entirely fictitious teams and rosters (Major League Soccer had been inaugurated for only a few months as of the game's release, but it would only start to appear in the games as of "FIFA 2000"). The SNES and Mega Drive versions use an updated version of "FIFA 95"'s engine with new teams and graphics. It is also the first FIFA game to contain a player/team editor (in the Mega Drive and fifth-generation versions only). Also, in addition to the eight  national leagues of the previous game, three leagues debuted in the game: Scottish Football League Premier Division, Allsvenskan and Super League Malaysia, a lineup that would stay for the next two editions as well. This was also the first "FIFA" game to have a proper introduction. Section::::"FIFA 97". The biggest change in "FIFA '97" was the inclusion of 6-a-side indoor soccer mode and polygonal players, with motion capture provided by David Ginola. The game features a much higher number of playable leagues from England, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Malaysia. These versions also feature commentary by  John Motson, partnered by Andy Gray, with Des Lynam introducing the matches. Section::::"FIFA: Road to World Cup 98". This game marks the start of an upward trend in the series. It boasts a refined graphics engine, team and player customisation options, 16 stadia, improved artificial intelligence, a "Road to World Cup" mode with all FIFA-registered national teams, and a licensed soundtrack featuring popular musical artists of the time. The game features many accurate team squads for national call up when playing in the round robin qualification modes. Another new feature was the ability to manually change the referee's  strictness, allowing some fouls to go un-noticed or without punishment. Additionally, for the first time in a FIFA game, the offside rule is properly implemented. In previous games, when a player was in an offside position doing anything except running, that player was penalised for offside even when the ball was passed backwards. The 32-bit version of "FIFA 98" corrects this so that the game would only award a free kick for offside if the ball was passed roughly to where the player in the offside position was. "FIFA 98" was also the first of the series to  feature a licensed soundtrack, with "Song 2" by Blur used as the intro track for the game. It was the last "FIFA" game to be released on the 16-bit consoles that the series had originated on. Section::::"FIFA 2000". This version of the FIFA series contained over 40 "classic" teams, so that gamers could play as retired football legends. It marked the introduction of Major League Soccer, replacing the fictitious "American" league previously included, as well as national leagues from Denmark, Greece, Israel, Norway and Turkey (though Galatasaray is not present in the game). The game features over 40 national  sides, fully integrated seasons, set piece selections, increased physical contact, new facial animations, shielding ability and tougher tackling. The game received mixed reviews due to its cartoonish graphic engine and shallow gameplay, a brand new engine was implemented in an attempt to give more "emotion" to the 3D player models. The game was generally considered to be much inferior than its rival. The opening video for "FIFA 2000" features Sol Campbell performing motion capture duties for the game, then having his likeness computer-generated to play against a retro side from 1904, the year of the inauguration of FIFA. The  game also included Port Vale, the club supported by Williams, in the "Rest of the World" section (they were in the Football League First Division at the time, and while the concept of post-season promotion and relegation was introduced in this edition, teams from lower league tiers were only selectable starting with "FIFA 2004"). 2000s. Section::::"FIFA 2001". This title had a new graphics engine from FIFA Soccer World Championship which allows each team to have its own detailed kit, and for some players, their own unique faces. Doing away with ordinary coloured pennants as club emblems, the license includes  official club emblems for the first time, although certain leagues, like the Dutch league, are unlicensed. Slightly tweakable physics made the game a modding favorite for its fan community. The game also includes the entire Austrian Bundesliga and Korean K-League as playable leagues for the first time, albeit removing the Portuguese Liga and the Turkish Premier League. A "hack" feature is included, where the player can press R1 to attempt an intentional foul, such a high sliding tackle. This title was the first game of the series with a power bar for shooting (such a feature already existed in  the Super NES version of the first game, but it was not in all versions of the game). FIFA 2001 was the first version (for the PC) that could be played online, which was revolutionary, and the first game in the franchise on a 6th generation video game console in USA and Europe. The PlayStation version of "FIFA 2001" received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Section::::"FIFA Football 2002". For "FIFA Football 2002", power bars for passes were introduced, and dribbling reduced  in order to attain a higher challenge level. The power bar can also be customised to suit the gamer's preference. The game also includes club emblems for many more European clubs as well as for major Dutch clubs such as PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord, although there was no Dutch league of any kind (they were under the "Rest of World" header). This game also features, for the first time, the Swiss Super League, at the cost of excluding the Greek League. A card reward system licensed from Panini was also introduced where, after winning a particular competition, a star  player card is unlocked. There is also a bonus game with the nations that had automatically qualified for the 2002 World Cup (France, Japan and South Korea), in which the player tries to improve the FIFA ranking of their chosen team by participating in international friendlies. Playing with other national teams will allow the player to play through their respective zones' qualifying rounds (except for Oceania and Africa, whose confederations are not represented in full). "FIFA Football 2002" was the final game in the main series to feature the Japanese national team, as the Japan Football Association would sell its  exclusive rights to Konami during 2002, thereby depriving not only "FIFA", but all other football games in the market (with the exception of EA's World Cup spin-offs), from using its lineup and likeness (Japanese players in foreign markets continued to be featured in the series, though) until "FIFA 17". Section::::"FIFA Football 2003". "FIFA Football 2003" added features completely new gameplay from the previous titles. EA revamped the outdated DirectX 7 graphics used in "FIFA 2001" and "2002", and introduced new graphics featuring more detailed stadia, players, and kits. Club Championship Mode was introduced with the feature of playing  against 17 of Europe's top clubs in their own stadia and the fans singing their unique chants and songs. A TV-style broadcast package gave highlights at half-time and full-time, as well as comprehensive analysis. One of the most anticipated new features was EA Sport's "Freestyle Control" which allows the user to flick the ball on and lay it off to teammates. Other additions include greater likenesses of players such as Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho, as well as realistic player responses. An Xbox version was added to the Windows and PlayStation 2, whereas the original PlayStation  version was dropped. FIFA Football 2003 was also the first game in the series to use the EA Trax. EA Trax is the exclusive music menu system that has been used ever since in all FIFA titles. Section::::"FIFA Football 2004". While not adding much to the game engine, the biggest new inclusion in "FIFA Football 2004" is secondary divisions, which allow the player to take lower ranked teams into the top leagues and competitions (a promotion/relegation system was present since the 2000 edition, but none up until this one featured second-tier leagues). A new gameplay feature dubbed "off  the ball" was introduced, which is the ability to simultaneously control two players, in order, for example, to move a second player into the box in anticipation of a pass. The online mode was touted as the main feature. Another key feature is "Football Fusion", which allows owners of both "FIFA 2004" and "Total Club Manager 2004" to play games from "TCM" in "FIFA 2004". This is also the first "FIFA" game to feature Latin American club teams aside from those of the Brazilian League; there are four from Mexico (América, Toluca, Monterrey and UNAM; a fifth team, Tigres UANL , is present only in the Game Boy Advance version) and two from Argentina (Boca Juniors and River Plate). The title sequence, featuring Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Alessandro Del Piero, was filmed at St James' Park, the home ground of Newcastle United. Section::::"FIFA Football 2005". "FIFA Football 2005" was released much earlier than the usual late October date to obtain a head start over "Pro Evolution Soccer 4" and avoid clashing with EA Sports' own "FIFA Street". The game features the return of the create-a-player mode, as well as an improved Career mode. The biggest difference compared to previous  titles in the series is the inclusion of first-touch gameplay which provides gamers with the ability to perform real-life tricks and passes. It is also the first version to feature the full Mexican League. The game has no opening video, but its soundtrack is headlined by British DJ Paul Oakenfold, who composed the "FIFA Theme" especially for the game, using some sounds from the game such as artificial crowd noise and commentary. This was the last title released for the original PlayStation in the US. The game also features authentic crowd chants edited by producer Dan Motut. Section::::"FIFA  06". "FIFA"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s developers made a complete overhaul of the game engine for this installment of "FIFA", claiming a dramatic increase in the control of play, having rewritten more than half the game's code. In addition to a renovation of the engine, which discards the "off the ball" system, the developers boasted a significantly more involved Career mode and the introduction of "team chemistry" which determines how well team members play together. This installment breaks with the long tradition of commentary from "Match of the Day"'s John Motson and (more recently) Ally McCoist, who are replaced by  ITV's Clive Tyldesley and former Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray, who had already worked in the series as guest commentator. One of the new features in "FIFA 06" was a special "retro" which features nostalgia of the game. Inside it includes an unlockable classic biographies section, a memorable moments video compilation, which features ten of the most memorable moments as judged by the "FIFA 06" developers, a video compilation with a retrospective view of every game in the FIFA series and the chance to play the first ever game in the "FIFA" series which was titled as "FIFA 94 . The game also features for the first time a Classic XI team consisting of great football legends and a World XI team consisting of current great superstars. Both teams have the Cardiff Millennium Stadium as their primary ground. These clubs must be unlocked in the Fan Shop". The Xbox 360 version, titled "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup", featured only national teams and a brand-new engine taking advantage of the Xbox 360's graphical capabilities. It was the first FIFA game on a seventh-generation console. Section::::"FIFA 07". The main differences from the previous game are a new  Interactive Leagues function, new stadia such as the new Wembley Stadium and Emirates Stadium, and the ability to create custom teams and Turkcell Super League returns after seven years of absence from the series. The game's front-end and graphics engine remain largely the same. The Xbox 360 version uses a completely new game engine which was created from scratch for the system. This Xbox 360 version also features a much reduced team line-up, completely removing all lower division teams and focusing on the four main European leagues, plus the Mexican Clausura and national teams. This was the  last title released for the GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. "FIFA 08" introduced a new game mode called "Be a Pro", in which the player controls only a single player on the field. This version also introduced a larger club section including the League of Ireland, and the Hyundai A-League of Australia, for the first time. Unlike "FIFA 06" and "07" however, "FIFA 08" does not include any memorable moments or season highlights. Section::::"FIFA 08". This edition introduced the Practice Arena Feature that allowed training and improving the dribbling, shooting, or practicing free kicks and penalties while on  the practice pitch. It was the first game in the franchise for PlayStation 3 and Wii, the latter introducing motion controls for shooting, as well as three mini-games that make use of the Wii Remote. Section::::"FIFA 09". "FIFA 09" features a revamped collision system and an option for 10 versus 10 "Be a Pro" online matches, and the new "Adidas Live Season" feature, which updates all the players' stats in a particular league based on the player's form in real life. Although the feature is activated through microtransactions, gamers have access to one free league of their choice  from the moment they activate the service to the end of the 2008–09 season. Online play has also been improved in "FIFA 09", with a feature called "FIFA 09 Clubs" allowing players to form or join clubs and field their strongest team online. The game is the first in the "FIFA" series to feature user-controlled goal celebrations. "FIFA 09" has met with generally positive reception from reviewers. Clive Tyldesley and Andy Gray again provide the commentary in the English version. However, in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, Tyldesley is replaced by Martin Tyler. For the  first time, users can also purchase extra commentator voices in different languages from the PlayStation Store (PlayStation 3) and Xbox Live Marketplace (Xbox 360). Another option for the English language is Tyldesley and Andy Townsend. 2010s. Section::::"FIFA 10". "FIFA 10" has an extended Manager Mode which includes a new Assistant Manager that can be used to take care of the team's line-up and to rotate the squad based on importance of the upcoming match and improved finances. The "Player Experience and Growth System" has changed. Player growth will now be determined by in-game performance, demands placed on  the player, and achievements based on the player's particular position. The games also features 50 stadia and 31 leagues, among which the Russian Premier League is introduced to the series (except for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions). It also includes 360 degrees player control instead of the 8-direction control in previous games. Section::::"FIFA 11". "FIFA 11" was released 28 September 2010 in North America and 1 October 2010 in Europe. It features a new replacement to Manager Mode called Career Mode; the player is able to play a career as a Manager, Player or a new  feature as a Player Manager. Other new features include an improved passing system, improved player likenesses, the ability to play as a Goalkeeper for the first time, and other various other tweaks and additions. The English commentary is provided for the fourth time by Martin Tyler and Andy Gray. Landon Donovan, Kaká and Carlos Vela feature on the cover of the North American version of the game, while Kaká and Wayne Rooney feature on the cover of the UK and Irish version. Aside from Kaká and Rooney, Petr Čech and Andrés Iniesta are also prominently featured in the game, appearing  in in-game screens like the menus of the PC version. Section::::"FIFA 12". David Rutter, the line producer for "FIFA 12", has promised "a revolutionary year for "FIFA"... especially in the gameplay department." The first screenshot was revealed on 11 April, featuring Brazilian midfielder Kaká running through the field. "FIFA 12" is the first edition of the series to feature Arabic commentary. The Czech First League and Turkish Süper Lig are removed from the game (though Turkish side Galatasaray is still featured) and a third Argentine team, Racing Club de Avellaneda, is added to the Rest of World bracket. The  Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 were the main consoles for the game, and for the first time, the PC version was feature-identical. In May, EA announced that a Nintendo 3DS version would be available, including career mode, 11 vs 11, street mode and Be a Pro, but excluding any online mode. On 27 May, it was confirmed that "FIFA 12" would be released on PlayStation 2. On 7 June, it was confirmed that the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will also be included and others are to come in the next few months. On 11 July, photos of  the Career Mode were released. During the demo launch on 13 September 2011, both "FIFA 12" and Xbox Live were trending on social networking site Twitter. For the first time in the series, the game has been officially ported to the Mac OS X operating system by TransGaming. In March 2012, "FIFA Football" was released as a launch title for the PS Vita, which despite the different name was a port of "FIFA 12". New features include: Section::::"FIFA 13". On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the game is the first of the series compatible with Kinect and PlayStation Move, respectively . The game also features the Saudi Professional League, the first time Arabic football is represented in the series (while "FIFA 2000" did include club teams from the Arab world, it was generic teams with non-distinctive uniforms). It is the only "FIFA" title to be released on the Wii U. New features include: Section::::"FIFA 14". For the newest generation of video game consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game showcases a new engine, Ignite, which allows not only for graphical enhancements, like shifting weather conditions and dynamic environment, but also for changes in gameplay, with features like Human Intelligence  (which brings the AI closer to real player behavior) and True Player Motion (which gives the players more realistic animations). Also, all versions have an all-new Co-op Seasons online mode, in which two players can play a season for the same team. As for the team selection, the game features, for the first time, the top leagues from Argentina, Chile and Colombia, the first time South American leagues other than the Brazilian one are featured in a FIFA game. The PC version does not feature the Ignite engine (which will be exclusive to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox  One releases); rather than that, they will feature the Impact engine, same as used in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions (which the PC versions have been using since "11"), with minor improvements. This is reportedly due to Electronic Arts' claims that most PC players do not own a machine powerful enough for the Ignite engine, therefore it would only be featured in the next edition. This is the last FIFA game to be released for the PlayStation Portable and FIFA 14 would eventually become the last PlayStation 2 game produced and released in South America. The game features  new signature goal celebrations from a number of players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Lionel Messi, among others. Section::::"FIFA 15". The last title for the Wii and handhelds. The Windows version used the new engine (Ignite Engine) for the first time, which is the same as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The first edition released during EA's deal with the English Premier League as Official Sports Technology Partner. This deal allows all 20 Premier League stadiums to be included in the game as well as official Premier League scoreboards and television graphics. FIFA's exclusive access to Premier  League clubs allowed detailed photography of all 20 stadiums so they could be authentically recreated, with the cheers, chants and sounds of more than 20 Premier League matches also recorded. Since this game any club promoted to the Premier League has had their stadium added. Due to licensing troubles with Brazilian players, this was the first game in the main series that did not feature a Brazilian league in any form. "FIFA 15" also brought back the Turkish Süper Lig to the series after it was initially removed with the release of "FIFA 12". "FIFA 16" was the first title  in the series to include female athletes and national teams. After the complications in the previous edition, some Brazilian teams agreed to lend their visual identities (badges, names and kits) to the game, but no such agreement was reached with players due to the decentralization of player image rights in Brazil; as a result, the Brazilian teams are placed in the Rest of World block (being given their own incomplete league slot in subsequent editions), with their rosters comprised completely by fictional players, unlike all other clubs and most national teams. "FIFA 17" is the first video game in the  FIFA series to use the Frostbite game engine and also the first to implement a story mode, namely, "The Journey". It also features the Japanese J1 League for the first time, the first time ever a football game for the international market features the league. "FIFA Mobile" is the first mobile game of "FIFA" to use the new attack mode, live events, leagues, player plans, and program packs. It features seasonal programs for players to obtain different packs and players by completing different plans, live events, and achievements. "FIFA" later reworked attack mode to "VS Attack" on their 6.0.1 update  on 19 May 2017. Beginning 1 November 2017, a new mode called "campaign" was introduced, where players face different teams from around the world, from tiny amateur clubs to the best professional clubs in the world. The ability to improve players by "training" them was also introduced. The game also features Live Events themed on recent real world events, as well as mini games based on skills such as shooting, passing, dribbling and goalkeeping. "FIFA 18" is the first title to feature "Ultimate team ICONS" on all systems including PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The game also  features the third tier of German's football league, the 3. Liga, the Iceland national football team, Saudi Arabia national football team, both the men's and women's national New Zealand teams and has again the Turkish Super League after EA renewed its licence with them. EA Sports introduced Quick Subs into "FIFA 18" where the player can make a substitute when the ball goes out of play. The Cruyff turn – a feint named after 1970s Dutch star Johan Cruyff – is one of the four new skills added to the game. "FIFA 19" introduces the UEFA Champions League, Europa  League, and UEFA Super Cup competitions to the game. Martin Tyler and Alan Smith return as regular commentators, while the new commmetary team of Derek Rae and Lee Dixon feature in the UEFA Champions League. Composer Hans Zimmer and rapper Vince Staples recorded a new remix of the UEFA Champions League anthem specifically for "FIFA 19", and it featured in the reveal trailer. The character Alex Hunter (who first appeared in "FIFA 17") returns for the third and final instalment of "The Journey." The game includes the Chinese Super League, the first FIFA title to do so. The game is  programmed with new kick off modes - house rule, survival mode, no rules, long range, header and volley, and first to mode. 2020s. Section::::"FIFA 20". A new feature in "FIFA 20" titled "Volta Football" is a renaissance of previous "FIFA Street"-style elements, providing a variance on the traditional 11v11 gameplay. It is set to include the ability to play 3v3 Rush (No GK's), 4v4, 4v4 Rush, 5v5 and professional futsal modes. The game places an emphasis on skill and independent play, rather than tactical or team-play. The player is also able to customise their own player; aside from selecting  gender, the players will also have a variety of clothes and accessories to choose from, ranging from shoes and clothes to hats and tattoos. The traditional 11v11 mode has also changed, with more 1-on-1s encouraged, more off-the-ball space creation, as well as new penalty and free-kick mechanics. Juventus were not in "FIFA 20" as they signed a partnership deal with "PES 2020". They were called Piemonte Calcio in "FIFA 20". Liverpool announced a "long-term" partnership with "FIFA". Section::::"FIFA 22". Following a November 2020 announcement by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds and American actor Rob McElhenney that  they would be taking over the club through the RR McReynolds Company LLC, Wrexham A.F.C were included in as part of the "Rest of World" section, becoming the first ever non-league team to be featured in the series. They were last in FIFA 07 when they were relegated from League 2 to the National League. Other titles. Outside the series, also from EA Sports: FIFA Online games. In 2006, Electronic Arts released an online version of game specifically for the Asian market. FIFA World Cup licensed games. In 1997, Electronic Arts purchased the licence from FIFA to publish official  FIFA World Cup video games prior to each tournament and is still the current holder. UEFA European Championship licensed games. Similar to "FIFA World Cup" games, in 2000, EA purchased the license from UEFA to publish official European Championship video games prior to each tournament. UEFA Champions League licensed games. In 2002, EA acquired the license for the UEFA Champions League. Two games were released, in 2005 and 2007 when EA weren't due to release an international title, before Konami bought the licence in 2008. In April 2018 Konami lost the official license. In June 2018 it became official  that EA bought the license for "FIFA 19". Street football games. "FIFA Street" is a spin-off franchise introduced in 2005 which focuses on flair, style and trickery, reflecting the cultures of street football and freestyle football played on the streets and backlots across the world. Management games. Since 1997, EA Sports have regularly released football management games, most of which have made use of their FIFA or FA Premier League licenses in their titles. Some of these games were developed by EA themselves, though some have been developed by third parties such as Krisalis Software and Bright Future GmbH.