Apart from the ground breaking impact engine, this was one of the boldest changes to the FIFA series in a long time.
It’s been welcomed and scorned in pretty much equal measure and it’s the most talked about feature on FIFA.
Everyone’s got an opinion about Contain Defending!
As YouTube directors across the globe rise from their pits, shake off their hangovers and put the chicks they picked up last night in a taxi, FIFA 13 news videos will start popping up all across the electronic superhighway.
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The buzzword quite deliberately thrown around all the FIFA 13 core gameplay improvements was “Balance”.
Finally the first wave of FIFA 13 news and FIFA 13 gameplay (specifically gameplay innovation) details can be released and we're keen to hear your thoughts.
They’ve listened and pinpointed the main problem with the AI to be attacking intelligence and in a bid to improve the FIFA 13 AI they’ve completely stripped down and re-factored the offensive position code.
The results look to have leaped FIFA 13 Attacking intelligence forward to something that finally resembles real footballer’s thinking.
To give you some indication of how big a deal EA think that FIFA 13 Complete Dribbling will be they’ve compared it in stature to when we went from the 10 dribbling directions available to us in FIFA 09 to the 360 degree dribbling available in FIFA 10.
All players in FIFA have almost flawless control. Whether you’re controlling an 85 rated striker or a 62 rated defender no matter how the ball’s coming to you, you know you’re going to control it and be on your way.
Whilst this allows for composure in pretty much all situations, it’s not realistic.
2 Years in the making, there’s no doubt that FIFA’s Impact Engine has revolutionised the FIFA series.
Roll on the new and improved FIFA 13 Impact Engine and the creases have been ironed out and the bar’s raised even higher.
Free kicks in FIFA 13 have been given a well needed facelift. A 3rd kicker has now been added to the mix creating a wealth of new options.
As well as the previous free kicks you'll now have the ability to perform up to two fake shots and the run over players will now even become passing options.
So, you love football and you love FIFA... Why not put the two to good use and become an EA Football Talent Scout?
There a currently two roles that EA are actively recruiting and both of them are financially compensated.
Authenticity and accuracy are two things FIFA fans demand more and more each year and player realism is usually top of the list when it comes to requests.
Thankfully EA SPORTS delivers year after year and new technology available for FIFA 13 from Digital Imaging will enable EA to give more players than ever the "DI3D star treatment".
Two major retailers have listed the FIFA 13 release date as Tuesday, 28th August 2012 so you may be able to get your hands on it early if you pre order FIFA 13 this year.
Where are you going to pre order FIFA 13 from?
Swindon Town have unveiled their new adidas 2012/13 away kit. The kit is sponsored by EA Sports FIFA 13 and bears the logo of the EA's next FIFA title.
The Swindon Town away kit as featured on FootballFashion.org is based on a brand new adidas design for the 12/13 season.
The FIFA community is a great one but it's also a very outspoken one and no matter who you are you're bound to have an opinion on what EA should add, tweak or remove altogether from the next edition of the world's best football game.
We take a look at some of your comments.