GC08: EA announces FIFA 09 add-on Adidas Live Season

News by Mike Bowden Staff Writer (Former)

Published on Aug. 20, 2008

EA has announced a new premium FIFA 09 service called 'Live Season' at Games Convention 2008. 'Live Season' is in partnership with Adidas.

Adidas Live Season an online service that alters player attributes each week based on their real-life performances updating on a weekly basis.

Live Season will be subscription service, but a free trial will be offered for only one league and will run through to the end of the season.

You'll be able to 'Be a Pro' in the game and develop your character's skills over the course of a season and watch them develop in the areas that you have specified.

About the game itself, EA boasted things like "authentic first-touch pass," and "effort animations:" all stuff that we'll see in the demo released September 11.

Thanks Eurogamer.

By Mike Bowden