UEFA Euro 2008
Publisher: EA SPORTS™
Developer: EA Canada
Category: Sports
Release Dates
Intl - 04/18/2008
N Amer - 05/20/2008
News
UEFA Euro 2008 From EA Available In Stores Now
EA Announces that UEFA EURO 2008, is available in stores now throughout N. America.
EA Celebrates UEFA Euro 2008 with Release of Officially Licensed
Videogame
Event Game Enables Players to Captain Their Country to Soccer Championship Glory
Description
Take on the challenge of leading one of 53 European national teams to glory as UEFA EURO 2008 recreates all the drama and excitement of the official tournament. The game features a more accessible, faster paced, and more responsive version of the market-leading EA SPORTS™ football engine – with all of the teams and official stadiums that will be part of UEFA EURO 2008™. Gamers will be able to celebrate their success on-field through user-controlled celebrations that will add to the pageantry and atmosphere of the event. A new game mode called Captain Your Country will enable gamers to put themselves on the pitch, earn the captaincy of their team, and truly inspire their country to glory. Plus Battle of the Nations is a daily competition where users represent their country online against rival nations in a quest for continental supremacy. A groundbreaking points system means that, while linked to the EA servers, every performance is rated, recorded and uploaded and ratings all count towards player and nation leaderboards.
Features
- Win UEFA EURO 2008 — Compete as one of 53 teams from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of UEFA EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
- Conquer Europe — Navigate the interactive map to overcome objectives and challenges to see if you have the skills to dominate Europe. Think you are the best? Now you can prove it!
- Critical Moment AI — Experience the thrill of the best players elevating their play with the game on the line with all-new Critical Moment AI.
- Dynamic Rain— Winter weather from across Europe is authentically re-created to simulate real-world playing conditions. Experience driving rain that creates sloppy pitches and dramatically impacts passing and player performance.
- Authentic Stadiums — Compete in all 8 official stadiums of UEFA EURO 2008™ with authentic day, dusk and night time lighting conditions.
- Team Managers — Watch reactions from team managers on the sideline as they shout encouragement or become disappointed in your team’s performance.
- Custom Formations — Design your own unique strategy to create the perfect formation and tactics. Set each player’s exact position in the formation, and assign specific attacking and defensive runs.
- Manual Controls — Dictate the play with manual controls for through-passing and crossing. Use the Pass Pulse to covertly call for the ball when playing with friends on the same team. Control the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations to deny the striker yourself. Use the right-stick to quickly switch to the exact player you want to control when defending.
- Dynamic Player Ratings — Real-time player ratings change based on actual player performance, simulating the momentum swings of a real season.
- Sticker Book — Collect your favorite players and unlock new game features in a virtual sticker book by completing objectives and challenges.
- Soccer IQ—Test your soccer knowledge inside Quiz mode featuring thousands of European Football Championship related questions.
