Fifa 2008

Get Closer to the Action Than Ever Before
From the moment you step on the pitch, FIFA 08 challenges you to think and react like a real football player by giving you complete control over all of the action. New manual controls enable you to dictate the play with control over through-passing and crossing. Control the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations to deny the striker yourself.Manual Controls: Dictate the play with new manual controls for through-passing and crossing. 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.

Be A Pro: Co-op Season: Take on the role of a professional footballer, create your own player and test yourself in one position for an entire season. Master positioning, improve your attributes and develop into an elite player. Co-operate with up to three friends fixed to their player on the same team, but compete with those same friends on individual challenges. All performances are tracked through detailed statistics to determine who really is a pro.

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 to unlock the opposition.

Enhanced AI: New defensive and positioning logic requires greater tactical expertise to break down the opposition New AI ensures players are in the right place at the right time. Player and team traits differentiate the stars.

Manager Mode Improvements: New features include pre-season friendlies to test your team before a campaign, new training options to hone your squad of players and dynamic board expectations that change depending on your successes ... or failures.

Complete Authenticity: Featuring 30 leagues, 30 real stadiums and 14,000 players all accurately recreated. Read more “Fifa 2008”  »»

FootBall Manager 2008

Bigger, smoother and more in-depth than ever, Football Manager 2008 is packed full of so much newness it could well take a lifetime to discover every new feature. So we asked Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at SI Games, to take us through some of the changes you'll want to hear about most...

Transfer Center - A new way of managing all current oning for simpler navigation and an updated tutorial and manual. Also, coach reports to make taking over a new team easier and a new calendar system - which lists all important dates throughout the season - help to make Football Manager 2008 the easiest Sports Interactive game to use yet.

Fan Days - The board can now arrange fan days to boost ailing attendances,or for matches that are likely to attract a low crowd, with a long-term affect to attendances if all goes well.

Awards Overhaul - A full overhaul of the awards system inside the game, which is not only more accurate but also includes new awards, such as the European golden boot and a 'best eleven', which shows the all-time (in-game) best XI for all teams and nations.

Match Engine Improvements- A greatly improved match engine, once again utilizing the footballing brain of Ray Houghton and other tools used by real-life managers, to make the most accurate simulation of football in a computer game even more like-life than ever before. Oh, and the ability to change the pitch dimensions at the start of the season to suit your style of play better.Expanded Media - More media and feedback than ever before, plus more detail in existing media, and a new competition news section to find out what major things are going on in all league competitions.

Regenerated Player Photos - All in-game regenerated players now have pictures using FaceGen technology to give each player more personality. This gives the ability for players to be seen to mature and grow-up looks-wise in front of your eyes as the game is going on.

Speedyfastier - Saving and loading is now significantly faster, with network gaming quicker and smoother to play, as well as tactical changes and match reports being faster than ever before.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Football Manager 2008 PC specs

* Minimum
Windows XP/Vista.
1.2GHz Processor.
256MB Ram
DirectX8.1 compatible sound card
4xCD ROM drive
1024x768 32Bit display
750MB HD space
MS compatible mouse & keyboard.

* Recommended
Windows XP/Vista
AMD or Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz processor
1GB Ram
DirectX8.1 compatible sound card
4xCD ROM drive
1024x768 32Bit display
750MB HD space
MS compatible mouse & keyboard.

Football Manager 2008 Mac specs

* Minimum:
For Power PC-based Macs: Mac OS X 10.3.9, PowerPC G4 1.2 GHz
For Intel-based Macs: Mac OS X 10.4.4, Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz
For all Macs: 256 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, 1024x768 32-bit display, 750 MB hard drive space

* Recommended:
For Power PC-based Macs: PowerPC G5 2.0 GHz
For Intel-based Macs: Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
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