EA Sports’ Fifa 16 To Feature Women For First Time

28 May 2015 | sigadmin

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FIFA and official licensee Electronic Arts has announced that the EA Sports FIFA 16 game will feature 12 women’s national football teams for the first time in the game’s history when it launches later this year.

England captain Steph Houghton, who will lead her country to the summer World Cup in June, features alongside her team mates and the women’s national squads of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the United States.

The development team responsible for FIFA 16 researched player movement and likeness to authentically recreate the 12 women’s teams, with development supported by a motion capture session with players, 260 degree body scanning and a mobile head scanning unit which travelled to a variety of tournaments worldwide to capture play images.

David Rutter, vice president and general manager, EA Sports FIFA, said: “Bringing some of the best women’s players and teams in the world to our franchise is a massive event for EA Sports, and we are equally excited about bringing millions of fans a new way to play

“We’re making sure fans get an authentic experience when playing with Women’s national teams thanks to our innovative player capture and reference tools, as well as the sophisticated gameplay platform which we will continue to innovate on in FIFA 16.”

Abby Wambach, world record holder for international goals scored and forward for the United States women’s national team, commented: “I honestly can’t believe all of the science and technology behind the game itself, let alone getting us into the motion capture suits and eventually into the game,”

“We’re all excited to see ourselves in the game, but even more excited to see the reaction from all of the fans.”