On the pitch, critical gameplay fundamentals have been enhanced to guarantee each player that FIFA 10 mirrors real-world football, providing more sophisticated ball control, and physical interaction between players. In addition, players now move, behave and position themselves more realistically. On attack, players analyze space more effectively, curve their runs in an attempt to stay onside, create passing lanes naturally, and drive for more variety in attacking options. On defense, new concepts like position priority enable defenders to multitask so dangerous spaces left open by teammates out of position are covered. Plus, slide tackle targeting, press marking, and better-urgency clearance logic provide new options that make defending a tactical skill in FIFA 10. In goal, a myriad of improvements and refinements to goalkeeper intelligence result in a more responsive and powerful rushing system and ultra-realistic saves. Here are some key features of "FIFA 10": · 360º Dribbling: The first-ever true 360° dribbling system in a soccer game gives you precise control to skillfully play spaces between defenders that previously were not possible. · Skilled Dribbling: Advanced animation warping technology lets skilled players face defenders and maneuver around them with highly-responsive lateral dribbling, just like the game's legends. · Behavioral Intelligence Improvements: Players are more intelligent with more authentic behavior. Players now avoid passes not intended for them, avoid blocking teammate shots, and throw themselves in the way of attacker's shots in defense. · Physical Play Freedom: Wider dribble touches and new collision sharing allow for a less predictable yet extended fight for possession, resulting in more realistic battles between the dribbler and his defender. · Customizable Set Pieces: Design and record your very own dead ball moves on the training ground for use on match day to outwit your opponent. You have complete control over your players, with the ability to assign a specific role and movement to every outfield player on your team one at a time, and then combine them for the perfect set piece. · Player Urgency: Improved Urgency AI logic, with over 50 new movement cycles, delivers more responsive positioning so your players stay focused on the ball and move at a speed appropriate to the action. · Improved Trapping Intelligence: Players now have a better awareness of where the easiest, most natural trapping position is so they can get the ball on the ground and under control easier and earlier. · Advanced Positioning: Defenders multi-task and play the pitch more intelligently by covering dangerous spaces left by out-of-position teammates. In attack, players analyze space more effectively, curve their runs to stay onside, create · More Accurate Passing: Players better analyze space, resulting in pinpoint passes that give their receivers more options and time to outrun defensive pressure. · Authentic Shooting: Refinements to the shooting system and tweaks to the ball physics create a wider, more realistic variety of shots that enhance the exhilaration of scoring. · Varied Defending Options: Slide tackle targeting has been improved so good players have more reach and avoid tackling through the dribbler. Better effort clearance logic gives defenders more options when attempting to get a foot on the ball before an attacker. Effort, such as sliding to block crosses and overhead kick clearances, will give the defenders more tools in order to prevent goal scoring opportunities. Balanced by less forgiving standing tackles, defending is now a more tactical skill in FIFA 10. · Refined Goalkeeping Intelligence: Various improvements mean that goalkeepers now have a better perception of where to intercept loose balls and how urgently to do so, resulting in a more responsive and powerful rushing system. New animation warping technology provides game-realistic goalkeeper positioning and momentum, allowing for more variety in scoring. Refinements to the current goalkeeper behaviors, adding some new behaviors (like swatting the ball from the goal line) and general AI enhancements will improve his effectiveness across the board. · Responding to Gamer Feedback: With over 250 million games played by the FIFA community, listening to the feedback and addressing gamer frustration has become a key part of the FIFA strategy. Better balance on lofted through balls; improved goalkeeper intelligence; more realistic shooting physics with less shots hitting woodwork; realistic sprinting and movement animation; refined off-side and advantage rules; and a more immersive football experience through continuous play and quick free kicks are just a few of the issues raised and addressed in FIFA10. · Authentic Manager Mode: With over 50 improvements, FIFA 10's new Manager Mode is as close as you can get to running a team without actually being named to the job. · Match Realism: Calculated minute-by-minute, Manager Mode lets you make decisions based on your team's strengths and weaknesses including player performance, strengths of lines and strategic formations. · Authentic Transfers: Truly realistic transfers are made using logic based on multiple decision factors including finance, prestige, career prospects, other players' involvement and competition from AI clubs. · Believable Player Development: Just like on an actual team, the growth curve of your star players is based on multiple factors such as their playing environment and the demands placed on them. · Immersive Soccer World: Manager Mode takes you deep inside the world of football with formations and squads determined by match importance, real-time week-by-week transfers and transfer event summaries that promote bidding wars. · Virtual Pro: Live out the fantasy of being a real life soccer player by creating yourself in game using Photo Game Face. Grow your player attributes through 200 accomplishments and take your Virtual Pro online to become a global superstar. · Pro Club Championship: Create an online club with friends & play 10v10 against hundreds of thousands of Virtual Pros from around the World, with the top clubs battling it out to become Regional & World Champions. · My Live Season: Rewrite your Clubs history with My Live Season. The Live Season premium service has been expanded into a whole new game mode to enable you to play for your club, with dynamic updates of real world information to make the game as close to real life as possible. With more than 12,000 weekly updates of player form, transfers, fixtures, results and more, the mode mirrors the real world by playing your favourite teams’ games in complete authenticity. · Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Stadium: One of the world’s most famous stadiums returns to FIFA 10, and is available as a free download.