What were some of the challenges moving from our previous game engine to Frostbite? Not only will you as the GM be responsible for making trades, signing players and staying competitive while navigating the murky waters of the salary cap, you’ll also be responsible for trying to turn a profit for your owner. FIFA 17 Gamers will be able to accomplish this by properly budgeting out player and hockey personnel salaries, setting a marketing budget, running promotions such as bobblehead nights, upgrading their facilities’ amenities, and even setting the prices of tickets, parking and concessions – such as hot dogs.
Empowering content creators with the tools within Frostbite has allowed for a new level of collaborative development between the creative and technical groups within FIFA. Looking at FIFA 17, we're pretty excited about the power of Frostbite and maybe a bit surprised at just how much it can unlock for the teams. FIFA 17 Frostbite is part of our new story mode, The Journey. Can you share how the mode uses the engine? New to FIFA 17 will be a full World Cup of Hockey mode.
All the players will be represented, including those who aren’t FIFA 17 players, along with the authentic uniforms. FIFA 17 will release on Sept. 27 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. As with all pre-orders, Amazon Prime offers 20 percent off, making those three editions of the game $46/$64/$80 instead. Much more on FIFA 17 along with an extended trailer and news on other sports games will be out this Sunday and next Monday with the EA Play and E3 press briefings.
There is one hiccup, however. Auston Matthews was named to Team North America’s preliminary roster before the draft. He’s since been drafted, first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and standard procedure is NHL rookies can’t get into the game until they play their first NHL game. The World Cup takes place before the start of the NHL season, so the FIFA 17 development team is in a bit of a bind, but according to Ramjagsingh, “if [Matthews is] on the World Cup team, that’s a discussion we’ll have, so that might be the opportunity to get him in.
It takes FIFA players to places they have never been before, including new environments that showcase true-to-life action with lighting, rendering, and schematics. It also gives the team here the ability to bring to life characters that are full of depth and emotion. EA Sports provided Monday the first look ahead to FIFA 17, the next edition in the biggest selling sports video game franchise worldwide. Along with a teaser trailer is detail on the change to the game's engine, pre-order incentives, and the cover athletes.
We've introduced new attacking options that fans have asked for and we're excited for them to use - starting with two new driven shots. The first is the low shot. You power it up like a normal shot but you press the shoot button a second time before making contact with the ball. This FIFA 17 results in a ball that is low to the ground and great for when you’re aiming at the bottom corners of the goal. These types of shots also have a new variety of ball error.
