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This is the playable demo for FIFA Manager 10.

"The demo of FIFA MANAGER 10 contains all the available game modes such as the 3D game, text mode, videotext and instant results. That means the players can try out, among other things the improved 3D match engine featuring your manager on the sideline and the new user interface with resolution up to 1920x1200."

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People who used to watch VH1 back in the day before it was taken over by reality TV shows might remember a show called Pop-Up Video. In it, little bits of trivia and commentary would appear in bubbles as music videos played. It looks like the FIFA 10 team took the idea and ran with it when they put together this trailer, although all the popping can potentially get on your nerves. Want to see if messages in these talk bubbles are true? The FIFA 10 demo can be downloaded here.

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This is the playable UK English/Spanish/French/German/Italian PC demo for FIFA 10. Continue reading after the jump for system requirements. The full game is expected to release in Europe on October 2nd and in the US on October 20th.
"Play as Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille and Chicago Fire and discover a soccer experience that will deliver a new standard for authenticity with gameplay refinements and innovations that will make it the most complete and intelligent simulation of football. In addition to playing an exhibition match, for the first time in a FIFA demo users will be able to upload created in-game videos to EA SPORTS Football World."

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Electronic Arts has decided to release just one retail PC sports game this year and that's their soccer title FIFA 10. This week word got out that a playable demo of the game will be released in September ahead of the full game's October release date.

The demo will let players pick from the Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille and Chicago Fire teams and let them play in an exhibiton match. The demo will even allow players to create in-game movies of their matches and upload them to the official EA Football World web site. The European demo is due out on September 10 while the US version will be released on September 17.

This exciting, though straightforward trailer for FIFA 10 lists the numerous improvements the game will feature, making it one of the most realistic and dynamic soccer games yet. The game is expected to ship in the fall.

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EA Sports announced a few days ago their plans to release Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online, a web browser-based for the PC and Mac. This week EA revealed during their EA 2009 press conference that their web-based gaming support will be extended to Madden NFL 10 . . . kind of.

No, EA Sports isn't bringing the pro football game back to the PC platform but it is launching what they are calling the Madden NFL 10 Online Franchise. While the game is still on consoles you can use your web browser to do things like "live drafts, player transactions, league message board" and more. Let's hope this is just a stepping stone to bringing a real playable version of Madden to the PC.

Electronic Arts' sports head Peter Moore has been hinting that the future of their sports games on the PC platform is online. Now EA has announced the first major move in that direction, revealing that EA Sports plans to launch an online version of their Tiger Woods PGA golf game to web browsers.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online will be compatible with both PC and Mac browsers and will feature a number of courses and a roster of PGA tournaments. EA plans to add new content and features on a regular basis following its launch this fall. Pricing has yet to be announced but EA is planning a "multi-tiered" subscription service. The game's official web site is already taking sign-ups to beta test the game.

The head of Electronic Arts' huge sports division is not a popular figure with PC gaming sports fans. In 2008 Peter Moore decided not to publish PC versions of most of their sports games, including the Madden NFL series. It looks like that will be the case for 2009 as well.

However it's been over a year since Moore made the decision to cut down their PC game support and yet he still doesn't seem to have a handle on how to release a sports title for PC gamers. In a new chat over at the Edge Online web site, Moore states, "[With the PC platform] we've got to find the right business model for us going forward. We really want to keep sports an important part of the portfolio that's available to PC gamers, but the business model right now, shipping a physical disc for the PC, simply isn't working for us." When asked if he might consider launching an EA Sports MMO game he replied, "We think about it all the time. We look at how we could bring an MMO type experience to sports or sports to an MMO experience" Hopefully Moore will be able to announce some kind of PC sports franchise plan soon.

Last year, Electronic Arts decided to cut most of its PC versions of their many EA Sports games, including the latest version of the popular Madden NFL franchise. Only the NHL and FIFA games had PC ports last year. Well PC football fans who were hoping EA might reverse itself with this year's Madden just got hit with some bad news. The just announced Madden NFL 10 (for 2010) did not have the PC among its many different platforms it will appear on this year. Big Download emailed EA Sports for comment and a PR rep confirmed the news saying, "We have no plans to release Madden NFL 10 on the PC this year. We continue to explore ideas to revitalize the PC for sports games and the types of games that are best suited to the platform, and this remains our goal for the Madden NFL franchise. "

Meanwhile there are rumors that EA Sports could be abandoning the PC port for their NHL game this year. According to a post on the message boards at the the Hockey Downloads web site the writer claims he has gotten world from EA's NHL producer that a PC port won't be made. We consider this to be a rumor since EA has not officially confirmed this news. EA Sports' PR rep told us tonight, "We have no other announcements regarding our other franchises at this time."

It's always good to know that even the head of one of the industry's biggest game franchises can be a fan of a small independent title. In this case the big exec is Peter Moore, the current head of EA Sports. And the game is World of Goo, the acclaimed downloadable puzzle title from 2D Boy.

Of course the game was made by former Electronic Arts team members and Moore states, "There's a lot to learn from the EA alumni who started 2D Boy and built something as creative and unique as World of Goo, with such a small team and little money." Moore believes that EA Sports can learn something from the innovation that World of Goo brought to games and EA Sports is planning to offer a number of small downloadable games for consoles. And what about the PC which EA Sports almost abandoned in 2008? Moore states, " I also know many of you await our plans on PC this year, and I think there are learnings here as well, beyond just downloads for console gamers, for going online to deliver compelling experiences to the PC community as well."