BE THE 12th MAN WITH FIFA FOOTBALL 2003 FROM EA SPORTS™

With the release of FIFA Football 2003 from EA SPORTS™ - the world's leading interactive entertainment software company talk about the largest marketing campaign behind this year's game. Players sometimes talk about mystical influences on the game, influences that are out of their hands: a referee who allows the game to go with them, or makes it go against them, a crowd that leads them to an unforgettable comeback or even the presence in the crowd of a player who has been injured for six months. When players talk about that influence, they do so in hushed tones. They whisper of the presence of the 12th man. FIFA Football 2003 invites you to be the 12th man.

Al King, Director of Consumer Marketing, Europe, Electronic Arts Ltd said: "The game is targeted at 16-34 year old gamers who own or play on the required hardware; the focus this year is on the hard core gamers as well as the more mainstream segments." Star players Edgar Davids, Ryan Giggs and Roberto Carlos have made time in their busy schedules to form a "Football Council" leading the largest FIFA marketing campaign seen in Europe by staring in individual TV and print advertising investigating the 12th man phenomenon.

Key Features:

Total Gameplay Experience
FIFA Football 2003 introduces a completely re-worked AI engine that focuses on three new enhancements; team play, team tactics and real player attributes. Use the advantage of playing as a team to break down the opposition with precision passing and quality finishing. Face the onslaught of an opposing team 1-0 down in the 80th minute as they throw all their players upfront. And experience the challenge provided by the individual strengths and skills of European football's top stars.

Total Ball Control
A fundamental change in the control of the ball including shooting, dribbling, and passing results in more natural gameplay - with deflections, missed headers and scrambled goals reflecting the real nature of football.

Free Kick/Set Piece Control
Dead ball situations are a pivotal part of the real game. FIFA Football 2003 incorporates a new interface that requires the level of skill and strategy that has allowed stars like Roberto Carlos to shine in the real world. A new set-piece dynamic provides complete control over the power and swerve of free kicks. Find the angle, find the power and find the top corner.

Total Authenticity
All the great players looking and behaving as they do in real life, competing in all the top leagues and all the greatest national teams from around the world. FIFA offers you total licensed football with over 175 licensed entities - 16 leagues, 350 teams, 10,000 players.

Club Championship Mode
Experience total immersion and ultimate competition with 18 of the greatest European teams. Feel the intense big match atmosphere with all the star players, real stadia, real stats and your favorite club specific crowd chants. Now you too must endure the pressure of playing in Galatasary's famous stadium of hell.

Unparalleled Match Presentation
Continuing the excellence of FIFA style TV presentation with some of Europe's greatest commentary teams calling the action.
All new half time and end of match highlights let you re-live every key moment.