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EA SPORTS today revealed a new online mode called FIFA 09 Clubs, designed for PLAYSTATION 3 and XBOX 360, that enables gamers to form or join user-controlled ‘clubs’ anywhere in the world. Through FIFA 09 Clubs, gamers can form or join clubs of up to 50 friends and field their strongest team when competing in Be A Pro: 10 v 10 Online Team Play, a feature that enables 20 people on 20 different consoles anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match of FIFA 09.

FIFA 09 Clubs will determine the best virtual team in the world. Clubs are ranked based on total points and placed in a division. Clubs are relegated and promoted to different divisions based on their performance during the season. In addition, FIFA 09 Clubs will enable Club Managers to scout rival players to identify a player that fits his or her squad, and then recruit them to join their club. Up to 10 players on a Club can participate in a single game and Clubs are able to play multiple games simultaneously if they wish.[1]

The Be-A-PRO option in FIFA 08 felt a little unfinished but hopefully with the introduction of Clubs in 09, we will see that area of gameplay fully realised.

This is probably the single most interesting gameplay option that I am looking forward to getting involved in, in FIFA 09. I am already signed up into a club & have October 3rd marked on the calendar – I’ll be covering my clubs progress in a game diary, here at Construed.

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