FIFA gets online leagues!!!

[Blitzburgh1969]

We should be good for next year in madden and NCAA don't you think?

[x South x]

i hope. In my opinion online leagues (for some people) extend the replay value until the next madden comes out. I still play NBA 2k6 and almost only play league games.

[Alexgm16]

wow so much for the excuse that they cant put madden online leagues because lack of an online population.

[PremierPlayer]

The feature in FIFA isn't an online league like you are thinking about. What it is is using the 4 most popular soccer leagues they are having sort of an online league. Here it is straight from IGN

IGN: The big new feature is probably Interactive Leagues. What are they and how will they improve online gaming?

Booth: The Interactive Leagues recreate online interactive versions of four real world leagues -- the F.A. Premiership, Bundesliga, French League 1 and the Mexican 1st Division.

So if you are a Manchester United fan, and say Man U is playing Everton in the Premiership next Saturday, then:

On Thursday night the fixture will open up, you'll go online and be match made against Everton fans.
You play as many games through that fixture as you want.
On Saturday night, the fixture will close
The Club who got the most wins across all the games on all platforms will get the 3 points in the Interactive Premiership.

There is a top 100 players per each club per platform so you can see how you're comparing to all the other fans. There are lobby rooms set up so you can chat to the other fans to compare tactics, etc.

This is a complex feature which we want to take our time to grow with our community. We have a dedicated community person in our studio to help us learn with and from the community. This person will create weekly community pod casts that will include interviews with the top gamers talking about what's going on in each league. He will also write news stories which you can read in game.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/725/725507p2.html