Online Team Play for 360 FIFA 08 is out
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EA has announced that the downloads for FIFA 08 online Be a Pro mode and NBA Live 08 online team play have arrived for the Xbox 360! These are completely free and allow for five on five over 10 consoles on both games. The PS3 will receive these modes later this month.
When you start up the games they will prompt you with an auto-update. Through this patch is how you receive the new mode.
The FIFA download is already available, however the Live one has not yet appeared. I am waiting on the latest information on that and will update as soon as I have it.
Update 11/12: It seems that despite the press release and announcement on the official website, the Live OTP is still awaiting approval from Microsoft.
Be A Pro: Online Team Play in FIFA Soccer 08 enables up to five friends on five different consoles to select and take control of their own individual players on the same team, supported by AI teammates, to play against up to five rivals playing on five different consoles of another team. You can choose to play as a single, fixed player the entire game, with free roaming players, or teams can have a combination of both. Anyway you choose to play, Be A Pro: Online Team Play challenges you to master the same disciplines as a real soccer player—from positioning and tackling to reading the field and passing.
In NBA LIVE 08 all 10 players on the floor can now be controlled by individual users on 10 different consoles, removing the use of artificial intelligence altogether. Player movement, decision making and game outcome can now be completely dependant on how you play as an online team, bringing you closer to a real life game of basketball than ever before. This new game mode enables any number of players from one to five on different consoles to connect and play online against another team of up to five players on five different consoles. The CPU will take control of any players not controlled by users.
Here is some other info that had been released regarding how it works. Look for a full write-up and possibly some videos of the mode in action tonight!
November 8, 2007 at 1:32 pm
wat about ps3 5v5 is that comin soon?
November 9, 2007 at 12:12 am
best then that ea have done in a long time, its going to to change the way people play , just play fifa in its great!
November 9, 2007 at 3:47 am
It’s out definitely for FIFA 08 on PS3 too
November 9, 2007 at 7:46 am
I played FIFA team play last night, it’s great. No lag either. I wish it would be on NBA Live too, it wasn’t there last night. Hopefully it’ll be there soon.
November 9, 2007 at 11:31 am
Can’t wait for the download on Live for 360!
November 9, 2007 at 12:38 pm
why is the ps3 online team play not relesed yet???
November 9, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Me and a buddy run 2’s on live for ps3. If we get enough pairs this could be fun, anyone interested.
November 11, 2007 at 10:16 am
Any new info why NBA Live 5 on 5 isn’t out yet?
November 11, 2007 at 10:30 am
[quote comment="5980"]Any new info why NBA Live 5 on 5 isn’t out yet?[/quote]
Nope. I was told that I would get an update on whats causing the delay but there was no new info as of Friday. So I’ll be back on that tomorrow to find out whats going on.
November 11, 2007 at 10:40 am
I’m having tons of fun with FIFA’s team play. Live will be perfect for team play. The problem of not many players going after rebounds all the time would go away. Can’t wait for Live’s team play. It’s such a fun game to begin with.
November 12, 2007 at 9:08 am
ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE ROSTER’S COME OUT.
November 12, 2007 at 12:26 pm
got some questions..you may not know the answers..but if not..np
In this mode, do you get to choose the team you be, like choose the 76ers, Suns, or any other team. Or does it choose the teams..
Can you get into like a party with people, so you know you will be on there team? (like if you find a couple guys that dont hog the ball)
Can 2 players on 1 console play together? (be 2 of the 10) becuz i know in 07, you could be be on each others team on live.
and i think they should make it where you get to create a player, and you use that player. But you cant make him like 99 overall, but like as you play you get to put points on stats (dribiling, 3pt, rebounding..)
November 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm
any news on when it comin out?
November 12, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Pasta added this update today:
Update 11/12: It seems that despite the press release and announcement on the official website, the Live OTP is still awaiting approval from Microsoft.
I hate Microsoft approvals. If I had a dollar every time I said that.
November 13, 2007 at 2:11 am
Im trying to form a 5 man team, I need two more for ps3.
November 13, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Maybe microsoft is waiting for the BIG FALL Update tomorrow
November 13, 2007 at 8:56 pm
hope so..rite when i hear that its out..gonna go and rent it
November 14, 2007 at 12:44 am
Sorry, thought the fall update was out tomorrow,I was wrong.
November 15, 2007 at 6:35 pm
there pretty dumb to release that its available but not put it up so you can download it..
November 17, 2007 at 9:33 pm
a week..wow
November 19, 2007 at 9:31 am
pastepadre, do you have any new info on the Live 5 v 5 update?
July 11, 2008 at 8:01 am
ferw