Joe Booth, producer of FIFA 08 for the PlayStation 3, showed off the game today at the Leipzig Games Convention. This years FIFA has been rewritten from scratch, and will be 20% bigger than any previous FIFA game - featuring 575 teams from 30 leagues, and a whopping 15,000 players.

It seems the issues the Madden team were experiencing with the PS3 are a thing of the past, as FIFA will run at 60 frames per second. And the Ubisoft developer who said the PS3 couldn’t do good AI? Wrong. The AI in FIFA ‘08 runs at 1,000 decisions per second.

EA have added a new “Skill Move” system for moves like step-overs, which includes the signature moves you would expect from famous, elite players. For the less hardcore players, the game will feature EA’s new “Family Play” system, where the entire game can be played with two buttons - one for passing, one for shooting the ball.

Acknowledging that the number one request from soccer game fans is 22-player online matches, FIFA 08 is getting there - 5 vs 5 online play will be released as free downloadable content after the launch. Exactly how long after remains a mystery.

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