Well its not an official announcement, but I recieved an e-mail from a Microsoft representative telling of the features of World Football 2002 for the X-Box (you are the first member of the public to see this).

-203 National Teams with official kits
-World Cup Qualification and World Cup mode
-22 World Stadia that are acurately modelled
-Over 50 different motion captured players that play like their counterparts
-Photo quality players and graphics
-Realistic gameplay (emulaing that of the ISS series)
-10 different TV broadcast logos depending on where you are playing
-Actual team and player names, with the full FIFAPro license
-Actual referee's, who referee according to their real life counterparts
-Authentic crowd sounds, actually recorded from real matches
-Widescreen option (for widescreen TV)
-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound™

The game sounds very promising. No word on the names of the manufacturers or an impending release date. If you are wondering where I got this information I recieved it off Shane Brien who is a rep for Microsoft heading the X-Box department at the Sydney Microsoft offices, I was an official tester for the X-Box.

More news coming soon.

will this game come out only for x-box?

Everytime I hear of good news like that something always turns out nasty, such as the photo quality players, I will believe it when I see it. But I hope it is as good as it sounds.

great!!!!!! even if the gameplay´s not as good as ISS this game sounds very promising! but,is it only for the X-box??? that would be awful!!

Please Microsoft, show EASPORTS how to make a good football game!

Yeah unfortunately It will only be on the X-Box, however I will be getting mine very shortly.

I recieved some more news from Shane Brien the Microsoft/X-Box rep and he said its due for release some time around March 2002, as it will be one of the release games here in Australia.

I also asked him about the gameplay, he said he had the opportunity to have a go of what has been done (the gameplay is done, only graphics etc need to be completed) and I don't know if its a sales pitch, but he doesn't know this info is going to you guys, but he said this:

The gameplay, well I had a go, and I must say Its the best I have ever seen, its basically ISS with a few tweaks. But this game is one that will make you buy the Box.

Sounds all too good to be true to me. But I will be having ago of it soon, some time around late December-Early January, ah the beauties of being an Official tester for the X-Box in Australia.

Damn, i'm getting a PS2, not a X-box >.<

microsoft made some good flight simulators and golf games....im crossing my fingers on this one.

Originally posted by Tom Green
great!!!!!! even if the gameplay´s not as good as ISS this game sounds very promising! but,is it only for the X-box??? that would be awful!!


Maybe Costa Rica and Panama will be on that game with their real names

Originally posted by dcunik
microsoft made some good flight simulators and golf games....im crossing my fingers on this one.


On the soccer game

Originally posted by Sweden Boy
Maybe Costa Rica and Panama will be on that game with their real names

I found out some detials regarding that, and apparently the development team have spent the last 6 months researching players and teams to get them just right.

I u need help with Panama national squad just tell me

The game will have some leagues like EPL,Serie A ?????

after all the xbox is simply a pc in a box , so there should be a way to play the game on the pc

Originally posted by blacki
after all the xbox is simply a pc in a box , so there should be a way to play the game on the pc

Yes u can play online with any other player from around the world:D

Yeah, i would be a scandal if Microsoft only released the game for the X-Box, but i would think that once the X-Box release is out of the way there could be a Pc version some time down the track, and what a challenge to EA if the game turns out to be a Pc type Iss football game .. they will shyte themselves .. Ned :D

Some Xbox games wont have a PC version:(