Alex Morgan of the U.S. women’s national team in this screenshot from FIFA 16. (Provided by EA Sports)
Women’s soccer is coming to FIFA 16, Electronic Arts announced Thursday.
Twelve women’s national teams will be added in the next installment of the long-running soccer video game series, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China PR, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the U.S.
The women’s teams will be available to play in the kick off, offline tournament and online friendly matches. The teams will be only able to play against each other and not against the men’s teams.
Player ratings will be relative for each gender, according to EA sports.
From EA:
This has been a top fan requests and we have considered doing it for years. With FIFA 16, we’ve made the necessary advancements in gameplay, such as new locomotion and unique player models which were based on motion capture and 360 degree body scans of some of the games top female players. That allowed us to accurately and authentically represent how these athletes walk, run, sprint and move horizontally. To complement the realistic animations and attributes, our mobile head-scanning unit traveled the world in order to capture facial features and hairstyles, ensuring that the players look as realistic as possible.
FIFA 2016 is slated for a September release date for the PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
