FIFA, the world’s governing body of football, Electronic Arts Inc (EA) an interactive, entertainment company, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, announced on Friday the new season of the FIFA Interactive World Cup (FIWC), the world’s only official FIFA global soccer gaming competition.
The FIWC is a season-long tournament mirroring the real world of soccer in which competitors from all around the world can participate in playing EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 09 on the PLAYSTATION3 (PS3) entertainment system.
The fifth FIWC season will begin with the launch of FIFA Soccer 09 on 14 October 2008 in North America. Players will be able to compete at one of 19 physical FIWC 09 Qualifier Events across the globe, which is launching in New Zealand on 25 October and covering countries all over the world, including Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Italy, South Africa and the US.
In addition players will be able to compete for the 13 places available in the final for the best online players through the PLAYSTATION Network.
