{"id":1969,"date":"2010-01-30T06:32:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T11:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/30\/fifa-10-ultimate-team-feb-25\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T06:38:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:38:28","slug":"fifa-10-ultimate-team-feb-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/30\/fifa-10-ultimate-team-feb-25\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Feb 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just opened my latest propaganda email from EA, which announced the upcoming release of <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.easports.com\/ultimate-team.action\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/fifa.easports.com\/ultimate-team.action', 'FIFA 10 Ultimate Team');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FIFA 10 Ultimate Team<\/em><\/a> (FIFA UT) on February 10.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Coming February 25th to Xbox\u00ae LIVE & PSN!<br \/>\nChoose from over 7,500 players from 29 different leagues and build your squad of soccer superstars in this exciting new game mode! Once assembled, compete in dynamically updated tournaments online!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>FIFA UT looks much deeper than the recent offering from <em>Madden 10 Ultimate Team<\/em> (MUT), but perhaps that is to be expected since FIFA UT will be a second generation product.  The only concern I have is that the various <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.easports.com\/media.action?sourceid=eas1697#mediaId=phamU1MTpJccGDBrxyYVcuUblqPjzGlY\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/fifa.easports.com\/media.action?sourceid=eas1697#mediaId=phamU1MTpJccGDBrxyYVcuUblqPjzGlY', 'videos');\" target=\"_blank\">videos<\/a> only talk about online tournaments.  Longtime readers know that I am not a big fan of random online opponents, but maybe FIFA UT will give me a reason to suck it up.<\/p>\n<p>An additional concern is that FIFA UT is \u201cpay to play\u201d feature.  I am already struggling to overcome my loathing of throwing real dollars at MUT, much less throwing money at an add-on feature for <em>FIFA 10<\/em>, which is being release within striking distance of <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa-world-cup.easports.com\/features.action?category=ps3\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/fifa-world-cup.easports.com\/features.action?category=ps3', '2010 FIFA World Cup');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>2010 FIFA World Cup<\/em><\/a>.  We all knew EA would go crazy this year with FIFA releases, but that is another article.My concern with the timing of the release FIFA UT is twofold.  First, how long will EA support this mode?  Maybe 7-8 months before this fall\u2019s seasonal release of <em>FIFA 11<\/em>?  Second, will FIFA UT have an active and enthusiastic user base considering that <em>2010 FIFA World Cup<\/em> will be available in April?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just opened my latest propaganda email from EA, which announced the upcoming release of FIFA 10 Ultimate Team (FIFA UT) on February 10. Coming February 25th to Xbox\u00ae LIVE &#038; PSN! Choose from over 7,500 players from 29 different leagues and build your squad of soccer superstars in this exciting new game mode! 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