What's the dirtiest thing anyone did to you during a game? Jon Robinson: You talk about pulling and grabbing. These are things that happen in the game and we asked if there was any way they could incorporate it into the video game, and they did. This is one of those things that as players, we've said we wanted. When we play the game, we're able to give feedback that's realistic and they're able to take that into account and they continually put it into the game each year. They pull, they grab, they use their bodies to their advantage if they can, and "FIFA 11" depicts that. Landon Donovan: Unfortunately, they do a lot of things that aren't legal. What are some things defenders do to you in real life to try and get the ball that I can expect to see in the game? Jon Robinson: The game also delivers new 360-degree jostling this year. It's a lot of fun.ĮA SportsDonovan shares the cover with Kaka and Carlos Vela. We want it to be us out there in the game and they do such a great job of that. And for us, the average kid watches us play on TV and sees how we play, but for us, when we play we want it to be real. The great thing about EA is that they spend so much time with the athletes to determine how they move, what they look like, what kind of special moves they have, how they shoot the ball, how they pass the ball, and that just makes it so much more authentic. EA has always done a good job making me that way in the game. Landon Donovan: I would hope that at a minimum, I'm a creative, attacking player. How would you describe your personality and what should gamers expect from your character? Jon Robinson: "FIFA 11" has a new feature called personality-plus where the game differentiates between players by their personalities on the pitch. There are some hard-core soccer fans and some sports fans who like soccer, but when you get past all of that and you get into the average person's home and heart and inspire them, that's really cool." ![]() ![]() We're in a pretty small niche here with what we do. And when you can transcend sport in that way, it's really special. But what was most special to us is that people who don't even watch sports, don't even watch soccer were watching and paying attention and were inspired by it. "Out of the country now, we have immediate respect from all the teams around world and that's great. "This is my third now, but it feels a little more special because of everything that has gone on. "When you consider how big soccer is around the world and how much people love playing 'FIFA' around the world, then you consider that North America is going to be the place where they sell the most copies, that's pretty cool," Donovan told me over the phone from New York as he spent the day helping promote the game. In fact, "FIFA 11" marks the third time Donovan appears on the box cover of EA Sports' popular franchise.Īnd "FIFA" is a game that has not only grown to the point where it is now the best-selling sports video game across the world, it has also become so popular in the United States that EA expects the North American market for "FIFA 11" to be the largest in series history. Landon Donovan isn't just the face of soccer in the United States, he's the face of soccer video games. Stephane Mantey/US PresswireLandon Donovan appears on the cover of "FIFA" for the third time in his career.
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