Fifa Off the Bench

The Back Post - A Week For Winners

by Romily Broad
20-November-2009

They say if the people of China all jumped up and down at the same time, the earth would spin off its axis and shed its oceans to the winds. Football's the only thing in the world that could make people do that. Not even Susan Boyle.

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FIFA Interactive World Cup

by Romily Broad
19-November-2009

Right then. FIFA Interactive World Cup. Yep, you guessed it, this blog (and subsequent ones) is going to act as the information point for the FIWC activities in the UK.

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The Big Shout - Is There An Art To Diving?

by Stevie Morgan
17-November-2009

In this week's FIFA 10 podcast Romily Broad and myself discussed the topic of diving after David N'Gog did his impression of a perfect dying swan in the box against Birmingham and earned Liverpool a penalty.

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US Takeover Tour Week 5 Dates and Venues

by Alain Quinto
13-November-2009

The FIFA 10 Takeover Tour has been on the road for almost four weeks now bringing the game to footy fans all over the US. Over the past week, the East Coast team has set up shop at numerous GameStops through Philadelphia and Baltimore where they also set up in the ESPN Zone to pack crowds.

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The Back Post: A Week Of FIFA 10

by Romily Broad
13-November-2009

Welcome to a new thing! It's called The Back Post, it'll happen every week (as long as I'm not on holiday, or in the pub, or something), and it'll serve as a place to splurge a load of updates and links to recap a week in the life of FIFA 10.

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FIFA 10: Children Collide, Dance With Skeletons

by Romily Broad
11-November-2009

Soundtracks of the FIFA series are legendary for exposing great new music from around the world to a huge audience. One track, Skeleton Dance by Aussie outfit Children Collide, has been remixed for FIFA 10 fans by Ladytron. Check it out.

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About The Bloggers

David Rutter is the Producer for FIFA 10 on PS3 and Xbox 360. A lifelong football fan, David supports Leicester and Hitchin Town. In addition to playing FIFA, Rutter also enjoys CoD4, GRAW, and NHL.
Aaron McHardy is responsible for gameplay design on FIFA 10. He did that on FIFA 08 and 09, too. A professional footballer prior to working at EA, Aaron displayed his skills for the motion-capture cameras on FIFA Street and FIFA Street 2.
Marcel Kuhn is an Associate Producer on FIFA 10 and looks after the front-end design, specifically for things like Manager Mode and Live Season. Prior to EA, Marcel worked for a marketing agency in Germany for several years and, later, worked for a comic publisher.
Romily Broad is community manager for EA SPORTS Football World. Principally, that means he gets to play FIFA a lot and claim that it's actual work. Between games he also brings us the weekly FIFA podcast and all the cool stuff you might find over at EA SPORTS Football World.
Christophe Labrune came to EA Canada from France in 2001 and, after some time in QA and localistion, joined the FIFA crew for FIFA 2004. He was the force behind Be A Pro Seasons in FIFA 09, and is now Online Producer for FIFA 10 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Christophe is a fanatical supporter of his hometown, Metz.
Stevie Morgan has worked in sports broadcasting for the past 12 years, despite always being picked last for football at school. He has also founded a support group for fellow fans of Southampton FC who, like him, have found things a bit much over the past few years and are suffering from post-Premiership depression.
 
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