As announced by EA Sports, "FIFA 17" is being developed using Electronic Art's Frosbite Engine. The same announcement also included that the game will finally be launched in Sept. 29 for different platforms such as PS3, PS4, XBox One, XBox 360 and Windows PC.
Despite the use of this new engine, only PC versions of FIFA will feature the Frostbite technology. Previously, FIFA had been powered by Ignite, an engine which contains set of best methods shared by games within EA's development operations, Polygon reported.
Just recently, the very first trailer for the upcoming game was already revealed by EA. In the trailer it can be seen that few details for the gameplay was featured. A couple of brief shots were taken including those inside the Manchester United dressing room with a still unconfirmed coach seen giving orders. It can be noted that these type of scenes was not featured in the previous FIFA trailers, and this may give a hint on the extent of what will be showcased in "FIFA 17," Daily Star reported.
Four major stars will be replacing Lionel Messi and this will include James Rodriguez, Eden Hazard, Anthony Martial and Marco Reus. The report also said that the upcoming game is currently being made by EA Canada. More details are still expected to be revealed during the E3 Conference happening in June 12.
For the mean time, fans can already place their pre-orders. Those who would be able to pre-order the super deluxe edition can get up to 40 FIFA Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs, Team of the Week loan players, FUT loan item of Hazard, Martial, Reus or Rodriguez, and custom FUT kits created by designers. On the other hand, those who would be able to place pre-orders for the deluxe edition can get up to 20 FIFA Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs and other incentives similar to the super deluxe edition, the report added.
As several of its details were confirmed, and with a recently released trailer, fans may be more than excited to finally play "FIFA 17" this coming September. Watch a preview of the first trailer of "FIFA 17" below.