FIFA '08 headed to Mac?

Inside Mac Games reports that one of their readers, while registering FIFA '08 for the PC on the Windows side of Boot Camp, noticed that EA has both PC and Mac versions of the uberpopular soccer -- sorry, football -- videogame listed for registration. And that's a pretty good indication, of course, that FIFA '08 is on its way for the Mac.

Personally, I've never really gotten into videogame soccer-- the last soccer game I really loved was Nintendo World Cup way back in 1990. And while I hear that Winning Eleven is the biggest star in the genre right now (although Sensible Soccer, I know, has its fans), FIFA is definitely still competitive. Lots of football fans, I'm sure, would love to see it on the Mac.

So we'll see. Obviously no release date yet (although a good guess would be by the end of '08 -- snicker), and we'll see if EA just slipped up or if they really plan to release this one. But FIFA '08 would be yet another nice addition to the growing line of games for our platform.

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Source: http://www.insidemacgames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3165…

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retro1011

don't expect too much. Seeing the horrible reviews FIFA's PC version got (compared to the console version which I really enjoy), I wouldn't set my hopes high.

January 02 2008 at 5:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pospos_soly

Thanks

December 31 2007 at 10:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

phenotypical

oh please please please please please please....

December 23 2007 at 8:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bilgisayar

FIFA '08 headed to Mac FIFA '08 headed to Mac FIFA '08 headed to Mac

October 09 2007 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nick

Hey Mike - now you're really confusing our American cousins. "Public school"? Ain't that the place down the road where all the kids go? And don't get me started on "state school".

October 08 2007 at 4:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dale

@Touristique: I recommend looking on eBay for a SmartJoy PLUS or Dual Plus USB adaptor, installing USB OverDrive and picking up a Sony Dual Shock 2. This is the setup I used for emulators on my old G4 Mac Mini, and will use on my MacBook Pro when I have time for GameTap.

October 08 2007 at 3:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jason

I noticed the same exact thing when I registered my windows version Medal of Honor Pacific assault. There was both a Windows and a Mac version listedon the registration screeen So I am assuming the MOH: Airborne wil be part of their next slate of games.

October 08 2007 at 2:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael

"... the uberpopular soccer -- sorry, football -- videogame listed for registration ..."

No "sorry" necessary, Mike. The term "soccer" is fine as designation for Association Football. It's just a shortening of the word "association". It's English public school slang in origin -- like a lot of words ending in "er". Likewise Rugby Football is occasionally called "rugger".

Over here in England the television companies now tend to call the game "football" on its sports reports, as if there were no other codes of football played. That's a bit of aggrandisement on behalf of soccer -- and a recent one at that, as older novels and films reveal. (_vide_ _Tom Brown's Schooldays_ or _This Sporting Life_ for example.) There are, after all, many other codes of football: Rugby Union Football (World cup for that on right now), Rugby League Football, Gaelic Football, American Football, and Australian Rules Football.

October 08 2007 at 10:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

touristique

If could could buy FIFA 08 for the Mac nowâ€”which I would love toâ€”can anyone recommend some usb gamepad options for Macs?

October 08 2007 at 7:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

retro1011

Good News. Though I don't know why anyone would want to play a arcade style game like FIFA on a mac or a pc. I enjoy playing it on my 360 with up to four friends or online on a nice big tv-screen. The mac-online community won't be comparable.

FIFA on a 15" laptop? nahâ€¦

Bytheway, FIFA08 rocks and closed the gap to Evo in my opinion.

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