By 2. Also, FIFA 1. 2 holds the record for the fastest selling sports game ever with over 3. The franchises latest release, FIFA 1. September 2. 9, 2. It is available for multiple gaming systems, including the Play. Station 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and among many other systems. HistoryeditWhile FIFA 9. FIFA 9. 6 pushed the boundaries. Fifa 09 Fifa 09 Download' title='Fifa 09 Fifa 09 Download' />For the first time with real player names by obtaining the FIFPro license, the Play. Station, PC, 3. 2X and Sega Saturn versions used EAs Virtual Stadium engine, with 2. D sprite players moving around a real time 3. D stadium. FIFA 9. FIFA Road to World Cup 9. This version featured much improved graphics, a complete World Cup with qualifying rounds including all national teams and refined gameplay. Months later, World Cup 9. EAs first officially licensed tournament game. FIFA games have been met with some minor criticism such as improvements each game features over its predecessor. As the console market is expanding, FIFA is being challenged directly by other titles such as Konamis Pro Evolution Soccer series. Both FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer have a large following but FIFA sales is rising as much as 2. In 2. 01. 0, the FIFA series had sold over 1. EA Sports title. 45 With FIFA 1. September 2. 7 North American debut in 2. EA Sports dubbed it the most successful launch in EA Sports history. In 2. EA Sports signed Lionel Messi to the FIFA franchise, luring him away from the competitor Pro Evolution Soccer. Messis likeness was then immediately placed on the cover of FIFA Street. In 2. 01. 3, the Spanish professional womens footballer Vero Boquete started a petition on Change. Electronic Arts to introduce female players in the FIFA series. The petition attracted 2. FIFA 1. 6, released on September 2. Games in the serieseditFIFA International SoccereditCover athlete David Platt and Piotr wierczewski Packie Bonner and Ruud Gullit in some versionsReleased for PC, DOS, Amiga, Sega CD as FIFA International Soccer Championship Edition, 3. DO, SNES, Mega DriveGenesis, Master System, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy. Release date July 1. Known as EA Soccer during development and sometimes subsequently also known as FIFA 9. Christmas 1. 99. 3. This greatly hyped football title broke with traditional 1. Kick Off, side view European Club Soccer, or birds eye view Sensible Soccer. It only includes national teams, and real player names are not used. A notorious bug allows the player to score by standing in front of the goalkeeper so that the ball rebounds off him into the net. The game was number one in the UK charts, replacing Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition, and staying there for a full six months. Mega placed the game at 1. Top 5. 0 Mega Drive Games of All Time. The Sega Mega CD version was released under the title FIFA International Soccer Championship Edition it includes some features used in the next title, and is a highly polished version of the original. This version was ranked 7 on the Mega list of the Top 1. Mega CD Games of All Time. The game on the 3. DO console sported pseudo 3. D cameras and it was the most graphically advanced version. Also, the game is playable on the Play. Station 2 version of FIFA 0. It was made in celebration for the 1. FIFA World Cup held in the United States especially noticeable in the Super NES version which, despite having a smaller team selection than the Genesis version, had three exclusive teams which qualified for the real life tournament Bolivia, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. The game was called International Soccer so EA could sell the game successfully in Europe, after assuming Americans would have no interest in the game. FIFA 9. 5editUsing the same engine with only minor touch ups,1. FIFA 9. 5 introduced club teams to the series within eight national leagues Brazil, Germanys Bundesliga, Italys Serie A, Spains La Liga, Englands Premier League, Frances Ligue 1, Netherlands Eredivisie and the United States. Most of the leagues have team lineups based on the 1. The USA League consists of teams and players from the A League, the countrys second division subsequent editions would feature artificial division one leagues, a feature not corrected until the 2. Major League Soccer was included for the first time. In addition, the Brazilian league contained only teams from So Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states, with the exception of Internacional, from Rio Grande do Sulit would not be until FIFA 0. Campeonato Brasileiro represented the country. The game eliminates the one touch passing seen in the original FIFA International Soccer.