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EA reveals UK lovefest with FIFA 10 cover athletes

by Ben Gilbert on Aug 6th 2009 2:00AM

We've been known to dabble in a FIFA game from time to time, though cover athletes aren't really our forte, if you will. Rather than address our ignorance dead-on, we'll simply tell you that Frank Lampard of Chelsea, Theo Walcott of Arsenal and Wayne Rooney of Manchester United are donning the cover of this year's footballer.

Believe it or not, the game will feature more than just players from English teams. (Yes, we're just as shocked as you by that possibility.) The game is set to land in the UK on October 2, and Amazon and GameStop are putting the game's US release on October 20th.

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Reader Comments (68)

HAHAHAHAHA

Sorry, but that guy in the middle looks funny as hell

HAHAHAHA

I think it's the giant AIG logo on his chest.

Seriously? You don`t know who Wayne Rooney is? Welcome to he place we call the world people...

ok GombastiC, as a moderate fan of international and european club soccer, i obviously know and recognize Rooney and Lampard, but who the fuck is Theo Walcott?

theo walcott is the current "wonderkid" on the english football scene. his star really burst onto the international scene when he scored a hat-trick in only his second full international match and he has had a string of blinding games for arsenal on the european stage.

Its only natural an american might not know, most of them havent got particular intrest in european "soccer", just like the rest of the world couldnt care less about american "football", baseball or hockey (cept japan who actually like baseball)

pfft. this isnt the world luigi, this is america. We dont play soccer here! Now git!

This isn't the world? Last time I checked it was :/

how can you not mention canada when you say the rest of the world doesnt care about hockey? Also come on, baseball is huge in puerto rico and cuba

..Rooney still looks pretty funny, and I'm english.

＠The Dark Wang(Wiizer Sweatshop Dick)

You should look at yourself in the mirror, before you start laughing at people on how they look.

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!

Rooney looks that way due a unique overabundance of testosterone, awesome and pies.

Screw English teams in playing with Chivas!

We all know Tim Howard should be on the cover after that game against Spain.

For a second I thought you meant the guy that makes The Elder Scrolls games and Fallout 3

Also, your avatar scares me. *runs away*

That counts as a complement.

65 cents

Todd Howard should be on the cover of everything, he made Fallout 3 for gods sake!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where's the Liverpool love?

nobody loves liverpool

I'm pretty sure people who live in Liverpool like Liverpool.... nah.

At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

I do live there and I don't, so that's a quick poll and an outstanding 100% against!

His armband proved, he was a red Torres Torres
You'll never walk alone it said, Torres Torres
We bought the lad from Sunny Spain,
He get the ball and score again.
Fernando Torres Liverpools Number Nine

He's half a girl, He's half a boy, Torres, Torres.
He looks just like a transvestite, Torres, Torres.
He wears a frock, he loves the c*ck, he sells his ass on Albert Dock
Fernando Torres, Carragher's bit on the side!

I would imagine it's got something to do with the fact Torres is on the cover of the new PES.

the cover of pes 10 comes out when?

BAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Baaa....?

Are you guys implying they are rabbids or is this a Scrooge reference?

I thought it was Rhythm Heaven, but I don't know how it would make sense either way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgYdcLOF2_M

...have you any wool,
Yes sir, yes sire... 3 bags full!

do your comments ever make sense? be a normal spammer and say something that normal people can UNDERSTAND.

where's DSG when you need her??

Wow, joystiq are noobs when it comes to football. I understand it isn't a yank thing but.

It's a yank thing. Also, it's a Ben Gilbert thing. I don't know anything about ANY sports, none the less soccer. I know a teeny tiny bit about early to mid-'90s hockey, but that's it. Sorry! The picture's funny though, right? Right?!

The funny thing is that football (not soccer) is easier to understand than other sports. It's probably one of the easiest sports to understand.

WALCOTT!!! Gunners ftmfw.
And to the shit talkers, feel free to join the rest of the world in our love of football.

DOWN RANK ME NOW.

can't believe they won't continue to have different people on the cover in different regions

They will, Joystiq are just jumping the gun here.

Where is the Man City love eh?

Man City sounds like a name of a gay club or something if you ask me....

man city are rubbish they have bought average players, adebayor springs to mind. as an arsenal fan i am the first one to admit that he did absolutely nothing last season the only way he got 16 goals or whatever was because most of them were tap ins, when hes trying to score his legs look like a horse falling down stairs.

roque santa cruz? belemy? dont make me laugh. ever wondered why toure hardly got any first team action at arsenal last season.

dont take it personally, my comment was aimed at man city in general

This is exactly how I feel when I have to write about NBA, NHL or NFL - completely lost and stupid to Americans, which I think is ironic...

it's ironic how you dont know what ironic means, in fact, that isnt even ironic. It's just stupid, just like you are for being an asshole and saying 330million people are stupid.

Its actually ironic, Wayne, cause he's calling the us idiots even though he's the one looking like an idiot.

Hmm, now I want to hear Alanis Morrisette(sp?).....

Hmm that should be 'US' not 'us'......

Might as well call myself Mister Irony now......

"Believe it or not, the game will feature more than just players from English teams. (Yes, we're just as shocked as you by that possibility.) "

Oh yeah, because Madden, NBA etc. have players from teams all over the world...

Finally, somebody said it.

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