Through the Street Network, players will be able to capture video of their best tricks and share them in-game with friends, showing off their personal favorites and embarrassing their opponents.  In addition, friends will be able to track and compare each other’s progress throughout the game, including World Tour story mode and Head-to-Head Online Seasons, and follow each other’s status in EA Sports Football Club.

“Street football is all about the one-on-one battle, when you pull off a trick to roast your opponent,” said producer Sid Misra. “The Street Network brings that real-world swagger into the game by enabling players to capture video of those moments and share them with everyone in their street network to see, and providing friends with a way to compare each other throughout the game.”

In World Tour, where gamers create a team of friends and compete in a connected world against other FIFA Street gamers’ teams, players will be able to follow each other’s status as they build their squads, unlock new tricks, and progress through the story of their journey to street football glory. The Street Network will also broadcast in-game videos like “Goals of the Week”, and alert friends to each other’s accomplishments throughout the game.

Praised by critics like IGN.com as “spectacular to watch and play,” FIFA Streetis the most authentic street football game ever made. From the creators of the award-winning EA Sports FIFA franchise, and powered by the revolutionary FIFA gameplay engine, FIFA Street delivers an arsenal of authentic street dribbling styles and trick moves that ignite the one-on-one battles. Utilize the groundbreaking new Street Ball Control to experience the highest fidelity of touch on the ball and responsiveness ever developed by the FIFA franchise. Compete everywhere from parking lots to prestigious 5v5 futsal-style tournaments on the streets of the world’s most renowned cities. Play with and against the stars of the most popular clubs in the world—or real-life street players—and compete at more than 35 locations in the world .

Featuring Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi on the cover, fans who pre-order FIFA Street from leading retailers around the world will receive exclusive in-game access to an adidas all-star team featuring Messi and 12 of the greatest footballers in the world. The pre-order offer also includes exclusive access to the Lionel Messi Barcelona venue, an environment inspired by street footballers playing in and around the Plaça de Catalunya in the historic center of Barcelona, that Messi helped design. Fans with EA Sports Season Ticket will get full-game digital access to FIFA Street three days in advance of launch.

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Powered by Virgin Gaming and exclusive to the PlayStation 3, participants will compete for over $1-million in cash and prizes – the largest prize money of any console-based sports gaming tournament ever. Available online at www.virgingaming.com, new technology allows gamers to participate in the tournament online at their leisure by pairing up gamers playing on the site at the same time.

“Virgin Gaming is earning a reputation for hosting the biggest gaming tournaments, but our members have been asking for even larger prize pools. That’s what drove the creation of the EA SPORTS Challenge Series; the idea came from them,” said Rob Segal, CEO of Virgin Gaming. “This is also the perfect opportunity to bring our unique tournament format to the masses, giving gamers the freedom to compete whenever they want, instead of according to a set schedule. Those who make it through the online qualifier phase will then earn a seat to play in the live finals for huge cash prizes and true e-sport star status.”

Players that want to compete in the EA SPORTS Challenge Series can register and participate immediately. The three tournaments will begin with online qualifiers through Virgin Gaming for Madden NFL 12, NHL® 12 and FIFA 12. Players will need to outscore the competition by winning through the online qualifiers in order to secure a seat at the final event to be hosted in New York, April 2012.To learn more about EA SPORTS Challenge Series, the individual tournaments and official rules, please visit www.easports.com/challengeseries.

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Here’s a rundown of exactly what’s being released and when,

“Gears of War 3 Golden Wings Week” Begins Today on Xbox LIVE!

To celebrate the highly anticipated blockbuster release of “Gears of War 3” (Microsoft Studios), join them for “Gears of War 3 Golden Wings Week.” Play any match on Xbox LIVE from 20 – 26 September to unlock the Golden Lancer and Golden Hammerburst multiplayer weapon skins.

Hit the Field with Friends – FIFA 12 Launches on Xbox 360 September 27!

EA SPORTS “FIFA Soccer 12” brings to the pitch the game-changing new Player Impact Engine, a physics engine built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction. Revolutionary game play innovations inspired by the real world game make “FIFA Soccer 12” deeper and more engaging. And the fun expands with Xbox LIVE. Introducing EA SPORTS Football Club—a live service connecting players to the real-world game with fresh, new content all the time at no additional cost. Also available for the first time at launch and on disc is FIFA Ultimate Team. Build your ultimate team on Xbox LIVE from the best players in the world by earning, buying, selling and trading players and items in the massive FIFA Ultimate Team online community.

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In the Spotlight:

Crimson Alliance Now Available on Xbox LIVE Arcade!

In “Crimson Alliance,” you’ll party with up to three friends and battle the sinister Cult of the Soul Siren. Play as one of three characters (800 Microsoft points apiece, or 1200 Microsoft Points for the set of all three), each with a host of special abilities from the Assassin’s time-bending attacks, to the Wizards elemental mastery, to the Mercenary’s sweeping whirlwind strikes.

The World of Crimson features labyrinthine crypts, ruined cities, deadly traps and hidden treasures, populated by elite mini-bosses and the hordes they control.

FIFA 12 Demo and FIFA Ultimate Team Coming to Xbox LIVE!

Coming to Xbox LIVE on 13 September for Gold members, EA SPORTS “FIFA 12” Demo brings to the pitch the game-changing new Player Impact Engine, a physics engine built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction. Revolutionary game play innovations inspired by the real world of football make “FIFA 12” deeper and more engaging.

All-new Precision Dribbling delivers a higher fidelity of touch on the ball for attacking players, while Tactical Defending fundamentally changes the approach to defending by placing equal importance on positioning, intercepting passes and tackling. Introducing EA SPORTS Football Club—a live service connecting players to the real-world game with fresh, new content all the time at no additional cost.

Available for the first time at launch and on disc is FIFA Ultimate Team. Build your ultimate team from the best football stars by earning, buying, selling and trading players and items in the massive FIFA Ultimate Team online community.

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From the creators of the award-winning EA SPORTS FIFA franchise at EA Canada, and inspired by street football styles and stars from around the world, EA SPORTS FIFA Street will be built to the level of quality and depth that millions of FIFA fans have come to expect from the EA SPORTS FIFA development team. The game will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in early 2012.

“This is the first time our award-winning FIFA development team is creating a street football game, and we are going to deliver a level of authenticity never before seen in this genre, along with amazing gameplay,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President and GM of Football, EA SPORTS.  “FIFA Street will appeal to new fans that are looking for a unique, fun football experience, and long-time FIFA fans looking for an authentic street football experience with the level of quality that they know and love from the FIFA franchise.”

Powered by the revolutionary FIFA gameplay engine, and introducing Street Ball Control, FIFA Street will deliver an arsenal of groundbreaking street dribbling styles and trick moves that ignite the one-on-one battles within matches. Whether performing one panna after another without breaking a sweat the way street football is played in Amsterdam, or a physical, fight-for-possession style the way footballers compete in London, fans will enjoy a superior fidelity of ball control and responsiveness than anything ever experienced in a football videogame. Plus, for the first time ever, utilize aerial skills to maneuver past opponents, an all-new sophisticated one-touch passing system for quick, precision passes, and over 50 never-before-experienced skill moves.

Play with and against the stars of the most popular football clubs in the world—or real-life street footballers—and compete at more than 35 locations around the world. From one-on-one battles in parking lots and parks to prestigious 5v5 and Futsal tournaments on the streets of the world’s biggest cities, FIFA Street will replicate the unique street football style. Plus, it will feature a host of modes and online features that will be revealed in the months ahead that will make the game a social, connected experience.

FIFA Street will be connected to EA SPORTS Football Club, so from the first nutmeg on, gamers will be contributing to their Football Club identity. Fans who purchase EA SPORTS Season Ticket will also get, as a bonus offer, full-game digital access to FIFA Street three days in advance of launch.

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Fifa 12′s looking good so far and it is refreshing to hear a Producer ask people to rip the game apart so we can fix it, so what is different from our last hands on time with the game?

The build that you played last time was nearly a month out of date so what you will experience is a better overall gameplay experience and the physics have been tuned more so you won’t see so many over the top stumbles and and falls and the players now deal with the physics better as well as are the referees making the right calls although there is still a little bit of work to do there.

Generally, what you saw in the last build was the flavour of what we were trying to achieve and what you see now is the sauce that has been simmering for a lot longer, so it is now a better overall game experience which is not quite so extreme in certain places but the big stuff that we have been tuning is the career mode. We’ve done a bunch of different events with the hardcore, passionate career players who have had different builds in front of them and working on a load of stuff with them to enhance the career mode further.

One of the big bugbears in previous Fifa online outings, especially Fifa 11′s Be A Pro, was people quitting early, crazy lag and being put into games which you weren’t supposed to be playing. What assurances can you give the fans that you are taking serious steps to negate these problems?

We’ve been working on stuff in a lot of different areas to try and achieve a solid online game. We worked on a bunch of issues when they became apparent last year and when you have a million plus playing at the same time yo can get some weird hiccups along the way. This year we are having a bunch of tests on the build up to launch to try and stop any serious problems occurring but as as the specifics, I cannot really talk about that now because some of the ways we will be dealing with certain problems will be utilised in game.

Fifa Football, as a game, lends itself to also having a few guys sitting around a T.V. With a crate of beer, linking consoles or playing on the same tv and getting on it. In previous Fifa’s you had a lounge mode, or party mode. Are we going to see something like that in Fifa 12 or are you just going to keep it to exhibition matches?

Great question! Unfortunately, Lounge mode was not very popular but the few that played it I think really enjoyed it. What we’re trying to do this year is turn the lounge mode into something you can do even when you’re on your own, I know it sounds like a strange thing but consider EA Sports Football Club, which is something like lounge mode but massively multi player.

You’re playing the game whether your friends are there or not now contributes to your rating in the form of experience points, level and progression and you’ll be able to directly compare to your friends in that sense. You can also pledge your allegiance to the club you support, along with all the other fans of that club being able to contribute to the success or failure of that club based on your skill and dedication.

There are more online features that I cannot talk about yet but if you prefer just playing with your friends rather than the general public there will be options that will keep you away from rage quitters and some of the other stuff that goes on in the online world.

What seemed to be missing from previous versions was the option to view an opponents ranking or rating before playing a game online. Is this something that we will see in Fifa 12?

When I can talk about it there will be a bunch of different stuff there to make sure that the game remains a sensible proposition online.

The battle between PES and Fifa will always be the talk of the town between fans with PES, I feel, resting on its laurels in the last few years to allow the ingenuity of Fifa to dominate the market. What’s stopping Fifa from going the same way further down the line as, surely, there is only so much you can do in a football game – right?

I’ve been making football video games for 15 years and many of the people on the team have also had similar experience. One of the things that we have benefited from over the last few years is some decisions that were made when we came over to the 360 and PS3 which allowed us to create a new gameplay engine that was based around systems to support emergent behaviours based on what you are doing on the pitch under certain circumstances rather than scripted, pre-determined or predictable outcomes.

I’ve said it a few times before but I think we’ve created a game that is predictably unpredictable if that makes sense. There is nothing there to make things happen. The kind of bastion of somewhat scriptedness which we fixed this year was player physics so now the collisions from the player impact engine are very realistic, fluid and believable based on human on human interactions rather than what animations we had that would suit this particular contact.

We haven’t got this problem any more so we have a near limitless variety of outcomes based on how you bump into another player or how you go crashing into them and I feel that this is where our success is coming from. We are also instilling this philosophy into career mode too where your decisions in the world matter but so do the decisions and animations of the CPU to. So, if a player isn’t getting paid enough then he will come to you saying that he is not happy, I want this, I want that and it’s up to you to decide what you want to do, you can address his concerns, you can ignore him or get rid of him so there is this butterfly effect where what’s going on in the world caused by you and your actions could cascade in a bunch of different ways.

An example would be that would be of a player that isn’t happy and you don’t deal with it he could go to the press stating that he is unhappy which could trigger the A.I. To bring in a club to try and woo him away from you. These sorts of emergent behaviours and stories are a big part of career mode this year as well as being able to scout the real world, develop young players through the youth academies and also creating transfer deadline days that will make the deeper management careers more engaging, exciting and more like real life.

This year, you have really concentrated on career mode which, I feel, is a good thing but where does that leave Fifa Ultimate Team? Has this been a success for you? Are you looking to enhance this feature further too?

Fifa Ultimate Team has been a great success for us and is incredibly popular and I’m sure will continue to be but it is something I cannot talk about at the moment.

And finally, what would you like to see in future Fifa instalments?

I know exactly what I would want to see in future editions but I’m not going to say because it will give someone a competitive advantage. We do have plans for the near and the far future but at the moment my brain is entirely focussed on Fifa 12 because we still have a lot do finish off and still a load of things to still announce?

So, basically what you’re saying is that the future is bright, the future is Fifa?

There you go, you’ve just given yourself your own sound bite!

I have indeed, you can use that on the cover if you want. (winks) Anyway, David, thank you for your time.

Thank you.

About David Rutter

David Rutter was appointed Producer of the EA SPORTS FIFA franchise on Xbox 360 and PS3 in October 2008. Rutter is responsible for the strategic and creative direction of the franchise. Localized into 18 languages and available in 51 countries, EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer is the most popular sports videogame in the world. Under Rutter’s direction the FIFA franchise has received critical acclaim, earning over 100 international game quality awards the past three years, including Sports Game of the Year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) in North America.

Working out of the largest EA studio at EA Canada in Burnaby, BC, Rutter leads a global team comprised of individuals from 18 different countries, who speak 20 different languages, all united by a passion for soccer/football/futbol.

A native of Stevenage, UK, who now calls Vancouver home, Rutter has produced 20 videogame titles during his career – of which only 2 were non soccer/football/futbol simulations (Lego Football Mania and Lego Island: Extreme Stunts). Before joining EA SPORTS, Rutter worked for Beautiful Games Studio in the UK where he was responsible for the development of Championship Manager, a football management title popular throughout Europe. Rutter, who attended Portsmouth and Leicester University, also has experience working as a post graduate Plant Genetic Engineer at Leicester University, where he left a potential PhD  to join the videogame industry as a games tester, much to his mother’s disgust.

A life-long soccer/football/futbol fan, Rutter supports Leicester and more recently, Hitchin Town. In his spare time he enjoys football, videogames, running, scuba diving and spending time with his family.  In addition to playing FIFA, Rutter also enjoys CoD4, GRAW, and NHL.

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EA SPORTS Football Club—the heartbeat of FIFA 12 — connects players to the real-world game with fresh, new content all the time, enabling them to support their favourite club in new ways connected to real-world events, and connect and compete with friends, rivals and millions of other players around the world.

“The millions of fans playing FIFA online have shown us there is a constant appetite for a deep connected experience, driven by a love of football,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President and General Manager of Football for the FIFA franchise . “EA SPORTS Football Club is a new social experience that brings the world’s football fans together, engaging and entertaining them in new ways that have never been done before in a football game.”

EA SPORTS Football Club creates a new social experience where football fans can connect and compete with their friends and millions of other fans playing FIFA 12, where status, bragging rights and progression are all measured and ever-changing. For the first time ever, everything that happens within EA SPORTS FIFA 12, and against friends, is measured in a meaningful way. Every match matters, all season long. Earn experience points and level up to build your status. Track friends, challenges and status through the web at easportsfootball.com. Share and compare accomplishments and spread the news on social channels like Facebook.

EA SPORTS Football Club also ignites the passion of football fans and deepens their connection to their favourite team through Support Your Club, a central experience in EA SPORTS Football Club that enables fans to represent their club and compete against rival clubs in everything they do in FIFA 12. Earn club points and lift your club higher in the Support Your Club League Tables or help them avoid relegation. Virtual league tables are reset each week to create new challenges, renewed rivalries, and fresh storylines.

Fans will be more closely connected to the sport of football than ever before. Real-world storylines will drive content in EA SPORTS Football Club, making the game feel fresh and new all the time. Gamers will relive crucial real-world football events through regular challenges. EA SPORTS Football Club will have a dedicated team deliver new content and challenges so that FIFA 12 will look, feel and play like the real-world season.

There will be no additional charge for EA SPORTS Football Club as the service kicks off with FIFA 12 on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PC when the game launches this fall.

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The reason?  Well, David Rutter, Producer of Fifa for a while now has a few little tricks up his sleeve that he was desperate to show us all.  Fifa has, for a long time, been the king of football, overtaking its competitor a few years back and since then propelled itself out of sight.  But whilst Fifa 10 represented the pinnacle so far of the Fifa franchise, Fifa 11 could, in my mind be viewed as a title that rested a little too much on the franchise’s laurels and although was rich in features didn’t tighten up the gameplay how loyal fans wanted it.

So, Fifa 12 is more a revolution rather than evolution this time around and although you may be fooled into thinking that not many visible  features are being put into place, one of the biggest overhauls of the franchise since its conception into this generation of consoles.

Self dubbed “The Trinity of gaming innovations” Fifa 12 has set itself up to conquer all the little niggly bits that have annoyed you the most in the past few versions.  For all intent and purposes the success of the game itself have allowed the developers to completely rip the engine apart and implement a new version that has taken over two years to develop.

No mean feat then but the results are so far looking good and bare in mind that this build was pre alpha with quite a few bugs, the gameplay felt fresh, new and exciting.

First up was the Player Impact Engine which brings real world physicality and live interaction onto the pitch which basically effects every interaction on it.  You’ve probably all seen the video by now of this engine at work and although some may be thinking PR hype I can tell you that after playing the game for over an hour, this engine works, and works well!  In previous versions of the game we’ve been used to a certain amount of control but as soon as you tackle, certain animations will kick in which have lead to collision detection being slightly off as well as ghosting etc.  This new engine takes this annoyance away utilising way too many calculations to figure out velocity, weight, angles that create a real life and plausable outcome to a tackle or challenge .  The result of this is an experience that will create real outcomes to an infinite number of different plays, whether it be jostling for position over a ball, fighting for possession or that way the tackling is now shown and handled, it looks, feels and reacts in a surprisingly real way.

Precision dribbling is another are that has been looked at and also adds an extra facet to the game.  We have seen before that there is a certain amount of close control that you have on the ball but there was also a certain amount of space also which stopped you from playing tightly in close areas and with a feeling of panic you would whip the ball out to the wings.  Precision dribbling brings the ball control right to your feet to allow for Messi like dribbling if your players skill allows but also gives you the control and confidence to play in a tight area, perhaps shielding and holding the ball up for support to appear rather than panic as quick.  There will still be times when you are going to lose the ball but that is now more to do with how you control the ball rather than a weakness in the games mechanic.

With the implementation of the Player Impact Engine comes with it a whole host of things that you can add to it and with tackling hard has to come injuries and how they come about.  The True Injuries feature is an add on from the PIE that detects and monitors the force of collisions and where the collision occurs in real time that allows the engine to build up report of if a player is likely to get injured from a particular collision based on his numbers or whether an injury will occur in the future based on the seriousness of the collisions built up over time.  Although this feature is not noticeable immediately it does have an impact in career modes which enable you to manage your players injury as well as risk sending players onto the field that are not fully healed.

Tactical Defending also makes an appearance too with the man pressing option making way for this feature here.  Before, although man pressing was a joy to use, it created sometimes unbeliveable situations which the Fifa team have tried to address.  Tactical defending now changes the fundamental approach to your defending by placing equal emphasis on positioning, man and zone coverage as well as shadowing, looking for intercepting the ball and tackling.  As the PIE becomes more apparent the use of man pressing becomes more irrelevant and as such tactical defending now takes a precedence in evolving the depth of your game.

Last but not least of the features touched upon was  the Pro Player Intelligence which has strengthened the CPU A.I. somewhat into playing against its strengths and weaknesses as well as yours.  The demonstrations that we were shown were mind boggling in its calculations but serve its purpose well, which is to provide you with some pretty incredible experiences as the A.I. learns to exploit weaker formations and players as well as play to its strengths, just like in a real game.  An example of this was demonstrated with Crouch being used as an example.  Known for his height and powerful heading, Tottenham use him a lot in the box with balls going to the wings to be whipped in by someone like like Lennon who recognises that Crouch is there and makes the correct call.  However, if someone like Defoe was there instead, Lennon would try and drive into the box to create space for a shot himself or a pass.  Other players with excellent vision will also be able to see a through ball quicker than someone without which again creates some great experience on the pitch.

It was pretty impressive to hear all of this but even more impressive to actually recreate this on the virtual pitch itself.  This was pre alpha code, mind you and some bugs were present which the team are aware of.  What I did find though that above all this was an iteration of Fifa that is not resting on its laurels too much and has humbled itself to the point that the team feel that with no real competition out there at present, they can get on with refining Fifa 12 to really deliver what the fans want.  Being able to break the game down and rebuild from th engine up without fear of failure.  From the new presentation of the front end delivered with user friendly blades to the engine crunching rediculous calculations to provide gameplay that feels, real, weighty, more controlled and overall satisfying Fifa 12 has shed its complacency and is shaping up to deliver the most definitive football experience yet.

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FIFA 11 Ultimate Team is free-to-play with a massive online community of more than two million fans. It is the most popular and successful DLC ever developed by EA SPORTS.   FIFA 11 Ultimate Team challenges community members to build a squad of the world’s best footballers by earning coins from competing in weekly tournaments and then spending them on packs in the in-game store or as currency to bid for players in the very popular auction market both on console and the web app atwww.easportsfootball.com/ultimateteam/play.

The FIFA 11 Ultimate Team title update released today features:

Play A Friend Challenge

• Play A Friend Challenge enables you to test your skills against your friend’s Ultimate Team, even when your friend isn’t online. Take on your friend’s squad whenever you like with the CPU controlling their squad. Results are recorded and presented to your friend the next time they log on to their console. Now you can prove who has the best Ultimate Team whenever you are ready to play. Plus, when you return to your console, you can see who played your squad, left you a message, and challenge them to a rematch when you want to play.

Friends Leaderboards

• Compare your progress in FIFA 11 Ultimate Team against friends automatically with personalized leaderboards. Catering to how you choose to play, you can now compete and compare your progress as a trader, expert team builder, top entrepreneur in the auctions, or owner of the most valuable club.

The update also includes over 50 additional refinements that were included based on the feedback from the FIFA community. Some of the additional changes include updates to the auctions to make it easier to track auctions or repost expired items, Power Passing assistance is switched off by default in online matches, and a number of general stability improvements. For a full list, please visit the News & Media section on www.easportsfootball.com.

Visit www.easportsfootball.com/ultimateteam for more information about the game and join other fans in the EA SPORTS FIFA community at http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifa.

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The PS3 patch will release on 12th November with the 360 patch arriving soon after on the 17th.  Here’s what to expect:-

• Gameplay: You’ll now find that the implementation of the offside rule in the game is more accurate, both in terms of when the infringement is called and in terms of player positions when it happens. Occasional strange player positioning at kick-off have also gone away, while shooting from weak volleys has been improved, too. Importantly, so-called ‘micro-pausing’ during gameplay will also be a thing of the past. Overall, your gameplay experience should now be even better.
• Career mode: There are a lot of improvements you’ll notice here, which will all further boost the realism of the mode, but in summary: Your match fixtures during the season for cups and leagues, as well as the time of day they all happen, should now be much more realistic. We’ve also improved how accurately player ratings and growth are displayed, as well as making sure the players get the awards they deserve, when they deserve them. Using an odd exploit to secure a whopping $2 billion budget has now gone away, while the emails you receive as a manager will be more appropriate and players you’ve loaned out will now be easier to see and manage.
• Online head-to-head: Matchmaking will be enhanced, particularly in terms of initially connecting to an opponent, while we’ve removed a couple of exploits that people were using to gain an unfair advantage over their opponents. Also, players will now no longer be able to use Passing Power Assistance in ranked matches.
• Online clubs: We’ve already made a lot of server-side improvements to the Clubs experience, particularly in terms of matchmaking, match results and progress in Cups. With the game update we’ll be making a range of improvements to stats and league-table presentation, too, as well as improving the camera motion when your player is a long way from the ball.
• Presentation: You’ll now find that cut-scenes are improved during substitutions, along with a range of more subtle improvements around of the game.
• Audio: Creation Centre teams will now benefit from crowd chants, while we’ve improved the custom chants area as well. We’ve also managed to enhance a few audio triggers during gameplay, meaning you’ll get an even better atmosphere as things happen during a match.
• Creation center: The general performance of the game when it involves teams and players created via the Creation Centre has been improved. Also, you’ll now find that the formations and attributes you set on the web will now transfer more accurately to the console.
• FIFA Store: We’ve made sure that Live Season will be available for multiple users on the same console. Some people who had switched from an inactive XBL account to a Gold Account were having problems seeing the content of the store – we’ve got that covered, too.
• Kits: Lincoln City and Montpellier fans, your teams’ kits should now be right on the money.

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