FIFA 15 Release Date, Features: Goalkeeper Feature Makes Player Move Like 'Real Life Counterparts'

By Max Bonto, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, September 09, 2014

FIFA 15, the next installment to Electronic Arts' football simulation game, is set for a release later this month. North America will be seeing a Sept. 23 release, Sept. 25 in Europe, and Sept. 26 in the U.K.

All regions will be getting the game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, the iOS, and Android.

Just recently, a new video showing off FIFA 15's gameplay mechanics was released on YouTube and this time features the goalkeepers.

Nick Channon, senior producer for FIFA 15, explains how the mechanics for goalkeeping has changed for the upcoming game. Also in the video is Everton player and FIFA World Cup 2014 star goalkeeper Tim Howard – he explains what it's like to be a goalkeeper.

"After two years in development, and as we continue to innovate right up until launch, goalkeepers will now look, move, and think like their real life counterparts," Channon says in the video.

Channon has also mentioned a change in the AI of the goalkeepers, where they are now programmed to think whether or not to charge at the ball or to hang back and let the ball come to them.

"The goalkeeping position has evolved as football has and strikers and the midfielders are getting faster and more dynamic, and I think as goalkeepers we have to stay lean, stay fast, stay sharp," Howard says while wearing a motion capture suit.

FIFA 15 is the twenty-second title in the main FIFA series. The title also marks the first time that the PlayStation 2 has been excluded from release since FIFA 2000.