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Confusingly EA insists on calling it the next-generation engine, and while it's not as good as what we're expecting from whatever Microsoft and Sony's hardware divisions have lined up for us in the future it's certainly impressive. It's doing that by using, for the very first time, the engine that's propelled the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions to such success. It's an approach that's acknowledged by the talk surrounding the reveal of FIFA 11 on the PC – in the past, PC has suffered, but this year EA Sports is keen to make amends. With the introduction of FIFA Superstars and FIFA Online, it's tempting to think that, for the core FIFA experience, EA Sports has indeed abandoned the PC – or at the very least wilfully neglected it. PC specific features such as VOIP and LAN play are welcome. There have been a few wayward attempts at innovation – such as FIFA 09's introduction of mouse and keyboard play – but it's been lagging behind its console counterparts in almost every regard, the PC version of FIFA 10 a pale imitation of its full-blooded brethren. With big franchises like NHL and Madden being stripped altogether, it was only FIFA that was left to stumble onwards.Īnd stumble it did whereas on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 FIFA has established itself as the finest football game available, on the PC it's been less convincing of. Just two years ago it seemed as if EA Sports had turned its back completely on the PC.