FIFA 11 introduced Creation Centre that allowed everyone with an EA account to create players and teams and share those creations with everyone else. All FIFA 11 gamers were able to browse and select which players and teams they wanted to download to their consoles (Xbox 360 or PS3) and use them in selected offline (Kick Off) and online (Unranked Head to Head) game modes.

We saw more than four million players and teams downloaded for FIFA 11 and witnessed communities and forum discussions prosper around Creation Centre. And this encouraged us to work on a bigger, better Creation Centre for FIFA 12.



We wanted to deliver improvements, new features and functionalities that all those Creation Centre fans around the globe have been asking for.



You might have already seen the countdown timer for the launch of the new website (if not, check it out), which gives you a glimpse of the features to come. Suffice to say that everything you built or used in Creation Centre for FIFA 11 will remain, be improved and extended, and continue to be free of charge. However, we are also adding a range of premium options, such as the ability to upload your own shirt sponsor images, for the serious Creators out there. These extra services will require the purchase of in-console downloadable Packs.



Unless you’re an EA SPORTS Season Ticket holder, in which case you get the full suite of Creation Centre content as part of the deal!

Listen to Sebastian Enrique talk Creation Centre in the FIFA 12 Podcast (from 41 minutes)

What's New (And Free!)

Create A Player

Enjoy all the existing functionality from FIFA 11 Creation Centre.

We have added a new 3D widget for visualizing the appearance of your created players (a free Unity3D Web plug-in for your browser is required).

There are now a range of additional player appearance options: hairstyles, head shapes, eye colors, facial hair styles, skin tones and variations. This increases the number of possible combinations from 400,000 in FIFA 11 to more than two billion for FIFA 12.

You find a range of new branded shoes, some of which replace shoes in last year’s version.

For goalkeepers, we have added the ability to choose branded gloves, and/or long pants.

There are also new attributes such as contract length, international reputation and potential, primarily for use in Career Mode.



Create A Team

Enjoy all the existing functionality from FIFA 11 Creation Centre.

We have added more team crest logo templates to choose from.

We have added new branded kit templates to choose from.

We have increased the amount of colors to choose from for team colors, team crests, and kit colors.

You can now choose primary, secondary, and tertiary colors separately for shirts, shorts and socks.

You will now find new attributes like domestic and international prestige, and transfer budget, primarily for use in Career Mode.

We have changed the Squad interface to make it more user-friendly.

You can now upload one custom image to use as a team logo.

You are able to upload one custom image to stamp at the front of shirts, and that can be color tinted.



Create A Tournament (New!)

You now have the ability to put together a group of created teams (created by you or publicly published by other users) into a tournament.

There are three types of tournaments and you can specify the set of rules on each: Knock Out Group and Knock Outs Leagues

You can also choose a trophy for your tournament.

Use Existing FIFA 11 Creation Centre Players And Teams in FIFA 12!

You will be able to continue bookmarking, downloading and playing with players and teams created in FIFA 11 Creation Centre in your FIFA 12 game.

However, once the FIFA 12 Creation Centre website goes live, any new creations or edits to a player or a team will save those teams and players in the new FIFA 12 format. This means they will only work in FIFA 12 from that point on.

So that’s a lot of free stuff to be had. You can create up to 50 players, 50 teams and one tournament, while you can store up to 50 players, 24 teams, and one tournament at any time in your FIFA 12 game. And there’s no limit to how many times you can update, delete, or download your content (although keep in mind that the number of teams in a tournament counts towards the teams limit).



What’s more, anyone can download - free of charge - anything created by others who’ve picked up the following premium options...

Premium Content

All our premium content is new to FIFA 12 Creation Centre and can be accessed by obtaining appropriate Creation Centre Packs from the FIFA Store (Xbox 360 or PS3) or Origin.com (PC).



All users with an EA SPORTS Season Ticket subscription will not need to purchase these entitlements separately since their EA SPORTS Season Ticket grants them free access.



So What Are These Packs?



Tournaments Pack



Entitles you to upload custom images as logos for all the tournaments you create.

Entitles you to create up to five tournaments.

Entitles you to store up to five tournaments at the same time in your game. (Keep in mind that the numbers of teams in the tournaments counts towards the teams limit.)

Career Mode Pack

Entitles you to use - and actually play with - downloaded Creation Centre teams in Career Mode by swapping teams during New Career setup.

Entitles you to use a downloaded Creation Centre tournament (league type only) in Career Mode by selecting the league during New Career setup.



Teams Pack

Allows you to create an additional 50 teams.

Entitles you to store an additional 24 teams at the same time in your game.

Entitles you to upload custom images as team logos for all the teams you create.

Entitles you to upload custom images to stamp on the shirts for all the teams you create.

Yet 10 More Pack

For those hungry for space for more teams, this pack entitles you to store an additional 10 teams at the same time in your game.

Licensor Pack

Allows you to add Licensed Players (the players included in the FIFA 12 game) to the teams you create.

Entitles you to add Licensed Teams (the teams included in the FIFA 12 game) to the tournaments you create.

Entitles you to select Licensed Stadiums as the home grounds of the teams you create.

Licensed assets can only be added and are not editable.



Serious Editor Pack

The Serious Editor Pack is an assortment of advanced editing options.

Create A Player You can now assign secondary, tertiary, and fourth preferred positions to each player you create. You can choose from some additional hair colours.

Create A Team: Allows you to add a third, alternate kit to the usual home and away kits for a team. Entitles you to create custom formations.

Create A Tournament: Entitles you to choose the ball to be used in your tournaments. Entitles you to choose the color combinations of broadcast graphics in the tournaments you create.





All Packs-In-One

The All Packs-In-One pack bundles all the six packs described above for a discounted price.

And Finally...

We know lots of people have had a lot of questions about what’s coming with Creation Centre for FIFA 12, so I hope I have answered a lot of those. And I hope you’re as excited as we are to see what players, teams and leagues are created by our global FIFA community!



Please don’t forget to read the Terms of Service and don’t forget to respect the rights of others: make sure that the images you upload are not offensive and that you have the rights to use and distribute them.



Enjoy!



Seb

