Can’t make it to Austria-Switzerland next month? Don’t worry, EA Sports has you covered with UEFA EURO 2008. In what may be their best soccer game to date, EURO 2008 includes all the ins and outs of what makes the sport enjoyable. UEFA EURO 2008 combines excellent game play, innovative game modes and most of the all, the tradition that every soccer fan loves.

*Game review based on XBOX 360 version.

Key Features:

Story of Qualifying. Sad that England missed out of Euro 2008? Don’t be. This game mode lets you retrace the qualifying round to compete as one of Europe’s 52 nations.

Interactive Celebrations. Back in FIFA 64, you had the option of choosing a sound effect after scoring a goal. Finally EA brings this feature back after almost a decade of absence. Score a goal and see what I mean.

Battle of the Nations. “Represent your country online against your rivals around the world to win global supremacy. Earn individual and team points. Think your nation is the best? Now you can prove it! A groundbreaking points system means that your every performance is rated, recorded and uploaded and your ratings all count towards players and nations.How crazy is that?

Captain Your Country! Wow! Create yourself, select a nation and take that team to European glory in Be A Pro mode!

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