So some kind of loan player feature confirmed for FUT15, will have to wait and see how it works out.

FIFA 15 - EA Secure Barclays Premier League Mega Deal

It's a whopper.

EA have secured a massive, massive deal with the Barclays Premier League for FIFA 15, meaning the following additions will be making their way into the game.

EA have visited every single Barclays Premier League club to capture player faces.
All 20 stadiums from the BPL will feature (on Xbox One, PS4 and PC), including those of the three newly promoted teams.
Real world chants will play, with many of them recorded live, during real BPL fixtures.
Ad boards in BPL stadiums will show official sponsors, chosen to be in the game by the clubs themselves.
BPL branding will feature fully throughout Career Mode and in any matches between 2 BPL teams.
Career Mode will also include exclusive BPL "next fixture" overlays.
Goal line technology replays will feature in BPL matches, and matches from any other leagues that use it.
Barclays Premier League referees are fully licensed.
The scale of this is genuinely quite exciting, regardless of any stadiums from other leagues being added (we don't know of any yet, or if indeed there will be more), 12 being added in one year is huge, way bigger than we've seen in a single year recently. Plus face scanning for the entire league.

When I was at EA to see the announcement I had a chat with FIFA 15 Producer Nick Channon, who explained that the way they scan stadiums now means the process is a lot faster, so with the tech in place and the extra grunt provided by the PS4/Xbox One, we could see similar bulk additions in years to come assuming that EA can strike deals with the leagues/teams in question.

Nick also confirmed that the existing BPL stadiums had not been rescanned, but the Emirates exterior has been added and we've seen it and it's bloody lovely.

On the presentation front, the goal line tech replays look impressive, although we only saw EA video of them, none appeared in our games. The presentation is legitimately brilliant and stretches as far as the starting 11 being read through as the line ups and formations are shown pre game. Not the entire starting 11, but parts of it, like "Szczęsny starts in goal, with Mertesacker and Koscielny partnering at centre back" and so on.

This has been done through some audio stitching which is apparently pretty tricky and took 2 attempts to get right, but whatever EA did the second time has paid off as it's pretty much seamless and adds a lot to the overall presentation of matches.

One last little touch is the next fixture overlays for CM, so during certain breaks in play you'll see the screen taken over by the details of your next match, with club crests and match details, very much like Super Sunday.

Here's a bunch of stadium images too and the EA video below. Bosh.

Pro Evolution Soccer has had it rough in recent years, as EA’s FIFA series has taken home the accolades and the sales. But word out of Gamescom 2014 suggests that’s about to change. PES 2015 took home the honors as the best sports game of the show. Konami’s Fox Engine, the same one that powers Metal Gear Solid 5, forms the heart of PES 2015. This was the case last year too, but Konami has admitted there were some first-year hiccups. Things looked prettier but slowed down too much. Much of the praise this year centers on the fluid gameplay, so it seems those early problems have been worked out.

Now awards like this don’t necessarily mean huge sales. I honestly couldn’t tell you what won best sports for 2013 at the show without looking it up. Still, positive press is a good thing for a franchise that’s been in rebuilding mode. Mario Gotze, who scored the game winning goal for Germany, will be the cover boy. It will release Nov. 11. That’s a lot later than FIFA’s Sept. 23 release date. With that big a gap between dates, the good words about PES may not be enough. A free demo of PES 2015 is coming Sept. 17 on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. That will have it out before EA’s release date. Madden NFL 15 didn’t have a demo, and I suspect FIFA won’t either. A major selling point for EA Access is members getting to play new games five days before release.

If you’re a gamer that prefers to test drive new titles before buying, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015demo will be worth a look for you.

Yo, to anyone who plays career mode these days, is there any fucking way to get Maty Ryan above 72? I've literally never had him go above that in more than 10 different saves...

I'm mainly a career mode player but don't think i'm going to buy it straight away this year, especially after the abomination that was the World Cup Game. Played a couple of matches of the FIFA 15 demo, and other than improved graphics, wasn't really doing it for me.

The only real incentive I would have is if there was a few more new leagues (like a couple of 2nd divs or something) which doesn't seem to be the case. :(

Might just wait til the price drops and patches are released.

Why play FIFA for the one game mode that isn't even that good or the best part of the game?

Timmy at 69 is an outrage!