FIFA 11 Ultimate Team update plans

First-ever major features update for a DLC release in FIFA 11 Ultimate Team

Posted on Feb 2, 2011 - 9:46pm EST

Electronic Arts today announced a major new update for FIFA 11 Ultimate Team, a downloadable game mode on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The update, which includes new features Play A Friend Challenge and Friends Leaderboards plus over 50 improvements, will be live on February 17. This is the first time major new features for FIFA Ultimate Team have been developed after the game mode released.

“We have a thriving global community of over two million fans playing FIFA 11 Ultimate Team,” said Kaz Makita, Executive Producer for FIFA. “Our commitment to these fans is that we will continue to listen to their feedback to improve and enhance their experience year round. Play A Friend Challenge and Friends Leaderboardsareboth new innovations and features requested by the fans, and will enable players to better connect and compete with friends while playing FIFA 11 Ultimate Team.”

Ultimate Team is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer trading and team building football game. Gamers and football fans are challenged to build a squad of the world's best players by earning, buying, selling and even trading players with other FIFA 11 Ultimate Team gamers. Players can take their strategically crafted squads onto the pitch to compete in online and single-player tournaments which are updated weekly.

The update will be free, just like the DLC itself, and will require a copy of FIFA 11 with an active Online Pass in order to play.