EA Sports FIFA 09 kicks off on N-Gage

This year's soccer games have been pretty impressive across the board, though their absence has been quite noticeable on Nokia's N-Gage platform – especially considering the big push it's been getting lately.

Well, wait on the sidelines no longer. EA Sports FIFA 09 has now been launched over at the N-Gage Showroom, and the developer is quite rightly biggin' it up all over the place.

"We are excited to bring FIFA 09 to the N-Gage platform," says EA Mobile's Chris Gibbs, while dribbling (a football). "The smooth gameplay and fantastic graphics it delivers on Nokia N-Gage mobile devices and the unique community dimension enabled by connectivity to N-Gage Arena shows how marrying intuitive control systems with innovative features can take sports action games to new heights on the mobile platform."

Promising the most complete footy action the platform has so far seen, the N-Gage's FIFA 09 also boasts a bunch of online statistics you can upload to the Arena and compare with other players in the virtual leagues.

"EA Sports FIFA 09 is one of the most sophisticated football videogames ever created, and Nokia is thrilled to bring it to the N-Gage community," says Gregg Sauter, director of third party publishing at Nokia. "It's a game of two halves: ultra-realistic in-game controls, combined with the ability to rate your skills against friends in the N-Gage Arena."

If you need any more convincing, head on over to the official N-Gage FIFA 09 page to pick the demo, and don't forget to hit the 'Track It!' button as you run past.