Finally EA’s FIFA has made it onto the iPhone and the first attempt has done a real good job of bringing the FIFA experience to the mobile platform. There are some control issues but the game is jam packed with teams and data to keep you occupied! It’s available for £5.99 and out now!

So obviously as you’d expect from a FIFA title, there are 30 official leagues, 570 teams and 12,620 players. You won’t miss anything and I’m really surprised at how much data EA managed to sneak into this game.  You get all the stats for the players like you would on the console versions and obviously the only limitation is the iPhones control interface for you to read all this data.  The music, graphics and menus all shout out that FIFA feeling and they’ve done a good job of bringing the experience over to the portable platform.  Also don’t forget the amount of modes you have and a Manager Mode is great.  It was what I missed with Real Football 2009 and now with a transfer hub and customisable team management there is a lot to do here!

Now obviously the biggest argument against FIFA 10 (and most iPhone games) is the touch screen interface.  It is hard to do a sports game on the device and EA have gone for the D-pad and two button approach similar to Real Football.  But to pull off the more complicated moves like low cross you have to swipe from one button to the next.  It’s not perfect and from my experience isn’t always picked up which can lead to frustrating gaming. Also the “A” and “B” buttons are too small and too close together which EA need to address. Now they do offer 3 presets of moving the buttons around and this can help but it doesn’t make the buttons bigger which would be a godsend.  A minor problem is that the latest transfers don’t seem to be up to date but this should be easily fixed in an update. Other than that there are no little other bugs in the game and I have had no slowdowns or crashes.

So with EA’s first FIFA game on the iPhone platform, they have shown they have a major interest in the mobile gaming market and if they continue to develop the series -- it will continue to be a winner. If you’re interested in football games and have spare time on the go, then why not have a look at FIFA 10 for the iPhone or iPod Touch and take your team to glory!