'FIFA 17' release date, news & updates: Demo announced for next week; top 20 Premier League players announced
A demo for "FIFA 17" is coming next week Sept. 13, which means that fans can try out the game before the game officially hits the market.
This was revealed by the game's lead producer Garreth Reeder during an interview with Gamereactor. He did not elaborate on what to expect there in terms of content.
However, the abovementioned site believes that the "FIFA 17" demo might contain the same set of teams and stadiums made available to play at Gamescom.
The teams included are the Real Madrid and Manchester United as well as Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Seattle Sounders, Juventus, Tigres UANL, FC Bayern Monaco, Gamba Osaka, Inter and Olympique Lyonnais.
There were three stadiums from "FIFA 17" that were previewed at the Gamescom event as well. They were Stamford Bridge, Suita City Football Stadium and CenturyLink Field.
There's no way of knowing yet if these teams and stadiums will be available in the demo as well as the consoles to be included. It is also unclear when Electronic Arts (EA) Sports makes the official announcement.
In other related news, the studio has unveiled the "FIFA 17" top 20 best Premier League players with the rating starting from 85.
At the back of the list are Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) followed by Willian (Chelsea), Diego Costa (Chelsea) and Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Starting the 86 rating for "FIFA 17" is Dimitri Payet (West Ham United). Then there's Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) and Santi Cazorla (Arsenal).
For the ranks of players with a rating of 87 in "FIFA 17," there are only two – David Silva (Manchester City) and Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal).
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur) gets the10th spot with his rating of 88. He is followed by Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Chelsea) and Petr Cech (Arsenal).
With a rating of 89, Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) owns the fifth spot. Joining him there are Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) and Mesut Ozil (Arsenal).
David De Gea (Manchester United) sits on the second spot with 90 rating while Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) is hailed the top Premier League player for "FIFA 17."
"FIFA 17" will be released on Sept. 29.