It was released on all popular gaming formats in September 2007 in Europe, Australia and Asia, and in October 2007 in North America.

The Nintendo DS version features fewer teams, stadiums, game modes and kits due to the limitations of the machine's storage medium.

Commentary comes from Sky Sports' Martin Tyler and Andy Gray on next generation consoles.

Some of the new features include the chance to schedule training on certain dates, via the manager's calendar, and the option to play up to four pre-season friendlies.

The most notable exclusion is Japan, who made it into the round of 16 in the 2002 World Cup, but whose licensing rights belonged to Konami at the time[citation needed].

[6] It featured many Latin music acts including Ivy Queen and Pacha Massive.

[28] ELSPA gave the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 releases each a "Platinum" certification,[29] for sales of at least 300,000 copies per version in the region.