Last night at Microsoft's Xbox One announcement event EA demonstrated the new Ignite Engine which will be used in the development of future EA Sports titles, now it has been revealed that the PC version of FIFA 14 will not be produced using Ignite.
Clarification for the PC related questions earlier – EA SPORTS IGNITE will power FIFA 14 on Xbox One and PS4, not PC bit.ly/192nrNz
— Rob Hodson (@RobHodson_) May 21, 2013
Understandably PC gamers were none too pleased by the announcement:
@denis_fdrv there's no trick. Ignite isn't powering it, plain and simple. (even if it's disappointing for you)
— Rob Hodson (@RobHodson_) May 22, 2013
According to EA's website "Sports videogames are about to change forever. EA SPORTS IGNITE is the new engine that will power EA SPORTS games on the next generation consoles. Beyond just a rendering engine, EA SPORTS IGNITE also incorporates run-time physics, player intellignece, animation, locomotion and online systems into one powerful, new engine. For the first time, EA SPORTS games will be alive, further blurring the line that separates the real-world from the virtual."
Yesterday it was revealed that the Xbox One version of FIFA 14 will come with exclusive content. Other EA sports titles including future Madden games will also be developed using Ignite. Of course, PC has been declining in relevence as a platform for sports games for sometime now – in part because EA Sport's titles typically aren't published for the platform.
It has been previously announced that the Wii U will not be getting FIFA 14 due to poor sales of its predecessor on Nintendo's console.