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Introduction

Football Superstars gives you the opportunity to live your football dreams. Whether this is on or off the pitch, you shape your footballing future. So how do you go about this?

The gameplay features section gives you an overview of how you navigate your player through the virtual world, from sideline to stadium. Each article gives an insight into how the design team have structured your football world.

Be sure to check the archive for previous articles, and back here for more exciting updates...

Feature 6: 3D positional voice

Communication is key to any team based game. For a number of years, 3^rd party tools have given groups of players an edge over those that don't when playing a game online. Communication in a team sport often will separate the average team from the most successful. Therefore, we decided that Voice over IP (VOIP), or in game speech facilities, were a must have feature allowing everyone to benefit from this technology.

The accessibility of broadband services to use voice over the internet has become a common tool and so it made a lot of sense to ensure that everyone had the opportunity to use it immediately, rather than leave it to the few technically savvy people to benefit alone.

Participants will be able to communicate via voice in the lifestyle world as well. This will allow fans to talk with friends and fellow supporters, anywhere in the real world, about the game on Saturday afternoon while relaxing in one of our virtual bars or clubs.

The excitement doesn't stop there though. Our voice solution also has a number of great features, and while we will open up some of those to community over time, the best features will be available at launch. The key feature we will be enabling is the 3D positional system.

Through the use of a pair of stereo headphones or speakers you will hear your friends calling for the ball. If your teammate shouts for the ball from behind you, then they will sound like they are behind you. If a striker asks for a cross to your right, you will hear them to the right. If they are far away they will need to shout. This adds an additional dimension to the already unique experience of playing on the pitch as an individual, raising the bar far beyond the norm for sports MMO's.

We look forward to not only seeing you on the pitch, but speaking to you soon!