In today’s edition of the Georgia Straight is my interview with a few of the people involved in making one of the best selling video games of all time: FIFA Soccer.

The new version of the title, FIFA Soccer 10, adds a couple of new features that really bring the game to a new level.

But it’s significant that the video game, while developed in Canada, is created by a team that’s itself made up of footy fans from around the world.

FIFA Soccer has generated more than US$2.5 billion in sales since its debut in 1993, making it one of the best-selling video-game series developed by Electronic Arts. The success of the franchise is understandable given the worldwide popularity of the sport. What may come as a surprise is that the FIFA Soccer games have all been developed at the EA Canada campus in Burnaby.