FIFA Street 3 is an arcade-style sports game for the
Xbox 360,
PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo DS. It is the third game in the
FIFA Street series from
EA Sports BIG, and is the last title released under the brand. This game was followed up by
the 2012 reboot of FIFA Street, but that game does not have EA Sports BIG branding (it uses the standard EA Sports branding instead).It was developed under the EA Sports BIG division of
EA Sports, which is also responsible for such titles as
SSX,
NBA Street,
NFL Street, and the
FIFA Street games.
Electronic Arts confirmed that a third
FIFA Street game was being developed for next-generation consoles to be released in 2008. A demo for
FIFA Street 3 was released on 17 January 2008 on the
Xbox Live marketplace for the
Xbox 360 and on the
PlayStation Store for the
PlayStation 3. The cover features Brazilian star
Ronaldinho, English star
Peter Crouch, and Italian star
Gennaro Gattuso. According to producer Joe Nickolls, these iconic players were chosen for the cover because they represent "three of the different types of players available in our game and we were able to exaggerate their qualities to really create larger-than-life-characters." The different types of players in the game are categorized as Tricksters, Playmakers, Finishers, and Enforcers