UEFA Euro 2008 (video game)

UEFA Euro 2008 is the official video game of the Euro 2008 football tournament, published by EA Sports. It was developed collaboratively by EA Canada and HB Studios and was released in Europe and North America on 18 April 2008 and 19 May 2008 respectively.^{[citation needed]} The commentary was provided by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

UEFA Euro 2008
Developer(s)	EA Canada (PS3, Xbox 360) HB Studios (PS2, PSP, PC)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	UEFA Euro
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable Xbox 360
Release	AU: 17 April 2008 EU: 18 April 2008 NA: 19 May 2008 (PS2, PS3, PSP, X360)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Anthem mistake

EA issued an apology after mistakenly using the Soldier's Song as Northern Ireland's anthem within the game, instead of God Save the Queen. Public Relations head Shaun White said:

At EA Sports, we pride ourselves on delivering rich and authentic videogame experiences. We sincerely apologise for this error.

The apology was welcomed by Northern Irish Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Gregory Campbell who said:

Any apology on this matter is most welcome. Obviously there's has been a lack of knowledge on the makers' part and hopefully it will be changed as soon as possible.

^[1][2]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Xbox 360
Metacritic	66/100[3]	77/100[4]	79/100[5]	68/100[6]	80/100[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Xbox 360
1Up.com	N/A	N/A	B+[8]	N/A	B+[8]
Eurogamer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8/10[9]
GameSpot	N/A	N/A	8/10[10]	N/A	8/10[10]
GameSpy	N/A	N/A	[11]	N/A	[11]
GameTrailers	N/A	N/A	7.3/10[12]	N/A	7.3/10[12]
GameZone	N/A	6/10[13]	8.7/10[14]	N/A	8.7/10[15]
IGN	N/A	7.3/10[16]	(US) 8.1/10[17] (UK) 8/10[18]	6.8/10[19]	(US) 8.1/10[17] (UK) 8/10[18]
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.5/10[20]
PC Gamer (UK)	50%[21]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	N/A	N/A	[22]	N/A	N/A
411Mania	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.5/10[23]
Digital Spy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	[24]

Reception

The PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the PSP and PC versions received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}