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This year's biggest football tournament gets snapped up by the King Midas of publishers.

Chart-dominating publishing titan EA is bringing Euro 2004 to PlayStation 2 after signing an agreement with the Union of European Football Associations - or UEFA as it's known to close friends and business associates.

UEFA Euro 2004 is being developed by EA's Canadian studio - not particularly surprising considering they're responsible for the ever-improving and obscenely popular FIFA series - and is due to arrive in time for June's tournament finals to be held in Portugal. The game includes all 51 European teams and allows you to play from the qualifying stages, so even if your national squad didn't make it into the final 16, you can choose to pretend it never happened and invent your own version of events.

It's expected that the game will feature an updated version of the FIFA 2004 engine, although so far EA has only revealed one addition: a "dynamic morale" system that tracks players' morale levels based on their performances as an individual and as part of the team, and affects their behaviour on the pitch accordingly. Does this mean that we can expect to see the likes of Michael Owen smugly sauntering around the pitch after completing a devastating hat-trick, or Robert Pires sulking like a hormonal teenager after being denied a penalty?

Enjoy the first couple of screens, and be sure to have a fourth official on hand to keep an eye out for any future updates.

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It's expected that the game will feature an updated version of the FIFA 2004 engine,