When we heard about Empire of Sports, Infront's casual sports MMO, we were interested, and talked to Empire of Sports’ managing director, Christian Müller, about the world and the ways users would be able to play. Now, Empire of Sports has announced that multiplayer football (that's soccer to us Americans) will be the first game to be incorporated in the competitive sports world, and the company says users will be able to play in full teams of 11 virtual footballers against one another.

In addition to soccer, Empire of Sports says it will also feature multiplayer basketball, tennis, skiing, bobsleigh, athletics and virtual gymnasium, all of which will be available at launch later this year.

Alexis Galley, CEO of Empire of Sports developer F4 says they've gained experience in managing lag with multiple players in development of the various sports, and are pleased with the results.

Adds Müller in the press release, “We are thrilled to make this revolutionary football sensation available to our players. Football has a very special appeal to sports fans around the world, and finally it is possible to experience the top level action and tactics of ‘the beautiful game’ as an individual player in a team. Of course we will stay true to the ‘Empire of Sports’ philosophy, and offer an attractive football environment with a challenging development path for gamers to level their avatar, master game play and learn about football tactics.”