FIFA 12 Features In-Game Hair Transplant.

We’ve had video games changed to reflect post-season roster moves. Even in-season roster moves. This is the first time that a video game has been altered to reflect an athlete’s new hairline.

Kotaku:

While it might be too late to shoot  a new box cover  for the UK version of  FIFA 12, Electronic Arts managed to give Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s in-game model a quick makeover to reflect his recently transplanted hairline.

As one of the most skilled footballers in the world, Wayne Rooney’s skills stem from his hands and feet, not his hair follicles. That’s okay, because Rooney is also one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, so he can afford to lay down a little dough on hair implants, stopping his rapidly receding hairline in its tracks. In June he became  the proud ownerof a fresh crop of head grass.

Then EA Sports leapt into action. After all, they can’t have one of their cover athletes looking like last year’s model, can they? With  FIFA 12  due out next month, they’ve updated Rooney’s model to better reflect the way he looks today.

Outstanding.