EA’s Gamescom 2011 announcement of a FIFA Street return came as a pleasant surprise. Considering the problems EA has had relaunching NBA Jam, it was worth wondering if the arcade soccer redo would get a full retail release. EA has confirmed that it will, and has revealed a whole host of features. The new “Street Ball” control system has more in common with EA’s Need for Speed racing games than any previous sports effort. Your controller’s left and right triggers handle braking and speeding up. Players can combine these moves to fake out opponents, slamming to a stop and then taking off.

Gamescom is Europe’s biggest gaming event. It’s the perfect place for EA Sports to announce that FIFA Street is coming out of retirement. The arcade take on street soccer hasn’t seen a new installment since 2008, but EA’s press conference let us know that’s about to change. EA is embracing the sport’s international flavor with 35 motion captured environments famous for the street soccer played on them. The new FIFA Street will feature 5-on-5 and 6-on-6 play and is coming in 2012.

Later this week Gamertell is going to have an exclusive interview with musical group Datarock. Sure, we’ll post what they say but we’ll offer you one better. We’re going to let you ask them questions, too. Click through and post your questions for Datarock (as a comment) by January 31, 2008, and we’ll send the best of the bunch to the band to answer.