EA Sports FC 24 gets an even better release date, trailer, and Switch version

The post-FIFA era seems to be business as usual, with one notable exception

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  Oli Welch
  

• on Jul 14, 2023 8:21 AM

during Star-studded live broadcast On Thursday, EA announced that the new era for soccer games — barring the FIFA brand, after the publisher splits from the sport’s governing body in 2022 — will begin when EA Sports FC 24 Released September 29th.

The release date was widely expected, as the end of September dock is traditionally for EA’s soccer games. In fact, there were few surprises during EA’s official reveal event for the new game. But perhaps that was the point.

Over its 30-year history, the FIFA series has become a juggernaut that generates over $1 billion in annual revenue from its Ultimate Team mode, and EA must be careful not to fix what isn’t broken. So the motto EA Sports FC 24 It appears to be “continuity”. EA has tightened extended licensing deals with the biggest leagues in the sport, including the UK Champions League, La Liga and UEFA Champions League. Elsewhere, it chose to highlight the visual and mobile upgrades in a new trailer for the game.

There will be a better representation of women’s football, with women joining the men on the pitch in Ultimate Team for the first time. The cover star will be Erling Haaland of Manchester City.

There is one area where EA Sports FC 24 It will break tradition, though: a very welcome break with one of FIFA’s worst gaming traditions.

For four years in a row, EA has released what it calls “FIFA Legacy Editions” on Nintendo Switch – all roster updates essentially reworked for the Switch version of the game. FIFA 19, with absolutely no gameplay improvements or updates. IGN, for example, was harsh in his criticism of these versions.

EA Sports FC 24 will be different. As detailed on its own tractorThe Switch version goes to the same Frostbite game engine as the other platforms for the first time, and will be much closer to its siblings in terms of features. Switch players will be able to enjoy a less limited version of Ultimate Team, as well as a five-a-side Volta street football mode, player and manager career modes.

The clean slate offered by the rebranding seems to have motivated EA to clean up its work on Nintendo’s console. There are many benefits to EA in giving away the notoriously difficult FIFA game as a partner; Here, unexpectedly, something else.

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