fifa is dead, alive ea sports fc! This is the message that Electronic Arts tries to convey by announcing, like every year at the same time, the new version of its soccer simulation game. But this year, the American publisher’s goose will change its name, forced by the loss of the partnership with FIFA, the official international body of world soccer.
A change in the form of a small revolution for the game with millions of copies sold every year since its enthronement in 1993. Therefore, for the 30th anniversary of the game, there will be no fifa24but one Sports EA 24FCa rather generic name, but the game remains the same so as not to upset fans, the American giant promised.
Why did EA change the name of their game?
It is an economic dispute that would be at the origin of the name change. EA reportedly refused to drastically revise the amount it pays FIFA each year to exploit the brand. We are talking about an estimated amount of between 150 and 250 million dollars claimed.
Therefore, FIFA got its license back and promised to release a competitive soccer simulation game. David Jackson, the vice president of EA Sports, had entrusted to the BBC that the abandonment of the license also meant that EA no longer had to put up with heavy restrictions. This concerned in particular a greater freedom of use of the content that would be created or viewed.
But Electronic Arts had reassured the fans by announcing very soon that it had reached agreements with the different clubs and federations in the world to take over the official names of the championships, stadiums, teams and nearly 19,000 players.
When will it be available?
At a large event held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands last week, Electronic Arts announced its new brand, as well as the game’s availability on September 29 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X⎜S, Nintendo Switch and pc.
EA Sports 24 FC will be available in early access starting September 22 for players who have pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and for EA Play subscribers (10 hours or unlimited in Ultimate Edition for EA Play Pro members).
All players who play EA Sports FC 24 before November 1 will receive FC Founders membership with exclusive rewards, a dedicated Virtual Jersey and a Founder Badge that will appear in all subsequent games in the franchise.
Erling Haaland was chosen to succeed Kylian Mbappé on the cover of the last three games. The Norwegian striker for Manchester City is thus honored for the historic hat-trick achieved by the English club last season (national title, Champions League, FA Cup), with a personal record for goals scored in the Premier League in one season (36). . .
What will we find there?
We took almost the same elements and started over. It gives a bit of feeling to see the presentation of the new game. Name change aside, the rest is in line with the games. fifa Visually, Sports EA 24FC keep your earnings. The players will resemble the original models as usual – although the game suffered from the ridicule of the netizens in the first images – the gameplay and fluidity remain the same.
In addition to the in-house Frostbite game engine, enhanced for smoother gameplay, EA announced HyperMotion V, a new version of its technology to make gameplay even more realistic. At least according to their promises.
It is based on player data from more than 180 women’s and men’s matches to obtain an exact capture of the movements and faithfully reproduce them in the game by Opta, a specialist in real-time data, will place more emphasis on the unique gestures and movements of players, focusing mostly on their abilities rather than their assessments.
EA promises its “best version yet” of the soccer simulation game. And this will also happen through a greater presence of women’s football in the virtual field. Players will thus be better represented in Ultimate Team, allowing them to create their ideal XI. More additions to the game will be revealed when the game launches on September 29.
Source: BFM TV
