EA Sports FC 24 full reveal: Release date, cross-play, Ultimate Team and more

EA Sports FC 24 has been fully revealed.

Matching previous reporting, the game will be released on September 29 and will feature Manchester City star Erling Haaland on the box.

EA Sports FC 24 is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch.

Newly announced competitions set to feature in the game include the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Super Cup.

Two additional women’s football leagues—the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga and Liga F— will feature in the game, joining the Barclays Women’s Super League, the D1 Arkema, and the National Women’s Soccer League.

EA has also confirmed that women will feature in FIFA Ultimate Team for the first time in franchise history.

Pro Clubs mode will feature cross-play for the first time in franchise history too.

EA said the game includes:

• HyperMotionV is our biggest leap forward in realism to-date, translating the rhythm and fluidity of real-world football into The World’s Game using volumetric data from more than 180 professional men’s and women’s football matches that allows us to reflect real-world movement in-game more than ever before.
• PlayStyles optimised by Opta dimensionalises athletes, going beyond overall ratings to bring to life the on-pitch abilities that make players special. Each PlayStyle gives players unique capabilities you’ll see and feel that make their way of playing more authentic.
• An enhanced Frostbite Engine delivers The World’s Game in lifelike detail, bringing a new level of immersion through redesigned player models, smoother animations and visibly unique characteristics that make each player special. Kits now move like real-world materials, reacting to a player’s stride, shifting as they change direction, and flowing along with them as they play.

The HyperMotionV technology is only available on the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC versions of the game.

Players who pre-order the game before August 22 will receive an untradable UCL/UWCL Hero item in Ultimate Team on November 27.

EA has also said that players who purchase the game by November 1 will receive Founder Status, which will “unlock benefits including an exclusive Founder badge and kit to represent their status for years to come. In addition, FC Founders will get access to a bunch of great Founders-only benefits throughout EA Sports FC 24 and beyond.”

Like the FIFA series, the EA Sports FC series will also offer an Ultimate Edition. This version of the game comes with up to a week of early access, as well as 4600 FC Points (the new game’s equivalent to FIFA Points), a Team of the Week 1 Ultimate Team player item, as well as “access to Nike Ultimate Team campaign.”

“Over the last few decades, we’ve witnessed not only a seismic shift in how our community embraces football but also a major evolution of how they engage and connect with our interactive experiences,” said Nick Wlodyka, GM of EA Sports FC.

“EA Sports FC leverages new gameplay technologies to build the most realistic expression of the beautiful game we’ve ever created.”