EA’s first post-FIFA soccer game is business as usual, although Nintendo Switch players will get Ultimate Team, Volta, and Frostbite engine for the first time
During a starry livestream on Thursday, EA announced that the new era of its soccer games — minus FIFA branding, after the publisher parted ways with the sport’s governing body in 2022 — will begin when EA Sports FC 24 is released on September 29.
The release date was widely expected, as an end-of-September berth is traditional for EA’s football games. Indeed, 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 become a juggernaut that makes over a billion dollars in yearly revenue from its Ultimate Team mode alone, and EA must be keen not to fix what isn’t broken.
