EA Sports FC


EA Sports FC is a soccer video game franchise developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and published by EA Sports. It serves as the direct successor to their former FIFA series, which was discontinued following the termination of EA and FIFA's licensing agreement, and is a continuation of EA Sports' football simulation games.
The first main installment in the series, EA Sports FC 24, was launched on September 29, 2023, following a one week early access period for Ultimate Edition users. In addition, FIFA Online 4 was updated as EA Sports FC Online on September 22, 2023, while FIFA Mobile was updated to EA Sports FC Mobile globally on September 26, 2023. The second main installment in the series, EA Sports FC 25 was launched on September 27, 2024, with the Ultimate Edition being released a week before on September 20th. The Ultimate Edition of the game comes with in game bonuses such as FC Points, Early Access, and Players.

History

On May 10, 2022, EA Sports and FIFA announced that their long-term licensing agreement would end upon its conclusion on December 31, 2022, following a one-year extension to allow for the release of FIFA 23. It was announced on the same day that EA Sports' FIFA video game franchise would be rebranded under the name EA Sports FC in 2023.
Despite the rebranding, the franchise retained its licenses of more than 19,000 players, 700 teams, 100 stadiums and 30 leagues from FIFA 23.

Games

Main installments

''EA Sports FC 24''

The inaugural main series game in the EA Sports FC series, EA Sports FC 24 retains game modes and licensing to major clubs, leagues, players, and stadiums from FIFA 23. New licenses include Spain's Liga F and Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, as well as officially licensing France Football's Ballon d'Or award. Cross-play is expanded to all game modes, including Clubs and VOLTA Football for the first time. The game allows players to transfer Ultimate Team progress from FIFA 23, including converting FIFA Points into FC Points. In addition, female players were added into Ultimate Team, allowing them to play alongside the men.

''EA Sports FC 25''

  • Slogan: For The Club
  • Cover Athlete: Jude Bellingham, Gianluigi Buffon, Aitana Bonmatí, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham
  • Released for: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows
  • Release date: September 27, 2024

    ''EA Sports FC 26''

  • Slogan: The Club Is Yours
  • Cover Athlete: Jude Bellingham and Jamal Musiala, Zlatan Ibrahimović.
  • Released for: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and Amazon Luna
  • Release date: September 26, 2025

    Other installments

''EA Sports FC Mobile''

  • Cover Athlete: Vinícius Júnior, Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham
  • Released for: iOS, Android
  • Release date: September 26, 2023
In 2023, EA Sports FC Mobile succeeded the FIFA Mobile game series in the launch of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 on September 26, 2023. Following the split between EA and FIFA, features included cross-regional play, power shots, new skills, the return of a global market, new Spectator Mode, and a new UEFA Champions League tournament mode. FC Mobile also included CONMEBOL Libertadores for the first time as a Live Event.

''EA Sports FC Online''

  • Cover Athlete: Erling Haaland, Jamal Musiala, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Federico Chiesa, Enzo Fernandez, Virgil van Dijk, Son Heung-min
  • Released for: Windows
  • Release date: May 17, 2018
On September 22, 2023; FIFA Online 4 was renamed EA Sports FC Online, following the split between EA and FIFA. The game is an online free-to-play version of EA Sports FC for Asian market. The game allows players to play regular matches with 2v2 or 3v3 matches like the main series as well as the Ultimate Team feature seen in other games. The game allows the ability to buy players from a marketplace and help build their stats by purchasing items. FC Online have several game modes for the similar to the traditional FC games such as House Rules and VOLTA Live.

''EA Sports FC Tactical''

  • Cover Athlete: Son Heung-min
  • Released for: iOS, Android
  • Release date: May 22, 2024.
EA Sports FC Tactical is a turn-based football mobile game that developed by Klab Games and published by EA Sports. The gameplay of this game was very similar to ''Captain Tsubasa Dream Team.''