The first major presentation of the new edition of the football simulation FC 24 with career mode has been postponed for the time being, as EA is currently still promoting the European Championship mode. But the time will come in mid-July, when the first big trailer will be released. But there is already a lot of confirmed information online.
So we can expect something. “Last year, there was a big show in Amsterdam, where content creators and even Harland were present. This was followed by a 48-hour close beta. Similar events are also planned for this year,” says Youtuber Dico. The Champions Edition is expected to be released on 24 September and the Standard Edition on 27 September. The prices are expected to be between 70 and 110 euros. According to rumours, the close beta will run from 8 August to 28 August.
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Gameplay and other improvements
EA will of course continue to work on HyperMotion and other technologies to improve gameplay. There will be more tactical settings and the option to customise corner kicks. For example, FGZ-News writes on X: “Tactics/player instructions are getting some changes in EA FC 25!” For example, running behind; for a penalty area striker who runs behind the defence.
More news to the Career Mode here.
Artificial intelligence and new technologies
One thing is already becoming clear: EA is placing more and more emphasis on AI (artificial intelligence). Work is underway to ensure that AI helps to develop the game. Andrew Wilson, the CEO of EA, has indicated that the AI “should be able to build a stadium within six days”, which previously took six months.
According to Dico, another EA patent makes it possible to integrate your own voice into the game so that the character speaks with your own voice. It is also conceivable that dialogues in interviews, for example, will no longer be so dull and will be more varied. But it is doubtful whether this will become a reality in FC 25.
One thing is clear: AI will also play a greater role on the pitch. The AI should be able to learn the players’ behaviour and adapt accordingly, which should lead to a more realistic playing experience. Machine learning, more human-like behaviour. However, this has often been announced in the past.
There are also rumours that the career mode could be given an open world like in NBA 2K, but this is still unconfirmed. In other words, a club ground that you could walk around, with a fan shop and other buildings.
A dream for all career mode players who are still spoilt by the football grounds from Anstoss. A training hall? A clubhouse? Build a sub-pressure hall? Training pitches? Build your own property group like in the last Anstoss 3?
Or run through the city with the stadium and its surroundings, like in We Are Football, wandering through the club museum? Yes, that would be the El Doraro for all career mode fans. But the following applies here: relatively unlikely. EA will not become a manager game. Dico says about the probability: “Then I’ll eat a broom.”
There are rumours that a 5v5 mode is being worked on for Pro Clubs. Due to the weak sales figures for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, EA Sports FC 25 will continue to be released on the old consoles.
Ultimate Team and new icons
Ultimate Team remains the flagship for EA. New icons are to be added to EA Sports FC 25, including Aguero, Bale, Buffon, Edgar Davids, Alfredo Di Stefano, Ibrahimovic, Mesut Özil, Arjen Robben and even Franz Beckenbauer. There is also speculation that Volta will be integrated more into Ultimate Team, which could make the mode more interesting for offline players.
Licences and stadiums
Of course, the clubs relegated from the third division – Halle, Lübeck, SC Freiburg II and MSV Duisburg – are no longer there. Instead, the newly promoted Hannover II and Stuttgart II as well as Alemannia Aachen and Energie Cottbus have been added. In the second Spanish league, Deportivo La Coruña will return, as will FC Málaga. In England, Ipswich Town will retain its stadium.
EA has also added the Moroccan and Nigerian leagues to the EA Sports Pro League. This could be an indication of later integrations. Whether these leagues will appear in the game remains to be seen. Serie A remains complex in terms of licensing, but there is hope that Napoli and AS Roma will be fully licensed again.
This is because Konami has lost the licences for them. However, there are fears that Inter Milan will be lost and become a generic club with an alienated name and no logo or stadium, but with all the real players.
Confirmed changes
One of the changes already confirmed is that Frank Buschmann and Wolf-Christoph Fuss will no longer be commentators. According to speculation, Claudia Neumann or Esther Sedlaczek are possible successors
The extension of the partnership with the DFL is also clear. The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will remain exclusive to EA Sports FC. This partnership will continue until at least 2027, which means that neither UFL, Konami nor the FIFA 25 or FIFA 26 planned by the world governing body will have fully licensed these leagues.