Following EA Sports activities FC 24’s formal unveiling earlier this month, the regular dripfeed of reports continues, with EA now revealing a partnership with the Ballon D’or that’ll see the presitgious award come to Participant Profession mode through a glitzy in-game end-of-season ceremony – for gamers on current-gen consoles and PC, no less than.
The Ballon d’Or has been awarded yearly to the perfect soccer participant of the season by French journal France Soccer since 1956, and an award specfically for feminine gamers was launched in 2018. Come the arrival of EA Sports activities FC this September, those who handle a very robust particular person season in Participant Profession mode can earn the Ballon d’Or in-game.
That manifests as a glitzy award ceremony the place the profitable participant steps up on stage to obtain the prize amid rapturous applause from the viewers. You’ll be able to watch the proceedings within the newest EA Sports activities FC video deep dive under, which this time focuses on Profession mode.
The one oddity in all that is that EA’s press launch asserting the inclusion of the Ballon d’Or suggests the award – or, no less than, the award ceremony – will not be obtainable for these taking part in EA Sports activities FC on PS4, Xbox One, and Change. Particularly, EA says the Ballon d’Or “animation” is restricted to PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC, however I’ve requested the writer to make clear whether or not last-gen homeowners can nonetheless win the award, even when they do not get the flowery cutscenes to go together with it.
EA Sports activities FC 24 – which additionally consists of licensing offers with the likes of the Premier League, UEFA, Spain’s Liga F, and Germany’s Frauen-Bundesliga – launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Sequence X/S, Xbox One, Change, and PC on twenty ninth September. Eurogamer deputy editor Chris Tapsell not too long ago spoke to EA Sports activities FC boss Nick Wlodyka to seek out out extra.
