“Years ago it was very easy to add more features” – the next 5 years of EA Sports FC 25 with senior producer Sam Rivera | Gaming

2025 is a big year for EA Sports FC, but when isn’t it?

In the ceaseless annual cycle of football that it tries so hard to replicate, EA Sports FC now has to justify itself on two fronts: not just year-on-year, but as a new franchise with a point to prove.

With the inaugural FC 24, EA Sports burst out of the blocks with PlayStyles, one of the most transformative fantasy additions to its core gameplay in many years, giving players footballing superpowers and kicking off a whole new metagame of combinations and strategies.

However, while it was the archetypal ‘back-of-the-box’ feature, it’s also the kind of thing that’s destined to drive more grounded fans to distraction, as their friends in the pub or family in the living room wonder aloud why Cole Palmer…