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'FIFA' Successor 'FC 26' Polishes the Beautiful Game
FC 26 features AI-trained goalkeepers and accessibility options like high-contrast mode, responding to feedback from players including those with disabilities.
- EA Sports FC 26, the latest edition of the football video game series that shed its FIFA moniker in 2024, is set for release on Friday for PCs and consoles.
- The release follows EA Sports' split from the global football body and aims to address new competition from rivals like the French-made Rematch, which gained five million players in one month.
- Developers used artificial intelligence to train computer-controlled goalkeepers' positioning and incorporated player feedback via a new portal and outreach to streamers to refine dribbling, passing, and accessibility features such as a high-contrast mode.
- Senior producer Sam Rivera highlighted the focus on refining core gameplay elements to enhance authenticity, diversity, and complexity, stressing that player control must feel immediate and intuitive for engagement. He also noted ongoing improvements in machine learning, particularly in positioning strategies like when to advance or defend specific areas.
- The game faces high expectations after last year's edition was best-selling in 17 European countries despite middling reviews, and the growing player feedback volume suggests ongoing updates and improvements.
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‘Fifa’ successor ‘FC 26’ polishes the beautiful game
The latest edition of the "FC" series of football video games set for release on Friday will seek to keep fans onside with polished moves as it faces new competition from rivals. While sheding its "FIFA" moniker in 2024 when its publisher parted ways with the global footballing body, "EA Sports FC 26" builds upon
For "FC 26", developers of the Electronic Arts football game (formerly "Fifa") preferred to review the "fundamentals" of their series rather than implement new features, he explained to the AFP. Renamed "EA Sports FC" since 2024 and the end of the...
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