How the World Is Showing Up for The Club Through the First 25 Days of Worldwide Launch for EA SPORTS FC™ 25

Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) revealed how fans have engaged with EA SPORTS FC™ 25 from early access through the first 25 days of its worldwide launch on September 27*.

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How the World is Playing FC 25 - Comprehensive (Graphic: Business Wire)

A global community of players from 200+ nations have played over 1.7 billion matches across all modes and scored a cumulative total of 4.3 billion goals to-date, with Real Madrid as the most selected men's football team, and FC Barcelona as the most selected women's football team.

The Spanish club rivalry contributed to El Clásico and the Women's Clásico as the most popular in-game matchups across men's and women's football, respectively, with Real Madrid notably featured across the top three of the most popular men's football matchups.

"It's been a month since we invited the world to play EA SPORTS FC™ 25 and the community response has been amazing, with nearly 300 million matches played of our new 5v5 Rush social experience and matches with friends doubling year over year in Ultimate Team," said John Shepherd, VP, EA SPORTS FC. "Our team is incredibly proud of what we've achieved with FC 25, and we look forward to delivering a great experience throughout the rest of the season."

New to EA SPORTS FC™ 25, the Rush 5v5 experience has contributed to nearly 300 million Rush games played in total, with over 277 million matches played in the Nike Air Zoom Arena, a digital-only stadium that is the exclusive home of Rush matches in Ultimate Team™ and Clubs. Within Ultimate Team™ Rush, Andreu Fontàs Prat and Patricia Guijarro Gutiérrez have been the most-selected men's and women's football player items, respectively. With its fluid positioning, social play features, and seamless integration across all core modes in FC 25, Rush offers a new way to play and win together with friends.

EA SPORTS FC™ 25 includes more than 120 real-world stadiums from across the globe, and the fans have spoken as Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Anfield and Etihad Stadium are among the most played stadiums in-game. This authentic matchday experience is foundational to FC 25, which sees new stadium additions this year including Buenos Aires' Mâs Monumental (Club Atlético River Plate), Rotterdam's De Kuip (Feyenoord), Lisbon's Estádio José Alvalade (Sporting CP), Istanbul's RAMS Park (Galatasaray), and Ülker Stadyumu (Fenerbahçe S.K).

With the introduction of women's football into Career Mode for FC 25, Aitana Bonmatí has become the most sought-after women's football player on the transfer market, whilst Lamine Yamal tops the list for men's football transfers. The top transfer list across men's and women's football is as follows:

EA SPORTS FC™ 25 delivers the biggest competitions, clubs and stars – including over 19,000+ athletes across 700+ teams in more than 120 stadiums and 30+ leagues, powered by the support of more than 300 global football partners. It's the only place fans can play the iconic UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, and LALIGA EA SPORTS, all in the same game, plus the UEFA Women's Champions League, Barclays Women's Super League, the National Women's Soccer League, the Arkema Première Ligue, Liga F and the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga.

EA SPORTS FC™ 25 is available now for PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch™, as well as through EA Play. For more information on EA SPORTS FC™ 25, please visit easports.com/fc25. Stay up-to-date on all upcoming news and announcements for EA SPORTS FC on our social channels.

Members of the FC Community are invited to join our all new public discord server.

*Data range is from the beginning of EA SPORTS FC™ 25 early access on September 20, 2024, until October 21, 2024 (25 days post-worldwide launch on September 27, 2024).

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In fiscal year 2024, EA posted GAAP net revenue of approximately $7.6 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA SPORTS FC™, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL, Need for Speed™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™ and EA SPORTS F1®. More information about EA is available at www.ea.com/news.

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