EA FC 24 will get UEFA Euro 2024 mode as a free update

Plus an Ultimate Team goodie for owners of the game

Marco Wutz | Nov 23, 2023

EA FC 24 will get UEFA Euro 2024 mode as a free update /

UEFA Euro 2024 will be available as a free update in EA Sports FC 24, UEFA and EA Sports have announced. Players on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch will be able to take advantage of this in equal manner, so no platform will be left out when the tournament mode gets released during the summer.

Users who have played EA FC 24 by January 16, 2024, will be able to claim a free Ultimate Team player for their squad starting on December 18, 2023. These items will be exclusive and can’t be traded on the transfer market. The following players will be available:

Jack Grealish – England
Ousmane Dembélé – France
Federico Chiesa – Italy
Florian Wirtz – Germany
Virgil Van Djik – Netherlands
Alvaro Morata – Spain

EA FC 24 UEFA Euro 2024 trophy screenshot. — UEFA Euro 2024 is coming to EA FC 24 next year :: EA Sports / UEFA

While EA Sports parted ways with FIFA, the world soccer association, it’s still very much on amicable terms with its European counterpart, UEFA.

“We’re delighted to announce that one of next summer’s biggest football tournaments will be fully integrated across EA Sports FC titles,” said David Jackson, Vice President of Brand for EA Sports FC. “Alongside our fantastic partners at UEFA, this exclusive Euros content will enable EA Sports to continue delivering the most authentic and innovative football experiences for our fans.”

“We are delighted to further expand our partnership with EA Sports, with UEFA Euro 2024 becoming a part of the EA Sports FC game,” said Guy-Laurent Epstein, UEFA Marketing Director. “UEFA Euro 2024 is one of the world’s most vibrant and exciting football tournaments, and we’re thrilled that the huge EA Sports FC 24 community across the globe will get the chance to engage with the tournament in such an authentic gaming environment.”

UEFA Euro 2024 will see Europe’s best national soccer teams compete against each other for the championship. Italy won the latest edition of the tournament, besting England in the finals. The upcoming tournament will be hosted by Germany.

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Published Nov 23, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg