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EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition cover revealed and immediately mocked

Fans are not impressed with the chosen visual style

Marco Wutz

EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition cover revealed and immediately mocked
EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition cover revealed and immediately mocked /

The cover of the EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition has officially been revealed and just as the leaks predicted it’s a big collage of male and female soccer players from different eras of the sport. What no one prepared fans for, though, is the visual style EA Sports went with – instead of real photography as has historically been used for the covers of the developer’s soccer sim series, a style more reflective of in-game graphics has been chosen.

It’s not exactly a hit among fans, to put it mildly. Users on Twitter immediately began posting some close-ups of players with funny facial expressions or asked who these figures were supposed to be representing.

Others wrote that the graphical style reminded them of mobile games and PlayStation 2 graphics, asked if this was a Fortnite crossover announcement, or if EA had accidentally used the engine powering The Sims. Suffice to say, many memes will be born from this reveal today.

EA Sports FC 24 will be the first soccer sim the developer puts out without the FIFA branding, as the deal between the company and the world of soccer’s governing body has not been renewed. EA still retains all of the important player, club, and league licenses, though, which is likely why a collage with so many different athletes was chosen for this year’s Ultimate Edition: It sends out a strong signal to fans that EA Sports’ title will still be the most authentic and complete soccer sim on the market.

Funny faces from the EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition cover.
The quality difference between some of these faces is strange as well, adding to the weirdness of this cover / EA Sports

The break with the usual visual style of the cover is a bit abrupt, though, and may well be part of the reason why fans have such a strong reaction to this reveal. EA sports has posted an announcement trailer as well:

Check out the list with every star on the EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Edition cover for a full breakdown.

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Marco Wutz
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

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