EA Sports FC 24’s third update is a big one. (Picture: EA)

EA ’s newly released football simulator is busy squashing bugs and making changes to gameplay in its third update.

By all accounts EA Sports FC 24 has already proven a major success and entirely justified EA’s decision to ditch the FIFA name. Multiple updates have already been released but this week’s is the biggest yet, patching up various problems with Ultimate Team, Clubs and Careers mode, PlayStyles, audio and visuals, and gameplay.

It’s normal for games to release patch updates soon after release, but this is a huge one – so get ready for lots of changes.

The fixes include PlayStyles being nerfed, players disappearing from the game, the return of Ada Hegerberg, and lots more.

For Ultimate Team, one of the big fixes is that Ada Hegerberg, the 89-rated forward, is coming back into the game. The Norwegian has been unplayable because of bugs that saw her move away from the ball when dribbling.

Another big issue addressed in this update is how players could disappear completely after a red card or substitution in the game.

The update, which will available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC, includes no less than 120 patch notes.

EA Sports FC 24is facing a number of changes (Picture: EA)

As far as gameplay fixes, we’ll now see slight changes to defending, passing, and refereeing decisions, to name a few.

The speed will increase while jockey defending (facing the opponent by holding L2/LT trigger) and the ball will also travel further when you’re clearing the ball.

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EA has also tweaked the referee’s logic when determining fouls and offsides in certain situations.

If a player has the Pinged Pass PlayStyle they’ll see a reduced travel speed on their passes. And if a player has the Long Throw PlayStyle they’re more likely to be automatically selected when taking throw-ins.

EA Sports FC 24 will also get an update to stadiums, sound effects, boots, crowd noises, and more.

The list of tweaks is far too long to go through here, but you can see the full patch notes here .





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