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FIFA 21: How 'toxic' behaviour is being tackled in new game

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Certain features of the football simulation have been taken out to avoid players becoming irritated

Have you ever wanted to throw your gaming controller through the TV because your online FIFA 20 opponent keeps celebrating a goal by shushing or dabbing?

Well, rest assured you might be able to keep your frustration under better control in the new FIFA 21 game, with EA Sports endeavouring to remove toxic features.

Sam Rivera, FIFA's lead gameplay producer, has revealed that the developers have listened to feedback regarding situations where users would purposefully try to anger their opponent.

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"We were told by the community that there is toxic behaviour in the game and we wanted to make sure we removed them," Rivera said.