With winter fast approaching, there's no shortage of soccer on TV these days, but Friday marks another notable event on the soccer calendar: the worldwide release of FIFA 21, the latest iteration of the blockbuster video game franchise from EA Sports.
How does it play, what's new this year and how do the player ratings stack up? We've got all that, and a word from the game's new lead commentator, covered.
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A much smoother, faster game
Real-life soccer is chaotic and fluid, but previous versions of the FIFA game have felt at times inescapably blocky and slow-motion by comparison.