EA SPORTS FC™ 26

Reduced the required in-game time from 20 to 10 minutes to award a win when an opponent quits or disconnects during a draw.

Introduced a limit of 3 wins per day obtainable via opponent quits/disconnects, resetting daily at 00:00 UTC.

Festival of Football Season 8 has officially launched.

Addressed various stability issues to reduce crashes and improve overall game reliability.

Addressed a general stability issue to prevent crashes and improve overall game performance.

Fixed an issue where players could lose control of their avatar during a Clubs Mode match.

Fixed an issue where players could lose control of their character during a Rush match.

Fixed an issue where the Bruiser+ icon would appear even when the playstyle was not actively influencing the action.

Added a boost for players with Enforcer or Enforcer+ when dribbling into challenges, creating a more balanced interaction against Bruisers.

Refined contact physics so stronger tacklers still knock players off balance, but weaker tacklers can no longer unrealistically overpower strong dribblers.

Improved movement prediction to cancel challenges that would result in unrealistic back contact.

Fixed an issue where CPU slider settings were lost after restarting the game and loading a save.

Fixed a display error where the wrong team appeared when starting a Manager Career with an Icon Player.

Fixed a PC-specific performance issue that caused frame rate drops during the second half of matches.

General stability improvements to reduce game crashes and errors.

Fixed a bug where the Actions button callout disappeared while using the Compare Price function in New Releases.

Adjusted the logic for generating youth player heights to create more realistic prospect profiles.

Improved the selection experience when browsing player items in the New Releases tab.

Fixed various instances of misaligned text throughout the Clubs mode.