FIFA 21 demo canceled: EA explain why they scrapped franchise tradition EA SPORTSEA SPORTS have announced they will not be releasing a FIFA 21 demo this year, despite the publisher\u2019s tradition of dropping a \u2018try-before-you-buy\u2019 tester for the football title ahead of every modern release in the FIFA franchise. The shock decision not to ship an early demonstration version of the 2020 game is due, in part, to EA\u2019s crunch-time rush on getting the main game ready. The team will be focusing on FIFA 21\u2019s final development steps, EA revealed. \u201cWe aren\u2019t releasing a demo for FIFA 21,\u201d the publishers announced on Sep 21. \u201cInstead we\u2019ve made the decision to focus our development team\u2019s time on delivering the best full game experience for current and next-gen consoles.\u201d FIFA 21 will still have a form of early access, however; players will be able to get their hands on the 2020 release ten days early through EA Play. We aren’t releasing a demo for FIFA 21. Instead we’ve made the decision to focus our development team’s time on delivering the best full game experience for current & next-gen consoles. We look forward to EA PLAY members jumping in 10 days from now and launching the game Oct 9. \u2014 EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) September 21, 2020 The demo\u2019s cancellation comes after FIFA 21 was already delayed multiple times behind the scenes in the build-up to release. The new FIFA title was originally penned in for a September release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It was held back due to development problems caused by the ongoing global pandemic. EA\u2019s decision to can the FIFA 21 demo marks the first time in the franchise\u2019s modern history that it will launch without a tester version. FIFA\u2019s trial demos are usually made available three to four weeks before the official title release date. FIFA demos give players the chance to play kick-offs matches with some of the highest-rated clubs. Last year players could choose between Liverpool, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Tottenham, and Borussia Dortmund. The 2020 demo may have been canceled, but FIFA 21\u2019s early access model \u2014 which recently was renamed to \u201cEA Play\u201d \u2014 is still full steam ahead. FIFA fans can access the title over a week early through EA Play, and have 10 hours to play the full game. EA Play is expected to be released on October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FIFA 21 demo canceled: EA explain why they scrapped franchise tradition EA SPORTSEA SPORTS have announced they will not be releasing a FIFA 21 demo this year, despite the publisher\u2019s tradition of dropping a \u2018try-before-you-buy\u2019 tester for the football title ahead of every modern release in the FIFA franchise. The shock decision not to ship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}