FIFA 21 Will Not Have A Demo, It Has Been Confirmed

For the first time in the franchise's modern history, it has been confirmed that there will be no demo for the upcoming release of FIFA.

EA Sports posted a statement on social media last night explaining the controversial decision, with the company ditching the feature to focus on "delivering the best full game experience for current and next-gen consoles."

FIFA 21 has already been pushed back from its usual September release date due to the coronavirus pandemic and now, fans will have to wait even longer for a taste of the action.

EA Sports

EA Sports

In a statement on Twitter, EA explained their motives behind abandoning the highly anticipated demo, which is usually made available around three to four weeks before the official title release date.

"We aren't releasing a demo for FIFA 21." they wrote. "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."

Fans had previously speculated on social media that the FIFA 21 demo would be released on September 22 based on previous editions but EA have, of course, confirmed that will not happening.

That being said, EA Play will still go ahead on October 1, giving fans 10 hours of access to the game.

Here's how social media reacted to the news.

FIFA 21 will be released worldwide on all good consoles on 9 October.

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Topics: Football News, GAMING, Football, FIFA, EA Sports, FIFA 21

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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