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How the World Is Showing Up for The Club Through the First 25 Days of Worldwide Launch for EA SPORTS FC™ 25
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) revealed how fans have engaged with EA SPORTS FC™ 25 from early access
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[{"type":"text","content":" REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) revealed how fans have engaged with EA SPORTS FC™ 25 from early access through the first 25 days of its worldwide launch on September 27*.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241030893327/en/How the World is Playing FC 25 - Comprehensive (Graphic: Business Wire)\nA global community of players from 200+ nations have played over 1.7 billion matches across all modes and scored a cumulative total of 4.3 billion goals to-date, with Real Madrid as the most selected men’s football team, and FC Barcelona as the most selected women’s football team.\n\nThe Spanish club rivalry contributed to El Clásico and the Women’s Clásico as the most popular in-game matchups across men’s and women’s football, respectively, with Real Madrid notably featured across the top three of the most popular men’s football matchups.\n\n\n\nMost Popular Matchups - Men\n\n\n\nMost Popular Matchups - Women\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReal Madrid vs. FC Barcelona\n\n\nManchester City vs. Real Madrid\n\n\nReal Madrid vs. Real Madrid\n\n\n\n\n\nReal Madrid vs. FC Barcelona\n\n\nArsenal vs. Chelsea\n\n\nChelsea vs. FC Barcelona\n\n\n\n\n\n“It’s been a month since we invited the world to play EA SPORTS FC™ 25 and the community response has been amazing, with nearly 300 million matches played of our new 5v5 Rush social experience and matches with friends doubling year over year in Ultimate Team,” said John Shepherd, VP, EA SPORTS FC. “Our team is incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved with FC 25, and we look forward to delivering a great experience throughout the rest of the season.”\n\nNew to EA SPORTS FC™ 25, the Rush 5v5 experience has contributed to nearly 300 million Rush games played in total, with over 277 million matches played in the Nike Air Zoom Arena, a digital-only stadium that is the exclusive home of Rush matches in Ultimate Team™ and Clubs. Within Ultimate Team™ Rush, Andreu Fontàs Prat and Patricia Guijarro Gutiérrez have been the most-selected men’s and women’s football player items, respectively. With its fluid positioning, social play features, and seamless integration across all core modes in FC 25, Rush offers a new way to play and win together with friends.\n\nEA SPORTS FC™ 25 includes more than 120 real-worl...