The beautiful game of football has returned under the new EA Sports FC 24 franchise. Early access is now out, but, rather than spending an obscene amount of money, you can easily turn the EA Play 10-hour trial into 20 hours while waiting for the Standard edition release date.
EA Sports FC 24 is now available in many different formats. The Web App is free to use online to manage and build your Ultimate Team, and the Companion App is available to download on mobile for iOS and Android, too. Both of these services allow you to fulfill every football fan’s lifelong dream of becoming a manager as surely we can all do better than the pros such as Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta, and Erik Ten Hag. While these apps allow you to manage and construct your Ultimate Team, you can actually play online with your squad in the EA Play 10-hour trial.
How to get EA Sports FC 24 EA Play 10-hour trial
The EA Sports FC 24 EA Play 10-hour trial is available on both PlayStation and Xbox.
Just like the new football installment from Electronic Arts, it is available on both last and current-gen, meaning PS4 and Xbox One, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
To get access to the 10-hour trial, you must subscribe to EA Play for £3.99/$4.99 a month or £19.99/$29.99 a year. Then all you need to do is download EA Sports FC 24 from either the PSN or Microsoft store depending on your platform.
The demo is only 10 hours long, but, if you’re on current-gen, you can get 20 hours quite easily.
How to turn EA Sports FC 24 EA Play 10 hour trial into 20 hours
You can only turn the EA Sports FC 24 EA Play 10-hour trial into 20 hours if you are on current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Basically, if you are on a current-gen console, you have the ability to play both the PS4 and PS5 versions of EA Sports FC 24 and the same for Xbox with Xbox One and Series X/S. So, once you’ve finished your 10-hour trial for PS5 and Series X/S, all you need to do is download the 10-hour trial for PS4 and Xbox One version of the game.
It’s that simple. Of course, this trick is not available on both PS4 and Xbox because PS4 and Xbox One consoles cannot play PS5 and Xbox Series X/S games.
This is the perfect workaround for fans who don’t want to spend an obscene amount of money on seven days of early access. However, if you are on PC, you can subscribe to EA Play Pro for £14.99/ $14.99 a month or £89.99/$99.99 a year and get the Ultimate edition for free.
Standard edition release date
The release date for the Standard edition of EA Sports FC 24 is September 29th.
If this is the version you are waiting for, you can get early access from September 28th without spending an extra penny by using the New Zealand release time trick. Below are the pre-order bonuses and prices for every edition (via the PSN store):
Standard edition – £69.99:
- Cover Star Loan Player Item
- Male Ambassador Loan Item
- Female Ambassador Loan Item
- Clubs PlayStyles Slot
- Player Career Personality Points
- Manager Career 5-Star Coach
Ultimate edition – £99.99:
- EA Sports FC 24 PS4 and PS5, Xbox One and Series X/S
- Up to 7 Days of Early Access
- 4600 FC Points
- Nike Ultimate Team™ Campaign
- Nike Ultimate Team™ Loan & Kit
- TOTW 1 Ultimate Team™ Player
- All Standard Edition incentives
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