Each autumn, the ritual returns: football fans set down their scarves and pick up their controllers, and Electronic Arts meets them there with a world rebuilt in pixels. EA Sports FC 27, launching September 25, 2026, arrives as perhaps the most geographically ambitious edition yet — 21,000 licensed players, 35 leagues, and 140 authentic stadiums spanning continents and competitions that most fans will only ever know through a screen. It is a product, yes, but also a mirror held up to the global reach of the beautiful game.