FC 24 is the first game in the franchise to EAFC 24 Coins be the UK’s Christmas Number One Game since FC 14 with the 2009 and 2007 editions also topping the chart. Last year’s Number One was Assassin Creed Valhalla and the one before was Call Of Duty: Warzone.
You can see the complete list of Christmas Number One titles below, via an image created by GFK.
Perhaps the most surprising entry is the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire game, which topped the charts in 2005. As one Twitter user put it, 20Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is the Mad World by Gary Jules of this Christmas number one list21.
FC 23 was released at the start of October and featured “the biggest animation refresh in FC history,” thanks to their use of Hypermotion Technology.
In a four-star review of the game, NME’s Adam Cook said: 20Once in a generation, EA Sports goes to town on it’s popular FC series. You know: it really puts the work in, tries to change things up and puts out a game that, in the moment, feels unbeatable. It will include moments that feel like they are taken directly from a Sky Sports broadcast, but also evoke memories of a kickabout down the park with mates. FC 23 is that game.21
20It’s a comfort to know that the first fully new-generation game from EA Sports is such a triumph, and I look forward to getting roundly trounced online in the near FCure.21
'FC 23' Ultimate Team Icon shirts are now available at Sports Direct
Fans of FC 23 can now pick up exact replicas of in-game kits from sporting good retailer Sports Direct.
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EA Sports and Sports Direct have teamed up to provide replica shirts available now. The shirts are available in both home (white) and away (black) with the gold patterns seen in FC Ultimate Team.
The shirts are available exclusively at Sports Direct, either online or in-store. The shirts cost £14.99 for junior sizes and £19.99 for adults. Fans will also personalise their shirts with their name or gamertag and a two-digit number. Those who visit the Sport Direct flagship store in Oxford Street can use buy Fut 24 Coins additional characters to include longer gamertags.
