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New FIFA 21 FUT Preview Packs will show which items are included before you buy them


The popular FIFA 21 Ultimate Team mode will now feature Time-Limited FUT Preview Packs that will show players which items are included before buying.

The FIFA 21 Ultimate Team game mode features loot-box style FIFA Packs, that can be opened by purchasing FIFA Points with real money. Loot boxes are a feature within video games that involve opening a mystery box or pack, that can be obtained through the use of in-game currency or real-life money. When opened in FIFA Ultimate Team, the loot boxes or packs contain a random collection of in-game player items.

That is, until now. Because, starting Friday June 18 at 5pm BST and running for the remainder of the Festival of FUTball, EA are introducing Preview Packs.

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These packs will allow you to see all the specific Items contained within them before you need to make a decision on whether you want to buy the pack with FUT Coins or FIFA Points. But, you can only preview one pack every 24 hours with the new Preview Pack feature.

Preview Packs will be the only pack type available in the FUT Store during this time, at the end of the campaign other pack types will return.

For the remainder of the Festival of FUTball campaign, all FUT Packs available for purchase in the FUT Store will be Preview Packs.

While the names of the Packs will likely be familiar, they will work differently to the Packs you’ve experienced before. Preview Packs will allow you to see the specific Items in that Pack, before you decide if you want to buy the Pack.

Packs not directly obtained from the FUT Store, such as rewards from Division Rivals, or earned from an Objective or SBC will not be Preview Packs, and will continue to function as they do now.

If you choose to buy a Preview Pack, with either FUT Coins or FIFA Points, you will go through a new in-game flow. This flow will show you the specific Items that are within the pack before you are given the option to obtain it.

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For the remainder of the Festival of FUTball campaign, all FUT Packs available for purchase in the FUT Store will be Preview Packs.
For the remainder of the Festival of FUTball campaign, all FUT Packs available for purchase in the FUT Store will be Preview Packs.

This is how Preview Packs work:

  1. In the FUT Store, you can select a Preview Pack to preview its contents. It’s important to remember that by previewing a pack, you are not yet making a decision to use FUT Coins or FIFA Points to buy the pack. Note the highlighted sections below, which signal that the pack you are selecting is a Preview Pack.
  2. Once you have selected to preview the pack, you will see the pack opening animation, which you can watch or skip.
  3. After the pack opening animation, you will be shown all of the Items contained in the pack, allowing you to review them in full. At this point you still have not chosen if you want to buy the pack or made a decision about using FUT Coins or FIFA Points.
  4. If you decide that you want to buy the pack you can now do so by pressing the appropriate button as highlighted in the screen below.
  5. If you decide you want the pack, and select “Buy Pack”, you will be given one final prompt asking you to confirm your purchase and choose whether to use FUT Coins or FIFA Points
  6. If you decide not to buy the pack, you will see that previewed pack remains in the store, where it is now on a refresh timer, as highlighted in the below screen. This timer has to expire before you will be able to preview another pack of the same type.
  7. 7. If you choose to, you can view a previously previewed pack again to review its contents and you will continue to have the option to buy that pack as long as the preview is still active and Preview Packs are still available in the FUT Store, with a couple of exceptions.
  8. 8. If the refresh timer is still active you can either: Buy the pack. You will then have the ability to immediately preview another, if one is available. or wait for the refresh timer to expire. You will then have the ability to preview another, if one is available.
In the FUT Store, you can select a Preview Pack to preview its contents. It’s important to remember that by previewing a pack, you are not yet making a decision to use FUT Coins or FIFA Points to buy the pack
In the FUT Store, you can select a Preview Pack to preview its contents. It’s important to remember that by previewing a pack, you are not yet making a decision to use FUT Coins or FIFA Points to buy the pack

Time Limited Packs: In FUT, some pack offers are available for a limited time. Preview Pack refresh timers will not show in the scenario where the pack’s time limit ends ahead of the pack’s refresh window. If the pack’s time limit has expired, you will no longer be able to buy that pack. These time limits are indicated by the “Pack Expires In” counter.

Limited Quantity Packs: In FUT, some packs are available in limited quantities. If all of the available packs in a global limit were bought before you made the decision to buy the pack you will not be able to buy that pack. These limits are indicated by the “Packs Remaining” counter.

Research commissioned by the GambleAware charity found that of the 93% of children who play video games, up to 40% opened loot boxes and that 12 out of 13 studies on the topic have established “unambiguous” connections to problem gambling behaviour.

In 2018, Belgium banned loot boxes after the Belgium Gaming Commission found that they are “in violation of gambling legislation”.

The UK government is reviewing evidence on loot boxes, which will be considered in the review of the Gambling Act 2005.

EA previously told Mirror Football that they disagree that there is a gambling element in FIFA.

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“We also firmly disagree that FIFA or any of our games involve gambling. Regulators in multiple countries around the world have stated publicly that where there is no cashout method, loot boxes do not constitute gambling.”

FIFA 21 is out now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, with FIFA 21 next-gen also available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

Players who have purchased one of the new next-generation consoles including the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and who have already previously purchased FIFA 21 on their older consoles, can now upgrade to FIFA 21 next-gen for free through Dual Entitlement.

Players can also carry over their progress and content in Ultimate Team and Volta Football in FIFA 21.





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