Most of the recent news revolving around FUT has not been good for the franchise. Earlier this year, EA Sports confirmed that an investigation was underway looking into EA FC 24 Coins accusations that a company employee was selling rare FUT cards to gamers for real money. Not long after that, leaked internal EA documents showed how the game developer wanted to push players to spend more money on the mode through loot boxes.

The company's clearly outlined goal was to incentivize its players to use FUT and to funnel them from other game modes to the one deemed to be the game's cornerstone. One does not have to spend money in FUT, however, and can instead achieve similar results by doing extreme amounts of grinding.

Eurogamer reported on the findings of Ukraine business newspaper Delo, who investigated the Security Service of Ukraine's claim that it recently shut down a warehouse where cryptocurrency mining was taking place using PS4s. Delo eventually discovered, however, that the main purpose of the 3.800-console operation was actually grinding EA Sports FC's Ultimate Team mode in order to later sell the accounts on the black market. Other devices were found inside the warehouse that could indicate crypto mining was also taking place there as well. Delo claimed the Security Service of Ukraine refused to comment on the revelation.

EA Sports FC's Ultimate Team black market has become massive over the years in spite of EA's efforts to stop it. Eurogamer pointed out that many avenues outside of those controlled by the game developer exist for players to buy and sell FUT content. It is a problem that does not seem to be going away from EA anytime soon.

The money problems EA faces revolving around FUT clearly indicate just how big of an issue the mode has become, but unfortunately, it does not appear the game developer ever intends on changing its practices. Even though some countries around the world are starting to ban loot boxes, EA continues to make so much money off of them that in spite of the bans it has shifted EA Sports FC's focus to them. Ultimate Team mode will continue to be a source of controversy until it no longer financially benefits the gaming giant.

For FC 24. realism appears to be everything. The soccer simulation has received criticism over the years for its annual releases not pushing the envelope enough, but after spending just a few minutes watching gameplay from the newest iteration in the franchise, that concern is unfounded for its upcoming launch. FC 24 harnesses some impressive motion capture technology in the form of Hypermotion, which lends itself well to creating the most organic EA Sports FC presentation ever.

A July gameplay trailer for FC 24 already touched on Hypermotion, which was implemented by collecting some of the world's best soccer players and getting them to play an 11-on-11 match wearing Xsens suits. These suits enable motion capture in an actual in-game, on-pitch environment for the first time in the series, which in turn means player movement and behavior is much more realistic thanks to it being recorded in a more natural setting for those involved.

In a private preview presentation, Screen Rant was given access to a lengthy example of FC 24 gameplay, which demonstrated some of cheap EAFC 24 Coins the major advancements that Hypermotion allows for. Most notably for fans of the sport and its biggest personalities, player mannerisms are far more believable than they've been in the past, even as recently as FC 24. Gone are the days of four players robotically moving in unison to mark their opponents on a break - even in these situations, stars make the small, subtle movements that are recognizable during a real-life broadcast.