EA Sports FC 27 adds The Grounds open-world mode, which plays more like a fighting-game lobby

EA Sports FC 27 introduces The Grounds, an open-world mode where up to 100 players share three areas linked by a central plaza, including a French cage pitch, Argentine street-football buildings, and British red-brick streets. After playing it on PS5, the author says it feels closer to a fighting-game lobby, with 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 small-sided matches plus mini-games like dribble contests, a four-player obstacle race, and target shooting, though whether it changes the series remains uncertain. Other changes include setting corner power and placement before switching to a box player, a multi-stage transfer process that can be hijacked, and a UT collection hall that records cards you once owned.