FIFA 21

Lore & Background

The story of VOLTA 21 is the continuation of the story of Revvy as they continue their career journey as a street footballer, taking part in a tournament in São Paulo hosted by Kaká. After Revvy's team win, Kaká invites Revvy's teammate Kotaro Tokuda to a tournament in Dubai as his team's captain. Revvy and his teammates are jealous, but Beatriz Villanova – Alex Hunter's agent – has set up a series of matches against the teams in the tournament around the world in the hopes that beating them would secure Revvy's team a place in the tournament, at the expense of one of the other teams, with the agreement being Revvy will have to pay her back if his team make it to Dubai. Revvy's team travels to Paris, where they face Lisa Zimouche and her team. After defeating Lisa's team, they continue their journey to Sydney, where they face Edward Van Gils, before travelling to Milan. After winning their matches in Paris, Sydney, and Milan, Revvy's team are invited to the tournament. Upon arrival, Beatriz informs the team that the teams would be managed by legendary former footballers – those Managers being Zidane, Henry, Kaká, and Lampard. Revvy chooses Henry as his team's Manager. The team go on to win the tournament, defeating Kaká's team in the final. Revvy's team then plays an exhibition match against a team consisting of the legendary players.

In Their Own Story

The stadium lights hum to life over a rain-slicked pitch. In the booth, a player's thumb finds the familiar groove of the controller, the same one worn smooth by two thousand hours. On screen, the crowd is a wall of noise compressed into a low, rolling thunder. The ball sits on the penalty spot. The keeper shuffles left, then right. The striker takes three steps back, plants the non-kicking foot, and swings. The net ripples. In a dorm room in Lisbon, in a kitchen in Lagos, in a living room in Osaka, a million other strikers are taking the same step at the same moment, each one a small, private ritual. The season resets in forty-eight hours. The squad will be different. The hands will be the same.

Reader's Guide

Ultimate Team features 100 icon players, including 11 new names: Eric Cantona, Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Samuel Eto'o, Philipp Lahm, Ferenc Puskás, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Davor Šuker, Fernando Torres, Nemanja Vidić, and Xavi all feature as icons for the first time. Ultimate Team sees the addition of a co-op gameplay feature in the form of Division Rivals, Squad Battles and Friendlies with a friend online to unlock objectives and rewards. The Top 100 has been expanded to Top 200 in FUT Champions. 30 matches in Division Rivals contribute to their weekly rating. Fitness and training consumable items have been removed from the game. Healing items have been simplified to just gold common and rare items. Career Mode sees new additions including a revamped interactive match simulation mode, a new and improved training system, new stats such as match fitness and growth, an improved youth academy system, more transfer options such as loan to buy deals, and enhanced opposition AI. Volta Football returns with gameplay improvements and introduces new playing modes such as The Debut, featuring Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Kaká and Frank Lampard. Volta Football also features Volta Squads and Feature Battles mode, with five new locations (Dubai, Milan, Paris, São Paulo and Sydney) and the VOLTA Stadium.

Did You Know?

• The online servers for the Stadia version were shut down on 18 January 2023, while servers for all other platforms were shut down on 6 November 2023.
• Juventus, Roma, River Plate, Boca Juniors and Corinthians are not featured in FIFA 21 and instead appear as Piemonte Calcio, Roma FC, Nuñez, Buenos Aires and Oceânico FC respectively.
• Elland Road, home of Leeds United, was not originally included at launch but was added in February 2021.
• Zlatan Ibrahimović announced in November 2020 that he was not pleased with the usage of his likeness and intended to take legal actions against EA Sports.