Players will only be EAFC 24 Coins able to preview packs that are purchased directly with FC Coins of FC Points, packs that are earned as rewards from various events such as Division Rivals will still have their contents hidden..

The changes were detailed in depth over at Eurogamer, who also explain that pack previews do not apply to time limited packs or limited quantity packs.

Earlier in the year, a report filed by at the universities of Plymouth and Wolverhampton found strong links between loot boxes and gambling.

The research concluded that loot boxes were 20tructurally and psychologically akin to gambling21.

The investigation was commissioned commissioned by the charity GambleAware, and compiles existing research which examines the strength of links between loot boxes and gambling style behaviour.

This update follows a change that was made to FC 24 in early May, which made it so that players were able to purchase individual pieces of cosmetics without needing to purchase loot boxes.

The FC 21 Ultimate Team store was updated on May 1 to include new home and away kits, a stadium theme and more, as individual purchases.

EA has earned over £1.15billion (US$1.62billion) revenue in the 2021 financial year, thanks to the Ultimate Team offerings in FC 24, Madden NFL 21 and NHL 24.

Kiyan Prince has been added to 'FC 24' 15 years after his death

A teen footballer who was murdered in 2006 has been added to FC 21 in a joint collaboration between EA, Queen Park Rangers, and the Kiyan Prince Foundation.

Kiyan Prince, who was a youth footballer at Queen Park Rangers, died while trying to break up a fight at his school in Edgware in 2006.

To honour Prince, and to bring awareness to the effects of knife crime, Prince is being added to FC 21 on the 15th anniversary of his buy Fut 24 Coins death. He will appear in game as a 30-year-old, playing for QPR.