TOTW 1 ○ Last year, EA released their first TOTW on the 21st of September. This was one day after the release of the web app. This year, it doesn’t appear that there will be any platform up and running at the launch of this potential TOTW (Web app or EA Access). While this doesn’t necessarily mean EA can’t release this TOTW for FIFA 18, it does make it a bit awkward. In the same vein, it would be a bit awkward to not have a TOTW in packs for EA Access and the start of the Icon and Ronaldo release.

Launch of Squad Battles

○ Under the same reasoning as the challenges, our guess is that EA will have squad battles ready to try in some fashion for EA Access. The only tricky thing here could be the reward system. Essentially a single player version of FUT Champs, we are not yet sure how long the ranking window will be (equivalent to the weekend we had this past year to play 40 games). While it would certainly be a bummer for EA Access members if they weren’t able to try out one of this year’s headline new features, EA might prefer to kick things off at the full launch.