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EA's second iteration of their "FIFA Mobile" title appears imminent. Whether that's days or weeks, with the market closed on Season One for maintenance and all the major plans in-game set to expire November 1st, unless those are extended with a server side change/content update, it would seem we're likely to be getting an updated version of the game as soon as the next week or so.

On Saturday, a few intrepid minds on the social media site Twitter realized that EA had a bit prematurely uploaded a screen shot of the new home screen from the updated game in a support article.

The updated visuals are sharp. It looks to be a notable desgin progression from the now over a year old menus from Season 1. And there's also a certain vibe in line with EA's other mobile titles, most notably the updated 2018 version of Madden for mobile devices.

But what about the bigger takeaways? What did we learn from the admittedly modest reveal late Friday/early Saturday?

Stamina stacks

If you've played Madden, you're already familiar with this. When you obtain stamina as a result of say completing a daily achievement or activity, instead of the bar maxing out at 30 and not going any higher as was the case in Season 1, stamina will now go beyond your "cap" and not deplete/refill until you've used all your excess.

It's a really great way to equip yourself for long grinds when necessary. And certainly a welcome and fun addition to FIFA.

New formations?

This one is a bit more of a logical leap, but "4-3-3 Attack" wasn't a formation we saw in S1. "4-3-3 Wing Attack" was, however. Is this just the former rebranded? Or could it mean we're looking at some additional formations to mix things up in the new version of the game?

We already knew the game would be going to 11 man squads instead of the 27 ones we'd grown accustomed to over the year. It will be interesting to see if that coincides with some new tactical options as well.

The Market looks locked at launch

This one is trickier to navigate. If you look above, you certainly see the individual appears to be making their way through a "Training camp" Campaign, part of the new Campaigns feature. Will you be able to access the transfer market when you're done with all nine (evidently) training nodes? Will the market maybe not be open to anyone for a couple weeks into the game? Or perhaps, will you have to level your squad up to a certain threshold in order to access the market?

If you notice in the screenshot at the top of this post, the person taking the capture is only Level 1. Maybe you have to get to Level 2, or 4, or 5 or some such in order to gain access to buying and selling players. Given that it looks to be that Events require you to reach Level 2 to unlock and Level 4 for Leagues, requiring players to reach something like Level 3-5 to get to the market would certainly make sense. We'll have to see when the game is released sometime in the hopefully not too distant future to know for certain.

Nothing ground breaking perhaps, but the revelations certainly means we're one step closer to FIFA Mobile Season 2 launch, be it in a couple of days or a couple of weeks. What are you most excited about in FIFA Mobile Season 2 from what you've seen so far?