EA Sports FC (FIFA) Safety Guide for Parents

Myth: EA Sports FC's all-ages PEGI rating means the whole game, including Ultimate Team, is fine for young children.

Fact: The all-ages rating covers the core football simulation, not Ultimate Team's randomised card packs — and PEGI's own rules changed in June 2026 to require a minimum PEGI 16 rating for any newly-classified game with paid random items. That makes EA Sports FC 27, due for release in late September 2026, the first game in the franchise not classified for all ages — its Ultimate Team packs push it to a PEGI 16 rating. Older instalments your child may already own keep their original all-ages rating, so it's worth checking which version is actually installed.

Myth: Because pack-opening looks like gambling, there's a legal age check stopping a child buying FC Points or packs.

Fact: Loot boxes such as FUT packs are still not classed as gambling under UK law — the government confirmed this position again in a review in early 2026 — so there is no statutory age check on the purchase itself. From 2026, UK advertising rules require games to clearly disclose that loot boxes are present in app store listings, but that's a disclosure duty, not a purchase restriction; stopping a child spending is down to the console or account-level controls you set yourself.

Myth: As long as my child only spends in-game FIFA Coins, not real money, there's no real risk.

Fact: The pack itself works the same whichever currency buys it, so the random-reward cycle regulators are concerned about applies to coin-bought packs too. The bigger practical risk with coins is buying or selling them through third-party websites, which breaks EA's rules and is a common scam route — fake sites, 'comfort trades' that hand over account access, and coin wipes or bans if EA's systems flag the account. Packs and points should only come from EA's own store or the console marketplace.