EA FC 25 patch notes – passing, heading and PlayStyles upgraded in Season Finale update

The latest, and potentially final, set of EA FC 25 patch notes has been released by EA Sports, with some big gameplay changes being made in EA FC 25 Title Update 15.

As comes to a close, has revealed a new set of patch notes for players to feast their eyes on, with making some of the biggest changes we've seen since . Titled the 'Season Finale Update', the latest set of EA FC 25 patch notes are focused on making changes to gameplay based on community feedback, specifically to passing, heading, and goalkeeping.

Along with the gameplay changes, some updates have been made to Ultimate Team, Career Mode, and the main menu, while the have also been revealed. These are the EA FC 25 patch notes for EA FC 25 Title Update 15: Season Finale.

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EA FC 25 Title Update 15 patch notes

EA announced EA FC 25 Title Update 15 in the , and by the title, it seems safe to say that this could be the last major update of EA FC 25 as EA starts to turn its attention towards EA FC 26.

The biggest change in the update has been to the gameplay, with a big fix being made to ground passing, meaning players with high passing stats will be able to complete ground passes more regularly, regardless of PlayStyles. We've recently spoken about how , so it's good to see EA also noticing these issues.

Heading has also been improved in Title Update 15, and this was a much-needed change, with headers almost useless when trying to score goals. Goalkeepers, specifically goalkeepers with the Rush Out PlayStyle have also been nerfed, and in Ultimate Team, the maximum number of PlayStyles has been increased to five, the biggest it's ever been.

EA FC 25 Title Update 15 is live now on , , and . Here are the EA FC 25 Title Update 15 patch notes in full:

Gameplay Updates Improving Ground Passes For Skilled Passers

In the Season Finale Update, we’ve made the following passing change based on your feedback:

• Moderately increased Ground Pass accuracy for players with high Passing-related Attributes. This change does not impact Driven Ground Passes.

With this change, we’re looking to reduce the gap between players who can be excellent passers thanks to their high passing-related Attributes, and players who have passing-related PlayStyles. We want both types of players to be able to perform great passes.

Of course, passing is still impacted by everything you’d expect, including clean inputs and defensive pressure on the passer. We want passing to feel authentic in FC 25, and we want players who pass the ball well in real life to pass it well in our game too.

Reduced GK Rush Out PlayStyle Effectiveness

We’ve tweaked goalkeepers in the Season Finale Update based on your feedback:

• Slightly reduced the rate of acceleration for goalkeepers with the Rush Out PlayStyle+.
• Significantly reduced the rate of acceleration for goalkeepers with the Rush Out PlayStyle.

We’ve seen and heard from you that the keepers with the Rush Out PlayStyle+ were overly effective at closing down attackers. Naturally, we don’t want to take away the ability of goalkeepers to rush incoming attackers, but with this change, our goal is to create more balanced one-on-one situations and encourage a wider variety of defensive strategies.

Improving Header Accuracy

We’ve seen your feedback about wanting headers to be a more viable attacking option, so we made the following change:

• Slightly increased the accuracy of headers performed by the shooting input.

While nobody wants every single header to be a goal, we’ve seen the need for increasing the effectiveness of headers in FC 25. As always, we’ll continue to look at your feedback on headers and all other gameplay aspects of FC 25.

Ultimate Team Updates Season 8 And A New Premium Pass

It’s almost time for Season 8 in FUT, and it’ll be kicking off on Thursday, June 5. The new season also brings a brand new Premium Pass to FC 25, and we’ve listed everything you can expect from it below.

We have updated our Playstyle+ Evolution Consumables requirements for Season 8!

• In the Standard Ladder, the requirements for the Playstyle+ Evolutions will be: Max 95 OVR, Max 9 Playstyles, Max 3 Playstyle+.
• In the Premium Pass, the requirements for the Playstyle+ Evolutions will be: Max 96 OVR, Max 9 Playstyles, Max 3 Playstyle+.

If you want to know about the Season Pass and how it works in-game, be sure to check out our complete with an FAQ section.

Increased Maximum Amount Of PlayStyle+ Assignments

With the Season Finale Update, Player Items can now have up to five PlayStyle+ in Ultimate Team.

We’re making this update so we can provide you with a larger variety of Player Items going forward. You may notice that you can now gain up to a maximum of five new PlayStyle+ as rewards through Evolutions, or certain Player Items show more PlayStyle+ UI indicators.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that every Player Item with multiple PlayStyles+ will have five of them, it just means that five is the new max.

Career Mode, Main Menu, And More

As part of the Season Finale Update, we’re adding the final set of Live Start Points for FC 25, plus you can now play as the following ICONs in Player Career:

• Birgit Prinz
• George Best
• Johan Cruyff
• Garrincha

In Manager Career, you will now be able to play 5v5 Youth Tournament Matches in co-op, up to four players, via the addition of the Side Select functionality.

We’ve also tweaked how match results around your club are covered in your Career Mode social media feeds, with a new and improved logic allowing you to see a refreshed Fixtures & Results UI. You can also expect a refreshed main menu, themed to match the new season.