{"id":137673,"date":"2025-09-18T03:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2139374"},"modified":"2025-09-18T03:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:58:49","slug":"fifa-scripting-lawsuit-withdrawn-after-ea-provides-detailed-technical-information-and-access-to-speak-with-our-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fifa-scripting-lawsuit-withdrawn-after-ea-provides-detailed-technical-information-and-access-to-speak-with-our-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA scripting lawsuit withdrawn after EA provides &#8220;detailed technical information and access to speak with our engineers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fifa-scripting-lawsuit-withdrawn-after-ea-provides-detailed-technical-information-and-access-to-speak-with-our-engineers.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs behind a class action lawsuit that alleged EA was secretly adjusting the difficulty of FIFA Ultimate Team to get players to spend more money on packs have withdrawn their case.<\/p>\n<p>On November 2020, three Californians said EA was secretly manipulating them in a lawsuit that revolved around a patented AI technology known as dynamic difficulty adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamic difficulty adjustment, known more commonly by FIFA players as scripting or momentum, is a technology that unfairly affects the results of matches in a bid to encourage more spending on packs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-03-fifa-scripting-lawsuit-withdrawn-after-ea-provides-plaintiffs-with-detailed-technical-information-and-access-to-speak-with-our-engineers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-03-fifa-scripting-lawsuit-withdrawn-after-ea-provides-plaintiffs-with-detailed-technical-information-and-access-to-speak-with-our-engineers\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plaintiffs behind a class action lawsuit that alleged EA was secretly adjusting the difficulty of FIFA Ultimate Team to get players to spend more money on packs have withdrawn their case. On November 2020, three Californians said EA was secretly manipulating them in a lawsuit that revolved around a patented AI technology known as dynamic difficulty adjustment. Dynamic difficulty adjustment, known more commonly by FIFA players as scripting or momentum, is a technology that unfairly affects the results of matches in a bid to encourage more spending on packs. 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