{"id":8193,"date":"2026-04-16T00:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2127063"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:39:27","slug":"surprise-ea-launches-fifa-21-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-and-s-free-upgrade-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/surprise-ea-launches-fifa-21-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-and-s-free-upgrade-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! 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On PS5 you&#8217;re looking at a download of around 50GB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-02-surprise-ea-launches-fifa-21-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-and-s-free-upgrade-early\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-02-surprise-ea-launches-fifa-21-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-and-s-free-upgrade-early\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA Sports has surprise launched the FIFA 21 PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S free upgrade a day before the next-gen version goes on sale on 4th December. The upgrade lets existing FIFA 21 players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One upgrade to their respective next-gen console versions. To get the next-gen version, log into your PS5 or Xbox Series X or S with the platform account associated with your last-gen copy of FIFA 21, pop over to your game library, and you should see the icon for the free PS5 upgrade. Buy this (it should be free) and then you can download the next-gen version. On PS5 you&#8217;re looking at a download of around 50GB. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Surprise! 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