EA FC 25 Shapeshifters release date, leaks, predictions and expected FUT content
After six weeks of the TOTS promo, EA Sports is giving Ultimate Team a refresh by releasing the EA FC 25 Shapeshifters promo later this week.
After releasing league-specific TOTS squads over the last six weeks, EA Sports made sure the EA FC 25 TOTS promo ended on a high by releasing the Ultimate TOTS squad in Ultimate Team last week, re-releasing the best players from all of the TOTS squads. But, the power curve is changing in Ultimate Team once again, with EA now set to release the first EA FC 25 Shapeshifters squad.
Shapeshifters has been a major promo in Ultimate Team for a few years now, with the promo featuring huge stat upgrades and wild position changes like goalkeepers at striker. The Ultimate Team season refreshed at the beginning of June, and it gave us our first look at Shapeshifters in EA FC 25, including the official card design.
Here's everything we know about the upcoming EA FC 25 Shapeshifters promo, including the release date, leaks, our predictions for who will appear, and expected Ultimate Team content.
EA FC 25 Shapeshifters release date
The EA FC 25 Shapeshifters release date will be Friday, June 13 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST. The Shapeshifters promo is expected to last a few weeks in Ultimate Team, so we should get a Team 2 squad to replace Team 1 on Friday, June 20.
EA FC 25 Shapeshifters leaks
Leaker @AsyFutTrader has started to reveal the first bits about the Shapeshifters promo, including the first player leak, with Icon Diego Maradona set to be released as part of the Shapeshifters Team 1 squad. The leaker has also revealed that the first 98-rated players of EA FC 25 Ultimate Team will arrive during Shapeshifters, showing just how big this promo is going to be.
EA FC 25 Shapeshifters predictions
This is who we think will be included in the Shapeshifters Team 1 squad. These players are just predictions, as are the player ratings.
LW: Diego Maradona (Shapeshifters Icon) - 98 OVR
ST: Zinedine Zidane (Shapeshifters Icon) - 98 OVR
CAM: Garrincha (Shapeshifters Icon) - 97 OVR
RB: Emilio Butragueno (Shapeshifters Icon) - 96 OVR
CM: Hernan Crespo (Shapeshifters Icon) - 94 OVR
ST: Maicon (Shapeshifters Hero) - 97 OVR
RW: Tim Howard (Shapeshifters Hero) - 95 OVR
ST: Laura Georges (Shapeshifters Hero) - 94 OVR
CB: Rodri (Manchester City) - 98 OVR
ST: Wendie Renard (Lyon Women) - 96 OVR
CDM: Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) - 96 OVR
ST: Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) - 96 OVR
LW: Martin Odegaard (Arsenal) - 95 OVR
RW: Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) - 95 OVR
ST: Takumi Minamino (Monaco) - 95 OVR
CAM: Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) - 94 OVR
CB: Kyle Walker (Milan) - 94 OVR
LM: Fabinho (Al Ittihad) - 94 OVR
RW: Wilfred Zaha (Charlotte) - 94 OVR
With Shapeshifters also being the first promo to include five PlayStyle Plus', we expect a handful of the Icons and Heroes included to receive this.
EA FC 25 Shapeshifters expected content
Shapeshifters is likely to offer a host of amazing position-changing Evolutions, so expect to see some of these released over the next few weeks. Big player SBCs will also go live, while some cool Objectives may be released as well.
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