Just like the clocks going back as we draw towards the end of the year, we are at the point where the new version of EAFC is about to drop. It’s as poetically regular these days as the leaves falling from the trees.
If you have been cajoled into paying for the Ultimate version, you get some early access time to begin building your Ultimate Team and trying to get an edge over the competition, but whatever the version you plumped for, the times are now available when EA FC26 will be unleashed into the wild for you to get stuck into.
To make it easy to see when the game goes live in your region, you can use our handy alphabetical table below.
The PC version is available before the console version, but in the main, it’s probably the console version you are here for, so make a note and get ready to kick off for another season.
| Early Access Launch Times | |
|---|---|
| Console – September 19 | |
| AEST (Sydney) | 10:00 PM |
| CEST | 2:00 PM |
| ET (Eastern Time) | 8:00 AM |
| IST (India) | 5:30 PM |
| JST (Japan) | 9:00 PM |
| PT (Pacific Time) | 5:00 AM |
| UTC | 12:00 PM |
| PC – September 18 | |
| AEST (Sydney) | 10:00 PM |
| CEST | 2:00 PM |
| ET (Eastern Time) | 8:00 AM |
| IST (India) | 5:30 PM |
| JST (Japan) | 9:00 PM |
| PT (Pacific Time) | 5:00 AM |
| UTC | 12:00 PM |
| Global Launch Times | |
|---|---|
| Console – September 26 | |
| AEST (Sydney) | 10:00 PM |
| CEST | 2:00 PM |
| ET (Eastern Time) | 8:00 AM |
| IST (India) | 5:30 PM |
| JST (Japan) | 9:00 PM |
| PT (Pacific Time) | 5:00 AM |
| UTC | 12:00 PM |
| PC – September 25 | |
| AEST (Sydney) | 10:00 PM |
| CEST | 2:00 PM |
| ET (Eastern Time) | 8:00 AM |
| IST (India) | 5:30 PM |
| JST (Japan) | 9:00 PM |
| PT (Pacific Time) | 5:00 AM |
| UTC | 12:00 PM |
Last Updated On: Sep 17, 2025 1:57 pm CEST