EA’s November FUT Developer Notes for FC 27 are out, and the headline is a promise of more rewarding Evolutions and easier access to promo cards, starting with Road to the Knockouts. On SBCs EA holds its line: the reward packs removed with Streamlined SBCs are not coming back, and no change in the notes comes with a date.
- Evolutions: EA will “explore and test” more rewarding Evos as new ones release this season
- Promo cards: access to select campaign Items is being adjusted, starting with UEFA Road to the Knockouts
- SBCs: Streamlined SBCs stay, the individual challenge packs stay gone, and their value is already counted in the price
- Duplicates: EA is looking at stopping holographic and standard versions of the same player landing together
- Champions: more coins per match already; the Token Store is being watched
- Next: a live Discord Developer Q&A on Friday 13 November at 6pm CET
What EA changes in FC 27 Ultimate Team: the summary
The notes follow the preview EA gave on 6 November, which we covered in our FUT Developer Notes preview. EA named Evolutions, SBCs and Rewards back then, and all three are in. The table below sorts every point by how firm it is.
| Topic | What EA says | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign (promo) Items | Access to select Items adjusted from Road to the Knockouts on | Confirmed |
| Evolutions | More rewarding Evos to be explored and tested through the season | Expected |
| Squad diversity | Evos, campaign access and gameplay tweaks to make more player types viable | Expected |
| Streamlined SBCs | Format stays; no plan to bring back individual challenge rewards | Confirmed |
| Holo and standard duplicates | Exploring limits on both versions appearing together | Expected |
| Champions rewards | Coins per match already raised; Token Store use is being studied | Confirmed |
None of the “Expected” lines has a date. EA describes the whole package as ongoing refinement guided by player feedback.
Promo cards: easier to get from Road to the Knockouts on
EA says its main FC 27 goal was to give earned Player Items a longer life in squads. According to the notes, players now keep cards longer between upgrades, and campaign cards pulled from packs end up in squads more often.
The other side of that feedback: players want better ways to chase the newest campaign cards. EA’s answer is to “adjust access to select Items” while keeping campaign content special, starting with UEFA Road to the Knockouts last Friday and continuing with the next campaigns.
On his stream on Wednesday, The FUT Accountant read this as higher promo odds in packs since RTTK, and pointed out how low the odds in some RTTK store packs still were. EA itself gives no numbers. Our RTTK tracker shows which of those cards have upgraded so far.
FC 27 Evolutions: “more rewarding” Evos are coming
Evolutions get the most hopeful paragraph. EA wants three equal routes to a better squad: the Transfer Market, SBCs and Evolutions. It admits Evos were hugely popular at times in FC 26, but says their flexibility makes them hard to balance against other rewards.
The conclusion in the notes is that data and feedback point to fine-tuning Evos “to be more rewarding”. Changes will be tested as new Evolutions release through the season.
Squad diversity
EA also says certain card types have become so popular that squads look more alike than intended. Three things should help:
- The Evolutions work above
- Wider access to campaign Items
- Gameplay adjustments that make more player types and playstyles effective
The gameplay part ties in with the Gameplay Developer Notes from October and Title Update 1.2.0. EA says more work remains here.
On stream, AuzioMF said he has held off starting Evos on his players until he knows how much better the new ones will be. That is a fair approach until EA shows the first new Evo. Our Evolutions hub lists every Evo that is live today.
Streamlined SBCs: why the reward packs are not coming back
This is the part many players hoped would change, and it does not. FC 27 introduced Streamlined SBCs: fewer challenges per SBC, simpler requirements and faster submitting. The packs you used to get for each individual challenge were removed with that format.
EA’s explanation is that the value of those packs is still built into each SBC’s Item Score requirement, so the total should be comparable to the old format. When EA prices an SBC, it weighs:
- the estimated market value of the reward
- whether the reward is tradeable or untradeable
- the total market cost of the cards you need to hand in
- “and more”, in EA’s words
EA has no current plans to bring the individual challenge rewards back. It says it will keep listening on SBC pricing and admits it “won’t always get the balance exactly right”.
The FUT Accountant called this the weakest part of the notes on his stream, and Auzio’s chat asked for the return of League SBCs, which the notes do not mention. Current prices for every live SBC are in our SBC hub.
Holographic and standard duplicates in one pack
Players have complained about pulling the holographic and the standard version of the same player from one pack or Player Pick. EA names the FUT Champions TOTW Player Picks in the Champions Token Store as one example.
EA says it is exploring ways to control when both versions can appear together. No date or detail yet.
FUT Champions rewards: coins up, Token Store under review
Some feedback says Champions feels less rewarding than other modes. EA points to the change it already made in FC 27: more coins from every Champions match, so rewards build up over the weekend instead of arriving at the end.
EA admits that is less noticeable than the end-of-competition rewards. It is also studying how players use the new Champions Token Store, which rewards they pick and how they value them. That leaves room for changes, but nothing is announced. Our FUT Champions rewards guide has the current tables.
Discord Q&A on Friday 13 November at 6pm CET
EA’s FUT developers take questions live in the official EA SPORTS FC Discord on Friday 13 November at 9:00am Pacific, which is 5pm GMT and 6pm CET. Questions go in the dedicated FUT Q&A channel on the server.
EA’s first announcement on 6 November said 4pm GMT, but its newer post from Wednesday, published right after the notes, gives 9:00am Pacific, so 6pm CET is the time to go by. That is one hour before the next promo drop at 6pm UK, and we will add anything new from the Q&A to this article.
FC 27 FUT Developer Notes: FAQ
Are individual SBC reward packs coming back in FC 27?
No. EA says it has no current plans to bring back individual challenge rewards in Streamlined SBCs. It says their value is already included in each SBC’s Item Score requirement.
When will the new FC 27 Evolutions changes arrive?
EA gives no date. It says adjustments will be explored and tested as new Evolutions release through the season, so the first signs should come with upcoming Evos.
What did EA change for promo cards in FC 27?
EA says it adjusts access to select campaign Items, starting with UEFA Road to the Knockouts on 6 November and continuing in later campaigns. It gives no pack odds.
More FC 27 news
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- All FC 27 updates
Sources: EA SPORTS FC 27 FUT Developer Notes – November (EA, 11 Nov 2026); @EASFCDirect on X (6 and 11 Nov); The FUT Accountant and AuzioMF livestreams (11 Nov).
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