EA Announces F1 24 Release Date

EA has announced EA Sports F1 24, launching globally on May 31 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via the EA App, Epic Games Store, and Steam.

EA said F1 23 players can play Time Trial challenges with selected all-new 2024 team cars by pre-ordering F1 24. Owners of F1 2021, F1 22, or F1 23 get a 15% discount when they pre-order the F1 24 Champions Edition. As a bonus, players also get the McLaren and Alpine 2023 F1 esports liveries, which carry over to F1 24.

“For the first time, our F1 23 players can now connect immediately with the 2024 season with some of their favourite teams ahead of this weekend’s first Lights Out,” said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at developer Codemasters. “Our full reveal is coming soon, and we’re bringing players an overhauled Career mode, a new EA Sports Dynamic Handling System, and so much more.”

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The digital-exclusive Champions Edition gives players two new Formula 1 Icons, 18,000 Pitcoin, and an F1 World Bumper Pack featuring resources for single and multiplayer gameplay events. Owners also get up to three days of early access starting May 28. All pre-orders come with one bonus VIP Podium Pass. Players who pre-order the Standard Edition get 5,000 Pitcoin and an F1 World Starter Pack.

EA said it will reveal more on F1 24 in the coming months.

F1 23 launched in June last year, and saw an 8/10 from IGN’s review. “With Braking Point 2 aboard, F1 23 is a far heartier package than F1 22,” we said. “However, while the new F1 World mode is packed with activities, its loot-based upgrade system may split fans.”

In December, IGN reported that Codemasters had suffered a round of layoffs following the launch of F1 23 and EA Sports WRC. EA bought Codemasters, best known for the racing franchises Grid, F1, and Dirt, in 2021 for $1.2 billion. At the time, EA boss Andrew Wilson said he wanted to let the company retain its identity without too much outside interference. Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier and CFO Rashid Varachia left soon after, and Codemasters, including Project Cars developer Slightly Mad Studios, was made a part of EA Sports.

Then, in May last year, EA merged the development team at Codemasters Cheshire with Guildford-based Criterion Games to create one large development studio to work on Need for Speed Unbound, which struggled to find an audience but has since confirmed another year of support. Codemasters Birmingham continued to work on the Formula 1 franchise.

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