EAFC 25: From release date to companion app, what you need to know

Football fans get ready because one of the biggest video games of the year is about to drop.

That's right, EAFC 25 - previously known as Fifa - is about to release worldwide.

EAFC 24 was the best-selling video game in the UK last year, selling around 2.25m copies.

This year England's Jude Bellingham takes centre stage as the cover star , and a track list of more than 100 songs for the official soundtrack has been revealed.

But who are the best players, when is the game out, and what is the companion app? We've got the answers to all that and more, below.

Since 1997 the Fifa/EA FC football games have always had a soundtrack to go alongside the game.

The playlist is an iconic and celebrated part of the game, as it shines a light on popular and less well-known artists.

This year the soundtrack features 117 songs from artists from 27 different countries, and features musical genres like rock, pop, reggaeton, aftrobeats, rap and funk.

Artists like Billie Eilish, Glass Animals and Coldplay are on the list, as well as Nia Archives, Kasabian, FKA Twigs, Charli xcx and Jack White.

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive and President of Music for Electronic Arts says the soundtrack is a "global celebration of new music" with "several surprises".

This year the top three male players with the highest rating in EAFC 25 are Kylian Mbappé and Man City's Erling Haaland and Rodri, who all have a rating of 91.

England stars, Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham and Bayern Munich's Harry Kane both have a high rating of 90, with Liverpool's Mo Salah on 89 and fellow Premier League forwards, Tottenham's Son Heung-min and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka on a rating of 87.

Seventeen-year-old Spanish sensation Lamine Yamal will be included in the line-up this year, but EA hasn't revealed it's full ratings list just yet - including Yamal's.

The top women's EAFC 25 ratings are dominated by Barcelona stars :

Aitana Bonmati - Barcelona - 91

Alexia Putellas - Barcelona - 90

Sam Kerr - Chelsea - 90

Caroline Graham Hansen - Barcelona - 90

Lyon's Ada Hegerberg gets a rating of 89, and Arsenalâ€TMs Beth Mead and Chelsea's Guro Reiten share a rating of 88.