FIFA 18 is the most popular football simulation game now which was developed by EA Sports for PS4, XboxOne, Switch, iOS and Android and published on 26 September 2017. Features Frostbite Engine, Career Mode, Ultimate Team, and new leagues like CSL, FIFA 18 was one of the best football video game in 2017, surpassed by its descendents.

Since the release of FIFA 18 and especially its new game mode Squad Battles, the discussion is booming again. In the Squad Battles, the player in FIFA Ultimate Team competes against another player's AI-controlled team. However, the AI ​​should intervene with offside goals, bats, impossible goal shots and inconsistent refereeing decisions and manipulate the game.

ime and again FIFA players feel that the AI ​​of the game is intentionally making games more exciting by distributing invisible handicaps. Since the release of FIFA 18, these allegations have become louder again. However, that the AI ​​would cheat, that is, the momentum exists, now excludes a Community Manager categorically.

Many FIFA players believe that the AI ​​has been playing a major role in the game, not least since FIFA 18 , to make the game more dramatic and more eventful. The leading team, the accusation is imposed on an invisible handicap or the losing team is favored.

There is even a long FIFA subreddit feature that will gather the clues for the Squad Battles momentum in FIFA 18. He shows 30 video clips of the supposedly cheating AI.

But it still goes on. In a post by the EA Forum, a player claims to have found "irrefutable evidence" for a handicap system. In addition, an Italian support staff in an online chat confirmed the existence of the scripting.

However, these allegations were vehemently rejected by the responsible community manager. According to the manager, the support staff does not have the insight behind the scenes to be able to make such a statement. The allegedly unfair moments, he continued, would also emerge in reality. EA try only to represent the situations in the game realistic. Finally, he ended the discussion by closing the thread in the forum.