FC 27 Kickabouts: Rules and Points for All Seven

A three-player free-for-all over three one-minute rounds, each harder than the last as new obstacles make the route to the targets less direct. Balls keep spawning in the Player Zone; the Gameplay Zone holds the targets, rings, obstacles and Dead Zones.

Land a ball in a target and a timer starts. When it runs out, the target splits, from Large to Medium to Small, and every ball still inside scores; balls in the centre score the bullseye value, and balls knocked out before the timer ends score nothing. Sending a ball through a ring also scores, even if someone else's ball knocks yours through. Dead Zones cost points. The most points after three rounds wins.

A 3v3 possession game played over one three-minute round on a medium pitch surrounded by walls. It starts with a ball drop in the centre. On the ball you can use any pass and off it any tackle, but fouls are still given, and each one costs 100 points.

Points come from holding the ball, passing and winning it back, and five passes in a row start a multiplier that doubles your points, then triples them after ten. An interception takes the opponents' current multiplier as a bonus. The team ahead when time runs out wins, and a 1,000-point lead ends the game on the spot.

A four-player free-for-all on a full-sized pitch: three races on the same track, each with a two-minute limit, in three obstacle variations. Everyone starts on the line with a ball at their feet, and only dribbling is enabled.

The track is made of Gates to go through, Lava Floors to avoid, Moving Colliders to dodge and Defender Zones to dribble past. When the first player crosses the line, the others have 15 seconds to finish. Each race awards 9, 6, 3 and 1 points by finishing position, and the most points after three races wins.

A 2v2 match on a medium walled pitch, played over four one-minute rounds. Each round draws a random scenario from a pool of ten, shown on a banner before the ball is launched down the centre line. There is no goalkeeper, no fouls and no offside: only the scenario's requirement counts, and a goal that doesn't meet it just brings a new ball in.

Bronze scenarios are worth one point, silver two, gold up to six. When a round's timer hits zero the ball pops, so nothing counts after the whistle. If the teams are level after four rounds, a fifth one-minute round uses one of the two unplayed scenarios and the first goal wins. EA's help pages after launch call it simply Scenarios.

A 2v2 game on a medium pitch where you score through the opponents' hoop. It lasts three minutes; a tie goes to one minute of overtime where the next score wins, and if nobody scores it ends as a draw.

There are three shots: the precision lob pass, the precision header (lob while the ball is in the air) and the spike (shoot while the ball is in the air). The shoot button also gives a higher jump, to spike or to defend. After a score, kick-off goes to the other team. A foul gives the fouled player a free throw: ten seconds to lob while everyone else is frozen. A score is worth 2 inside the three-point zone or from a free throw and 3 beyond it, and a spike adds 2 more. EA's help pages write it Bucketball.

A four-player free-for-all on a medium pitch, over three rounds. Everyone starts each round with three balloons above their head. A ball kicked recently and hard pops one on contact; a ball that has slowed down doesn't count. Lose all three and you're out, watching from the sideline. EA's help pages add that there are two balls on the pitch.

Obstacles are removed as the rounds go on, so there is less cover each time. A golden balloon power-up spawns now and then and gives one of three abilities at random: Invincible, Tyres (fired at opponents to make them stumble) or Boomerang Ball (the ball chains to every other player in turn). With thirty seconds left, Sudden Death starts: every three seconds a ball is fired at a random survivor. Rounds pay 250, 150, 75 and 50 points by finishing position, and the highest total wins.

A 1v1 game on a medium pitch with eight goals, laid out differently in each of three one-minute rounds. All goals start neutral. Score in one to take control of it; scoring in a goal your opponent holds flips it straight back.

You earn a point per second for every goal you hold, and two per second per goal while you hold them all. Some rounds switch on a Golden Goal modifier: scoring it also gives you control of two more goals. If it's level at the end, sudden death decides it: the first valid goal wins, and no goal means a draw.