The most pressing question for FIFA fans desperate to get their hands on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a Manchester United shirt or a blonde-haired Lionel Messi.
European gamers will be able to get their hands on FIFA 17 when it is released worldwide on September 29, while lucky North American players will be able to kick off their latest virtual careers two days earlier, on September 27.
The exception is for people wiling to splash out £299 on the Xbox One S bundle that comes with FIFA 17. They will be able to lord it over the general public by getting early access from September 22.
FUT Champions is the headline new addition to Ultimate Team. Players compete to qualify for the weekend league and are ranked on a global leaderboard to earn in-game rewards. The very, very, very best in the world will get a chance to compete in the FUT Championship Series, which has a huge prize pot of $1.3 million to tempt players into perfecting their style. Will that be you?
Ultimate Team will also have Squad Building Challenges in which scenarios - such as building a starting XI with just two nationalities and a chemistry of over 60 - can be played out for FIFA 17 rewards. This will also help to make use of players which in previous games had no value if you didn't want to keep them (something that will make all FIFA fans say "amen").
Oh, and there's loads of new legends cards to collect and play with too. You can get your kicks from old Clasico enemies Carles Puyol and Cristiano Ronaldo embracing in your customised Ultimate Team squad, or throw George Best into your self-styled dream team.
However, FIFA fanatics with money to burn can pre-order the Super Deluxe Edition for £60 and will be rewarded with 40 Ultimate Team Jumbo Premium Gold Packs, Team of the Week loan players and other little bonuses.
The cost of the standard FIFA 17 varies depending on which retailer you check and what platform you're buying for. The latest gen of consoles (Xbox One and PS4) will retail for roughly £45 on release date.
For those who are scratching their heads, FIFA 17 gamers will take control of a player called young talent Alex Hunter and navigate him to football stardom.
This will very much be a cookie cutter, Disney-fied ascent to stardom - breaking into the first team, using your enormous wage to buy your first flashy crib, becoming the hero in a championship tussle.
Whether introducing a story mode to FIFA 17 will be an inspired choice that boosts the quality of the annual iteration or a colossal flop that will be remembered as an all-time classic misjudgement remains to be seen. At least if you don't like it there will be all the usual gameplay options.
Of course, beta testing and teasers from EA Sports don't give any clues as to whether there will be any game-breaking bugs. The nature of modern online games mean connection woes can sink a game.
Still, the positive rumblings about the ironing out of major gripes (off the ball runs are easier, there are more shooting options) and the introduction of fun new gameplay features (free kick customisation, fake throw-ins sound awesome) have whet the appetite for many a FIFA fan.
There's plenty of angry FIFA fans who are convinced Messi remains the better of the two footballing superstars, while conspiracy theorists point out that Messi ditching the FIFA cover for PES 2017 could have resulted in him being downgraded.
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