EA's College Football 27 is getting review-bombed over hidden single-player microtransactions

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What we know so far: College Football 27 is being review-bombed on Steam after gamers discovered that publisher EA Sports added microtransactions to the single-player modes without prior notice. The game currently has a "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam, with only 33% positive reviews.

The successor to College Football 26 initially earned high praise from both gamers and reviewers for engaging gameplay and immersive graphics, but it's now facing widespread backlash for introducing what some gamers are describing as "predatory" microtransactions in the offline single-player modes.

Gamer and content creator James Bordeaux was among the first to call outthe microtransactions in two single-player offline modes, Dynasty and Road To Glory. According to Bordeaux, players can barely level up in either mode without buying XP, a major change from College Football 26,...

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