FIFA 21 is adding a number of celebrities and professional athletes who don’t play soccer/football to the game as playable characters, including singer Dua Lipa and superstar NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
They will join NBA stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid, along with Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton as new playable characters for FIFA 21’s Volta mode. Retired soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane is also coming to the game.
🚨 New #GROUNDBREAKERS Incoming 🚨@DUALIPA, @LewisHamilton, Zinedine Zidane, @PatrickMahomes, @Giannis_An34, & @JoelEmbiid are coming to #VOLTA 👊 #FIFA21 pic.twitter.com/Uu5NwCMuoZ
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) November 23, 2020
Dua Lipa said in a statement, “My little brother’s a huge FIFA fan so to be featured as a playable character on top of that is crazy and I hope he puts me on his Volta team!”