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EA Sports just brought FIFA Street back from the dead, and it’s called VOLTA.

The official gameplay trailer for FIFA 20 dropped in August 2019, and the headline act isn’t the Champions League license or a new career mode tweak — it’s VOLTA Football, a small-sided street game built on FIFA’s own engine. VOLTA, Portuguese for “to return,” is EA’s answer to more than a decade of fans asking for a proper follow-up to FIFA Street. FIFA 20 arrives worldwide on PlayStation 4 on September 27, 2019.

  • VOLTA offers five distinct formats — 3v3 Rush (no goalkeepers), 4v4, 4v4 Rush, 5v5, and professional Futsal — playable in cages, indoor halls, and rooftop courts across cities including Tokyo, Amsterdam, New York, Rome, London, and Cape Town.
  • Match customization includes playing with or without walls and House Rules like “Survival,” “No Rules,” and “First to X,” letting players use physical walls for self-passes, rebounds, and aerial assists.
  • The mode splits into a story-driven street circuit, Volta World (an offline hub where beating rival squads lets you recruit their players), Volta Tour, and Volta League — a 10-division online ladder with promotion and relegation.

Understanding the Core of VOLTA

VOLTA producer Jeffrey Antwi led the hands-on previews that accompanied the trailer, framing the mode as a genuine street counterpart to FIFA’s traditional 11-a-side game rather than a side novelty. The gameplay shown leans hard into trick-focused, high-tempo play — stepovers, elasticos, and rainbow flicks feature prominently, callbacks to the skill-move identity that made the old FIFA Street games memorable. Rather than bolting street football onto an old template, EA built it directly on FIFA 20’s refined match engine, so the touch and physicality carry over from the pitch to the cage.

The variety of formats is the real selling point. 3v3 Rush strips out goalkeepers entirely, forcing constant transition play, while 5v5 and Futsal push closer to a structured, tactical small-sided game. Location matters too — a rooftop match in Tokyo plays differently than a fenced cage in Cape Town or an indoor hall in Rome, and the trailer leans on that atmosphere, with crowds packed tight against the walls and courts.

Customization and House Rules

Player customization in VOLTA goes deeper than typical FIFA avatar creation — gender, facial sculpting, eye shapes, nontraditional hair colors, and streetwear apparel including hoodies, tracksuits, tattoos, and specific shoe styles are all adjustable. The trailer shows players decked out in neon-colored sneakers and oversized jackets, underlining that this is meant to look and feel like actual street football culture, not a reskinned pro mode.

On top of gear, EA is giving players real control over how a match is played. House Rules such as “Survival,” “No Rules,” and “First to X” change win conditions and pacing, and the wall mechanic — using the cage itself to execute self-passes and rebounds — is a specific gameplay wrinkle previous FIFA titles never had.

VOLTA Football — from the Portuguese word meaning “to return” — is EA’s direct answer to over a decade of fans asking for FIFA Street back.

Story Mode and the Volta League Ladder

The dedicated story mode walks players through a street circuit, building toward marquee 3v3 battles, while Volta World operates as an offline hub populated by community squads — beat a rival team and you can recruit their talent onto your own roster. For players who want a longer competitive grind, Volta League is a 10-division online ladder with promotion and relegation, giving the mode a structure closer to a ranked competitive format than a simple arcade side mode.

Crucially, VOLTA isn’t walled off from FIFA’s licensed side. Authentic clubs and professional talent cross over into the street game, letting players bridge the two experiences rather than treating them as separate products bolted together.

Readers tracking other franchise gameplay reveals from EA and its rivals around the same release window can find more breakdowns like the Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath reveal trailer and the first look at Marvel’s Avengers gameplay, both part of the same late-2019 wave of major gameplay unveils.

FIFA 20 ships September 27 with VOLTA built in from day one — no separate purchase, no DLC gate. For a franchise that’s leaned almost entirely on Ultimate Team and career mode for years, putting a 10-division ranked ladder and a full street story campaign into the base game is the biggest structural swing EA Sports has taken with FIFA in a long time.

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