About this episode

Game Designer Seb discusses the implications of the new token reward system in EA's Ultimate Team.

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People in this episode

Guest: Seb

Topics covered

• EA Token Reward System
• Ultimate Team
• World Cup
• Game Design
• Gameplay Mechanics

Keywords

• EA
• Ultimate Team
• Tokens
• World Cup
• Game Design
• Gameplay
• Rewards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EA

Products: Ultimate Team, Tokens

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