Publisher and developer Electronic Arts has announced that FIFA Ultimate Team will be available on the retail disk of FIFA 12 upon its launch.
This is the first time EA are taking this particular stance for the hugely successful downloadable content card-trading managerial add-on. All previous releases of Ultimate Team were offered after the game's release and was made available on Xbox Live, as well as the PlayStation Network.
Starting from September 20th, 2011, players can build their Ultimate Team on the official FIFA 12 website. Additionally, players will be given the opportunity to receive free card packs.
FIFA 12 is due for a release on September 27th in the States and three days later in Europe. The demo for the game releases on September 13th.