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There’s no better time to take your Xbox on a vacation to New Zealand because doing so will get you access to EA FC25 a few hours before your own country gets it – assuming you don’t live in New Zealand anyway.
With the way the world clock and time zones work, New Zealand is one of the first places on the planet to pass midnight on the 20th of September and with the game releasing in each region at precisely that time, should, say, your Xbox think it is in New Zealand, then you will get access to the full game the minute it unlocks there with no penalty to your account.
You will have to jump through a couple of minor hoops to achieve this, and you will want to change things back once the game releases for real in your own time to avoid complicating things in the future, but it’s a simple enough process.
You will obviously need to have bought the Ultimate edition of EA FC25 or you won’t have early access when the game goes live at midnight on the 20th anyway, and you also won’t get your bonus gifts for buying the big version until it actually unlocks in your region for real, but if you want to get started on your Ultimate Team, and you don’t want to use either the web or companion app to do so, this is a solid way to get going, and actually play the game first as well.
Let’s have a look at the steps we need to take to get this working.
How to change Xbox to New Zealand
It’s worth pointing out here you can change your Xbox to any region whenever you like, but we are obviously going to become a Kiwi for a few hours because of the time zones. To flick your Xbox into New Zealand’s very own region you must do the following steps.
- Switch on your Xbox and select Settings from the menu
- Go to System.
- Go to Language & Location.
- Choose New Zealand
- This will automatically switch the language (region) to New Zealand as well.
- Restart your Xbox
Remember, as it gets close to midnight, just like Cinderella, leave the ball behind and switch it back to your home region by doing the above again but electing the appropriate time zone for your whereabouts.
