EA Sports has launched a new "Ultimate Mix: England" playlist to celebrate the England men's football team reaching the World Cup quarter-finals after beating Mexico. The playlist gathers 50 English tracks drawn from the back catalogue of EA Sports FC and FIFA game soundtracks, marking how the long-running football series has become a notable platform for music discovery.

The playlist was curated to "celebrate the best of English music" and features 50 songs selected from more than 500 that have appeared on the games over the years, spanning indie, electronic, grime and pop. Artists include Blur, Charli XCX, Glass Animals, Fatboy Slim, Foals, Joy Crookes and The Last Dinner Party, with tracks ordered dynamically via Spotify's algorithm. EA has released similar "Ultimate" playlists for the USA, Brazil and Germany, with Spain due next week. The article also notes that FIFA, following its split from EA Sports, has confirmed its first new game in four years, an arcade title called Heroes, plus a separate FIFA game recently launched on Netflix to coincide with the World Cup.