Player and Parental Tools
Positive playing experiences and player control go hand-in-hand.
There are different ways to manage your and your family’s experience when playing games online.
Account and Platform Tools
Game Tools
Game Ratings
Stay Safe Online
Understanding Account and Platform Tools
Most major gaming platforms have player and family or parental controls that make it easy to manage family accounts. When using EA’s online services, you can play, chat and, in some cases, share other content with players including friends. The first step in ensuring you, and your family, have a positive and safe experience when playing is understanding the tools available on your game platforms.
Useful links to manage play:
- Learn more about child and teen accounts and their default settings
- How you can help keep your and your family’s EA accounts secure.
Choose the guide for your platform(s) here:
EA app
Apple
Epic
Google Play
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation
Steam
Xbox
Understanding in-game controls available in EA games
At Electronic Arts, we want to empower our players and parents to make informed decisions about gameplay. FIFA Playtime was designed to help FIFA players understand and control how they play. Use it to get an overview of how much time you spend playing, the FUT packs opened, the FIFA Points purchased as well as to set limits to manage your engagement.
Video Game Ratings Systems
Parents and guardians want to understand and be comfortable with the games their children are playing.
Video games have rating systems that are designed to help players and parents make informed decisions about the games they choose for themselves or their children. All EA games are labeled with a rating that suggests age appropriateness of the content. Ratings systems also assign descriptors that provide information on features, such as in-game purchasing. The ratings and content descriptors vary by region around the world.
ESRB
ESRB ratings provide three parts: Rating Categories, Content Descriptors, and Interactive Elements. The ESRB’s primary mission is to help parents make informed decisions about the video games and apps their children play..
Electronic Arts Games & Ratings
E for Everyone
Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
Everyone 10+
Content is generally suitable for ages 10 and up. May contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.
T for Teen
Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language.
M for Mature
Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
Stay Safe Online
Be Discreet
Consider carefully who you share your information with. Avoid sharing personal or private information online, including when creating your EA ID. Never share anything that could be used to locate you or another person in real life, such as a full name, email address, home address or phone number. People may act differently IRL than they do online. If you want to meet someone IRL that you’ve been talking to online, always let a friend, parent or guardian know.
Be Secure
Ensure your system is up-to-date and protected by using security software (such as virus and malware scanners). Do not open, reply to or forward an email or attachment unless you know the person who sent it to you, and you’ve checked it for viruses. The content could contain damaging software (such as spyware or viruses) or it might be offensive.
Be Positive
Treat others with respect and don’t be afraid to call out bad behavior. Learn more about our Positive Play Charter and how to report players.