An FC 27 bug is leaving female players without clothes: EA has a serious problem

Over the past few hours, an FC 27 glitch has started making the rounds, and it's one nobody at Electronic Arts would ever want to see in their flagship game. As reported by Movistar eSports, a bug is causing some female players to appear naked in-game. We're not talking about a flickering shirt or boots with the wrong texture: this is a visual error that directly affects how women are represented in one of the most-played sports sims in the world.

This matters for several reasons. First, women's football has been gaining ground in the series for several installments now, and every step forward has been presented as a commitment to inclusion. Second, a glitch like this goes viral in minutes and turns the players depicted into the target of screenshots and memes nobody asked for. And third, FC 27 is also a competitive, broadcast game: whatever shows up on screen ends up in streams, clips and social media.

What you need to know

• Movistar eSports has reported a bug in FC 27 that shows female footballers without clothes.
• The glitch was spotted within the last few hours, so this is a very recent issue.
• The source suggests the error isn't entirely random and seems to repeat in certain cases, although the full pattern hasn't been detailed.
• The available information makes no mention so far of any official response from EA or a scheduled patch.

Why this isn't just another bug

Football sims have always had viral graphical glitches: goalkeepers clipping through posts, impossible animations, warped faces during the pre-match presentation. They're part of community folklore and are generally taken with a sense of humor. This case is different. When an error strips the clothing off a model, and on top of that affects women, it stops being a technical curiosity and becomes a problem of image, respect and responsibility.

There's also an underlying technical issue. A glitch like this usually points to something not loading properly, whether it's the kit or the model's clothing layer. That doesn't get fixed with a statement, but with an actual fix. Until one arrives, the game is still in the hands of millions of people and the content keeps being generated.

Who it hits closest to home

• The footballers depicted, who see their image exposed in a context they don't control.
• Players who use women's football in their matches and run into something they neither expect nor want.
• Content creators, who could come across images that violate streaming platform rules in the middle of a live stream.
• EA, whose commitment to women's football now has its credibility on the line.

Our take

Here at the Underworld Lordz newsroom, we're clear on this: it should never have reached players' hands. We understand that a game this size ships with bugs; none launches perfect. But there are issues that serious quality assurance has to prioritize above everything else, and the representation of real people or their models is at the very top of that list. If EA wants women's football to be more than a marketing checkbox, it has to treat it with the same care as the rest of the game and respond quickly and transparently.

For content creators, the message is simple: this isn't clickbait material. We know a viral bug brings in views, but sharing screenshots of naked women caused by a game error isn't funny; it's exploiting something that's happening to other people. It could also earn you a warning or a strike on your channel. If it shows up on stream, cut away, let your chat know and move on.

And for competitive players: report the bug through the official channels with as much detail as possible. It's the most useful way to speed up a fix. What doesn't help is spreading the images. The less they circulate, the less harm they do, and the more the conversation stays focused on what matters: EA fixing it now.

What do you think?

Glitches like this spark a debate that goes beyond a patch: how far a studio's responsibility for what it releases extends, and how the community should react. We want to hear from you. Do you think EA should temporarily pull the affected content until it's fixed, or is a quick patch enough? Let us know in the team chat or on our Discord.