Hurry now! EA Sports FIFA is promising FUT gamers the chance to win a whopping 1 million coins via there FUT 17 Play to Win Weekend. The gaming franchise has introduced its first ever ‘Play to Win Weekend’ where they reward FUT17 gamers for supporting the game mode. FIFA 17's Ultimate Team mode has a nasty habit of routinely disconnecting players from game sessions. This would be annoying in and of itself, but it becomes all the more irritating due to how the game fails to recognize the difference between the disconnection happening as a result of an issue with EA's servers, and as a result of a player purposely quitting a match.

Thus ends my first experience of FIFA 17’s new game mode, FUT Draft. After winning several fraught matches, my run ends with a whimper – massively frustrating but enough to draw me in to yet another year of football addiction. Think of this new Draft mode as an epic cup run – a series four increasingly tough matches, where the prize fund grows the further you progress. The new addition to the hugely popular Ultimate Team removes some of the usual grind and tests your team building abilities by immediately offering up a selection of some of the most ludicrously skilled players on the planet.

Most player faces look even more realistic and recognizable than ever. That said, EA may need to apologize to Memphis DePay and Anthony Martial for botching up their facsimiles in the game. (Who else looks nothing like they do in real life? Tell us in the comments section!) Although he started life as a tricky winger at Real Sociedad, Griezmann has undoubtedly made a permanent and extremely successful transition to an out-and-out striker at Atlético Madrid. He’ll cost you a fair bit of money, probably around the 40 million mark if you want to sign him early on, but given that he’ll rise from an 83 to an 89 overall rating, that sounds like good business to us.

His days on the left wing have given him four-star skill moves and some great dribbling and pace stats – both 84 – and he’s a tidy finisher too, though it should be noted that the diminutive striker won’t win many aerial battles for you. Starting now until tomorrow, Sunday, October 25, all FUT gamers will have the chance to win either 1 million coins or 50,000 coins. Recently, EA has been offering special 50K packs with greater chances of winning top rated players, but this my friend, is crazy. Online issues have always been a problem that the series has struggled to tackle, but that they are actually proving to be worse in EA's latest entry is frustrating.

Especially considering that one of its latest and most widely promoted game modes, the FUT Draft, is reliant upon players maintaining a win streak. The FUT Draft, which tasks players with creating a team out of a selection of the game's best Ultimate Team trading cards and then embarking upon a winning streak in order to win rare card packs, requires a Token to enter which can either be purchased with in-game coins or 300 FIFA Points, which are purchased using real-life money. EA also smoothed out most of last year's game's occasional, yet infuriating, stuttery performance during penalties and free kicks.

These are moments when you need to kick the ball at exactly the right time (according to the moving arrow on the screen) by pushing a button, and stuttering animation often led to botched penalties and free kicks. I still saw some stutters during a free kick, though. Which is to say: it's not perfect just yet. If you are able to win a division or get promoted, you will be automatically be entered in the sweepstakes for these coin prizes. According to the infographic released by EA Sports FIFA’s Twitter page, 10 lucky winners will receive 1 million coins, whereas 5000 winners will get the chance to win 50,000 coins. This is a no-brainer, you must play FUT this weekend and you must win.