EA SPORTS FC 26 (PC) won’t launch – tried everything, still fails

Hi,

I can’t launch EA SPORTS FC 26 (Ultimate Edition) on my Lenovo LOQ laptop (RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Ryzen 7 7435HS, 32GB RAM, Windows 11). EA App always shows: "Failed to launch the game due to an error on our side. Please try again later."

What I already tried:

• Updated NVIDIA drivers (clean install Game Ready driver).
• Reinstalled EA AntiCheat through EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe (Uninstall → Install → Reboot).
• Checked that EAAntiCheat.GameService still runs in background after fail.
• Cleared EA App cache via App Recovery and manually in ProgramData.
• Fully reinstalled EA App (removed leftovers, fresh install).
• Ran both EA App and FC26.exe as Administrator.
• Verified VPN is off, running only on laptop screen.
• Removed NVIDIA App, left only driver.
• Disabled all overlays (EA, Discord, GeForce).
• Added EA App, AntiCheat and FC26.exe to Windows Defender exclusions.
• Checked BIOS: Secure Boot enabled, UEFI mode confirmed in msinfo32.

Symptoms:

• Game does not launch at all.
• Either EA App popup "error on our side" or nothing happens.
• AntiCheat service remains running in background.

I see many players report the same, but I want to confirm if there is any working local fix. Can EA Support confirm if this is still a known issue, or if there are more troubleshooting steps?

Thanks.