Developer Electronic Arts' patch for the latest installment in its annual FIFA soccer game series came out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 earlier today (it dropped on PC last week, because PC). Among the fixes is the usual "general stability during gameplay," but the update also eliminates one of the most inconvenient and puzzling glitches this year.

See, FIFA 13 used to have a "rare occurrence" (according to the patch notes) of the ball disappearing while you were playing the game. This wouldn't be such a big issue, except that it's a soccer game, and the ball is pretty much the one thing that needs to remain visible at all times.

So, yeah. It was kind of a big issue.

Regardless, I'm sorry to see EA is squashing this bug, if for no other reason than that it means an end to hilarious videos of people realizing how difficult playing a sports game with an invisible ball can be. I've included a couple of my favorites after the break.