Sky Sports will use FIFA crowd sounds to liven up crowd-less Premier League games

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Sports are coming back. Kind of. The early days of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic saw makeshift sports stunts likeTV networks airing NHL20 gamesand tournaments ofreal F1 drivers playing F12019.

Now, proper sports folks are getting back on the proper pitch but they won’t have a proper audience to cheer for them because stadiums full of folks would be a major social distancing blunder. Instead, Sky Sports will be piping in fake crowd noises in to their broadcast so those of ya watching at home still feel like it’s the realest of real deals.

“We want Sky Sports viewers to still feel it all and have the best possible viewing experience—even if they can’t be in the stadiums or watch with their family and friends,” said Sky Sports managing director Robert Webster.

According to our business siblingsat Eurogamer, EA Sports have “created bespoke and team-specific crowd noise and chants.” They say when you select the Sky channel you’ll be able to choose to watch with or without the added noise.

The first of these live but socially distanced matches will be Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal on Wednesday, June 17th.

Ta,Eurogamer.