EA Sports has today pulled back the curtain on FIFA 23, which will be the last game from EA to carry the "FIFA" name, set to launch on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this September 30th, 2022.
The key features this year are the addition of HyperMotion2 Technology (for Series X and Series S), cross-play support with different platforms of the same generation, women's club football for the first time, and the free post-launch updates of both the 2022 Men's World Cup and 2023 Women's World Cup tournaments.
In a closed presentation last week, EA reportedly stated it would be the 'biggest ever' FIFA game. Here's what Producer Matt LaFreniere had to say at the time (as transcribed by Polygon):
“This is our last FIFA-titled game, after a rich 30-year history. So we know that it has to be special.”
Let's start with HyperMotion2. EA says the advancements in the system this year have "unlocked an array of new features making the gameplay experience feel more immersive than ever", making team and player movement more responsive, smart and authentic. There are also lots of other improvements including a new intelligent dribbling system.
The addition of women's club football means that the Barclays Women’s Super League and Division 1 Arkema are represented in the game for the first time, while a free post-launch update will add the New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup — and we'll also be getting a free update for the 2022 Men's World Cup later this year.
Elsewhere, cross-play will allow you to play against consoles of the same generation, so if you own the Xbox Series X or Series S version, you'll also be able to play against people on PlayStation 5, PC and even Google Stadia.
More details are set to be revealed in the coming weeks, but pre-orders are already live for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S versions on the Microsoft Store. As usual, these unfortunately do not support Smart Delivery.
- FIFA 23 Xbox One - £59.99 / $59.99
- FIFA 23 Xbox Series X|S - £69.99 / $69.99
- FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition - £89.99 / $99.99
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 on Xbox Series X|S brings even more of the action and realism of football to the pitch in The World’s Game, with advances in HyperMotion2 Technology** driven by twice as much real-world motion capture helping to create more true football animation than ever before in every match.
Enjoy a new way to play and build your dream squad with FUT Moments and a revamped Chemistry system in FIFA Ultimate Team™, or live out your football dreams in Career Mode as you define your personality as a player, or manage as some of football’s most famous names.
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Why don't they chuck in an early Mega Drive game similar to what they did with NHL 94 Rewind? FIFA 95 Rewind sounds fun....I miss the invisible walls you could add around the pitch.
Same game every year. EA really are beyond lazy. But the consumer is as guilty as anyone, buying up this utter guff every year. EA literally take consumers for fools and they let them. I truly hope someone else brings a football game to the arena and we can bid farewell to EA’s turgid re boxing’s.
“This is our last FIFA-titled game, after a rich 30-year history. So we know that it has to be special.”
I am pretty sure it won't be special
If there is one thing I'm sure about, it's the fact that it will be nothing special and a copy paste of fifa 22 with a new title screen.
@jarvismp i see this complaint every year (always coming from someone who doesn’t play the game of course) and my question has remained the same for years: what would you change on it? It’s a football simulation game, it’s already pretty good at simulating football. So what would you change, keeping in mind that suggesting a complete overhaul would alienate the millions of people who actually enjoy the game as it is?
@Carck For me what is needed is a price change. I take your point about there is only so much you can change but they get away with selling the same game every year. It should be 15 quid at most. The devs are not exactly working hard to get this out are they? Yes it’s still good but it amazes me that consumers will waste 50 quid a year to play a game thru already own.
@jarvismp So 50 quid is too much for a game people spend hundreds of hours on over the course of a year? Do you know any other yearly videogame that costs 15 quid at launch?
It’s the same conversation every year, gets tiresome. Most of all I always wonder why people who wouldn’t play it either way are the ones most bothered by it. Cheers mate
@Carck If you just download the team updates then you could happily just have one copy for a few years. I’m not saying I wouldn’t or won’t play it but it’s madness to spend 50 quid a year on what is the same game with a different box.
@jarvismp i think it’s madness to spend 120+ quid every year on an MMO sub, but you don’t see nearly as much complaining. FIFA is 50/year and is consistently one of the best selling games so id say the price is right, madness or not.
Personally i like that there are deeper gameplay/content changes every year, rather than a game as a service model
This one's a hard pass for me. I dont trust them to not see this as a last chance to fleece people by spinning it out with the same washy sales patter we've seen year on year, and lack of smart delivery to help squeeze a few quid more.
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