but we all know it’s what’s on the inside that counts!
Bringing 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. Play the biggest tournaments in football with both the men's and women's FIFA World Cup™ coming to FIFA 23 during the season, play as women's club teams - powered by dedicated HyperMotion2 animation - for the first time ever, plus enjoy cross-play features that make it easier to play against friends. Enjoy a new way to play and build your dream squad in FIFA Ultimate Team™ with FUT Moments and a revamped Chemistry system, or live out your football dreams in Career Mode as you define your personality as a player and manage as some of football's most famous names. In VOLTA FOOTBALL and Pro Clubs, bring more personality to the pitch with new levels of customisation and enhanced street and stadium gameplay. However you play, experience The World's Game with over 19,000 players, 700+ teams, 100+ stadiums, and over 30 leagues - including the UEFA Champions League, Premier League, new Barclays FA Women's Super League and France D1 Arkema with unrivalled authenticity in FIFA 23.
Features:
FIFA World Cup™ - Experience the pinnacle of international football with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023™*.
*more information on the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ to follow in the build-up to the tournament.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
Experience the drama and excitement of sport's greatest tournament as the men’s FIFA World Cup™ comes to FIFA 23 as a post-launch update* in November 2022 at no additional cost.
Get the ultimate connection to the tournament throughout FIFA 23, with authentic FIFA World Cup™ presentation, cinematics, and all 32 qualified nations in authentic, online, custom, and live tournament modes as well as special content in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team™.
Presentation
FIFA 23 gives you the immersive FIFA World Cup™ experience with stadium dressings, match ball, additional player head scans, the iconic trophy, and two stadiums including the venue for the Final. Plus enjoy dedicated FIFA World Cup™ commentary alongside visuals and cinematics that get you closer to the atmosphere of the biggest tournament in world sport.
Game Modes - The FIFA World Cup™, your way. Play across multiple modes, with custom and live tournament modes and a full Season of FIFA World Cup™-inspired content to help you build your dream squad in FIFA Ultimate Team™.
FIFA World Cup™: Live
Follow and play the tournament as it progresses with authentic fixtures and squads for each game, or rewrite the outcome of any past match in FIFA World Cup™: Live. Play the upcoming fixtures each day or any past match with authentic lineups, group standings, and results, or rewrite the outcome of any match to change the destination of the iconic trophy.
Results, fixtures, statistics, and line-ups are updated at the end of real-life matchdays, with new matches unlocked each day as the tournament progresses for you to play in Your FIFA World Cup™, Featured Quickplay, and Online Quickplay:
- Your FIFA World Cup™ - Choose a nation, select a live starting point from past or current match days, and play an authentic single-player tournament inheriting all the real-world progress made to date – including the line-ups, match stats, and standings from the tournament so far – and take control of your chosen Nation’s FIFA World Cup™ fate. The Your FIFA World Cup™ mode will be available after the first fixture on Match Day 1.
- Featured Quickplay - Choose a past or current match day and play an authentic single-player fixture with real-life lineups against the CPU or a friend locally.
- Online Quickplay - Choose a past or current match day and play against friends in an online match with real-life lineups.
Tournament Mode
Single Player tournament mode allows you to play as one of the 32 qualified nations in an authentic recreation of the full tournament from the opening match onwards, or customise your tournament experience by changing groups and substituting in teams that didn’t make it to the FIFA World Cup™ Finals in a Custom Tournament. In Online Tournament Mode, make your way through the Knockout Stages as any of the 32 qualified nations as you aim for FIFA World Cup™ glory against other players from around the world.
Kick Off
Play a kickoff match against friends locally, or against the AI. Select from Group Stage or a Knockout Round match, choose qualified or unqualified teams and play a one-off local FIFA World Cup™ match.
FIFA Ultimate Team™
Get the ultimate connection to the FIFA World Cup™ with a full Season of daily content, including special Player Items, Objectives, and more.
- HyperMotion2 Technology - Advances to HyperMotion gameplay technology with twice as much match data capture unlock new features and brings over 6000 authentic animations taken from millions of frames of advanced match capture to FIFA 23.
- FIFA World Cup™ - Experience the pinnacle of international football with the men's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023™, with more information to follow in the build-up to each tournament.
- Women's Football - Play as women's club teams for the first time in EA SPORTS FIFA history as the Barclays FA Women's Super League and Division 1 Arkema come to FIFA 23 at launch. Plus, enjoy dedicated HyperMotion2 capture that powers the women's game to make female players move authentically in FIFA 23.
- Gameplay - A new risk versus reward shooting mechanic, refreshed free kicks, penalties and corners, and more realistic physics bring the variety of football to The World's Game.
- Matchday Experience - From augmented reality broadcast replays to hyper-realistic pitch surfaces and enhanced stadium atmosphere, get an elevated matchday experience in FIFA 23.
- Training Centre - A new coaching system helps introduce new and less experienced players to the fundamentals of gameplay, with a series of challenges and chapters to help you improve your game.
- Cross-play - Play together against friends on different platforms as FIFA 23 introduces cross-play in 1v1 modes across FIFA Ultimate Team™, Online Seasons, Online Friendlies, and more.
- FIFA 23 Ultimate Team™ - FUT Moments and a revamped Chemistry system give you a whole new way to play and build your dream squad, as new ICONs and FUT Heroes join the game’s most popular mode.
- Career Mode - Define your personality as a player, manage as some of football's most famous names, and enjoy a new way to play your season with Playable Highlights in the most authentic FIFA Career Mode experience to date.
- Pro Clubs - Bring more personality than ever before to the pitch with new customisation, improvements to Drop-Ins, new perks, and more.
- VOLTA FOOTBALL - Get together with friends or the VOLTA FOOTBALL Community and express your style in new and upgraded VOLTA Arcades, with more ways to make your Avatar your own.
- Authenticity - Play The World's Game with over 19,000 players, 700+ teams, 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues in FIFA 23.
1 During the Group Stage updates will only be made at the end of weekdays. From the knock-out stage and beyond, updates will be daily including on weekends.
2 If switching in an unqualified National team, players will only be able to choose from National teams that are licensed in FIFA 23.
3 World Cup FUT campaigns will launch starting on November 11.