2024 video game
FIFA 23 is a football video game published by EA Sports. It is the 30th
installment in the 💶 FIFA series that is developed by EA Sports, the final installment
under the FIFA banner, and released worldwide on 30 💶 September 2024 for Nintendo Switch,
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.[2]
Kylian Mbappé
and Sam Kerr 💶 are the cover athletes for the standard and legacy editions.
Listed in
Guinness World Records as the best-selling sports video game 💶 franchise in the world,
the game is the final under the 29-year partnership between EA and FIFA. Future
football games 💶 by EA are named under the banner of EA Sports FC (alternatively just
"EAFC").[3]
Features [ edit ]
Crossplay [ edit ]
FIFA 💶 23 features a degree of
crossplay. Crossplay is available in FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) Division Rivals
(excluding co-op), FUT Champions, 💶 FUT Ultimate Online Draft, FUT Online Friendlies
(excluding Co-Op), FUT Play a Friend, Online Friendlies, Online Seasons (excluding
Co-Op Seasons) 💶 and the Virtual representation of the Bundesliga. However, crossplay is
limited to consoles that fall within the same console generation. 💶 For example, those on
the PlayStation 4 are able to play with and against players on Xbox One, but not 💶 the
PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S and vice versa. Pro Clubs will not support
crossplay.[4]
The decision to omit Pro 💶 Clubs from crossplay has received criticism from
the FIFA community.[5]
Furthermore, the option to delete Ultimate Team data has been
removed 💶 due to most players not using that option, while an option to rename the club's
name outside of the Objectives 💶 screen has been added instead. In previous FIFA titles,
players can only use the Delete Club option 4 times, as 💶 they are allowed to create a
club 5 times.
HyperMotion2 and Technical Dribbling [ edit ]
The game features what's
being dubbed 💶 as "HyperMotion2", a system of match capture with machine learning from
real life football matches to create over 6,000 in-game 💶 animations. "Technical
Dribbling" uses what is being called the "Active Touch" system to improve the
footballer's path to the ball 💶 and improve a player's turning and dribbling with more
responsiveness.[6] Both systems are exclusive to current-generation versions (i.e. PS5,
Xbox 💶 Series X/S and PC).[7]
The machine learning algorithms used in HyperMotion2 are
based on deep learning neural networks, which are designed 💶 to simulate the behavior of
the human brain. These neural networks consist of layers of interconnected nodes that
process and 💶 analyze data, allowing the system to identify patterns and make predictions
based on past experience.
To train the machine learning algorithms 💶 used in
HyperMotion2, EA Sports used a large dataset of football matches captured with advanced
motion-capture technology. The dataset includes 💶 thousands of hours of footage, which
was carefully analyzed and labeled by a team of experts to ensure the accuracy 💶 of the
data.
A technique called backpropagation was used by EA Sports. Backpropagation is a
technique used to adjust the parameters 💶 of a neural network to minimize the difference
between the network's predictions and the actual output. In the case of 💶 HyperMotion2,
backpropagation is used to adjust the parameters of the neural network to ensure that
the in-game animations accurately replicate 💶 the movements of real-life players.
The
machine learning algorithms used in HyperMotion2 are able to identify patterns in the
data and 💶 use these patterns to create new animations that accurately replicate the
movements of real-life players. The system is able to 💶 generate over 6,000 unique
animations, each with its own set of variables and parameters that determine how the
animation will 💶 be executed in-game.[8]
World Cup game modes [ edit ]
FIFA 23 features
the men's World Cup game mode and the women's 💶 World Cup game mode, replicating the 2024
FIFA World Cup and the 2024 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9] This is the 💶 only title in the
series to feature both World Cups as special modes.
The 2024 FIFA World Cup mode was
released 💶 on 9 November for all platforms except for the Nintendo Switch Legacy Edition.
The mode contains only two out of 💶 eight stadiums: Al Bayt and Lusail Iconic Stadium.
The mode also contains each of the 32 teams that qualified for 💶 the 2024 tournament,
along with fifteen other national teams that are featured in the game and did not
qualify: Austria, 💶 China, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand,
Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Sweden, and
Ukraine.[10] 💶 The World Cup mode in FIFA 23 is the last World Cup mode since the new
generation of FIFA games 💶 will go under the name of EA Sports FC; therefore will not get
licensing from FIFA.
On 19 June 2024, it 💶 was announced that the 2024 FIFA Women's World
Cup mode has been released around the end of June 2024.[11][12][13] The 💶 update was
released on 27 June 2024, replicating the 2024 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament and
featuring the 32 qualified 💶 teams.[14][15]
New icons and removed icons [ edit ]
FIFA 23
features three new icons to its ICON Collection with the addition 💶 of Gerd Müller, Xabi
Alonso and Jairzinho. With new addition to these three, 8 of the previously added icons
are 💶 missing from the Icons List released by EA Sports.[16] Diego Maradona, Ryan Giggs,
Pep Guardiola, Deco, Marc Overmars and Filippo 💶 Inzaghi have been removed as icons for
FIFA 23. Jay-Jay Okocha and Hidetoshi Nakata have been removed as icons for 💶 FIFA 23,
but are now featured as heroes.
New Heroes [ edit ]
FIFA 23, in an exclusive deal with
Marvel, features 💶 21 new heroes to the existing heroes collection from FIFA 22 with the
additions of: Lúcio, Jean-Pierre Papin, Rudi Völler, 💶 Diego Forlán, Rafael Márquez,
Javier Mascherano, Ricardo Carvalho, Tomas Brolin, Harry Kewell, Yaya Touré, Claudio
Marchisio, Landon Donovan, Joan Capdevila, 💶 Sidney Govou, Dirk Kuyt, Park Ji-sung,
Włodzimierz Smolarek, Saeed Al-Owairan and Peter Crouch, with the late addition of
Ledley King 💶 after the game's release.[17]
This entry in the FIFA video game series is
the first to introduce women's club football. England's 💶 FA Women's Super League and the
French Division 1 Féminine are included at launch, with more women's football leagues
planned 💶 to be added later on.[18] This comes alongside Sam Kerr, who plays for Chelsea
Women, becoming the first female footballer 💶 to feature on the global front cover of the
game.[19] On 18 October 2024, EA Sports announced the inclusion of 💶 the UEFA Women's
Champions League in the game for early 2024.[20][21] On 6 March 2024, EA announced the
addition of 💶 the UEFA Women's Champions League and the National Women's Soccer League
beginning on 15 March 2024.[22][23] On 14 March, EA 💶 announced the UWCL and NWSL update
would be available by 23 March due to issues encountered during testing.[24]
Licences [
edit 💶 ]
FIFA 23 contains over 30 licensed leagues, over 100 licensed stadiums, over 700
clubs and more than 19,000 players.[25] Roma, 💶 Atalanta, Lazio and Napoli are not
featured in FIFA 23 due to their exclusivity agreements with rival game eFootball, and
💶 are instead known as Roma FC, Bergamo Calcio, Latium, and Napoli FC respectively. The
game retains the players' likenesses, but 💶 the official badge, kits and stadiums are
replaced with custom designs and generic stadiums created by EA Sports. Juventus,
having 💶 been similarly absent for the past three entries and thus known as Piemonte
Calcio, are featured in the game however.[25]
The 💶 game no longer feature the teams of
the J1 League, due to EA and J.League's six-year partnership coming to an 💶 end.[26]
Almost all Latin American leagues were also removed from the game, with only the
Argentine Primera División remaining; the 💶 teams that contend the Copa Libertadores and
Copa Sudamericana are also still present. The Russian Premier League remained absent
from 💶 the game as well, due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
New stadiums
added to the game include the Philips 💶 Stadion, home of PSV Eindhoven, the Europa-Park
Stadion, home of SC Freiburg, the Banc of California Stadium, home of Los 💶 Angeles FC,
and the Academy Stadium, home of Manchester City Women. The Juventus Stadium, home of
Juventus, is also added, 💶 having been absent from the past few entries due to licence
issues. Nottingham Forest's home ground, the City Ground, was 💶 added post-launch via an
update, thus ensuring all 20 Premier League clubs have their respective
stadiums.[27][28] Bayern Munich and Barcelona 💶 are also featured in the game with
licensed players and kits, but do not have their stadium licenses and thus 💶 play in
generic stadiums.
The game features fictional club AFC Richmond and their stadium
Nelson Road from the Apple TV+ series 💶 Ted Lasso.[29][30]
Soundtrack [ edit ]
Alongside
the game's main soundtrack, 40 of the 100 popular tracks from previous FIFA titles —
💶 collectively known as the "Ultimate FIFA Soundtrack" — were added to the game in
November 2024. These songs included "Song 💶 2" by Blur (FIFA: Road to World Cup 98),
"Love Me Again" by John Newman (FIFA 14) and "The Nights" 💶 by Avicii (FIFA 15). As a
result of these additions, FIFA 23's soundtrack is the largest in the
series.[31]
Reception [ 💶 edit ]
FIFA 23 received "generally favorable" reviews,
according to review aggregator Metacritic.[32][33][34] The Nintendo Switch version was
widely panned, with 💶 critics deriding EA for not adding any significant improvements
over previous versions of the game.[41][40] Writing for GamesRadar+, Ben Wilson
💶 criticized the gameplay, citing the game's pay-to-win aspects, along with moments where
"player control felt sabotaged"; though stated that the 💶 series bowed out on a high and
expressed encouragement for EA Sports FC scheduled for next year.[49] Game Informer
praised 💶 the title, stating that it’s “flashy, fun to play and has a lot of modes”, but
criticized its similarity to 💶 previous installments of the series.[50]
IGN game reviewer
gave it a 7/10 and said "FIFA 23’s slick and dramatic virtual football 💶 is fitting for
the series’ last hurrah under its long-time name, but familiar frustrations abound, and
it still greatly undervalues 💶 some of its most beloved modes."[51]
It was nominated for
the British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer at the 19th British 💶 Academy Games
Awards[52] as well as for Sports Game of the Year and Online Game of the Year at the
💶 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[53]
a2z Reviews gave the game a 8.5/10 and said "FIFA 23
sets a new benchmark for graphical 💶 fidelity in soccer video games. From the moment you
kick off your first match, you’ll be mesmerized by the sheer 💶 attention to detail."[54]
