FIFA 23 offers unrivaled authenticity and immersion, enabling players to take to the pitch with the biggest leagues, clubs and athletes in the world of football.The advancements to FIFA 23’s HyperMotion2 technology (only available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Stadia) and physics system have unlocked an array of new features making the gameplay experience feel more immersive than ever. Team and player movement across the pitch is more responsive, smart and authentic, whether jockeying against a defender or claiming an aerial ball against an attacker as a keeper. Players can also look forward to a new intelligent dribbling system, a more natural and fluid transition to shooting, all-new acceleration mechanics, enhanced player awareness and much more. With the debut of women’s club teams, all-new animations informed by the movement of real-life female players have been added to FIFA 23.
The most true-to-life experience of The World’s Game, FIFA 23 now features women’s club teams with Barclays Women’s Super League and Division 1 Arkema joining the biggest stars and teams, including 19,000+ players across 700+ teams in over 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues. FIFA 23 is the only place you can play the iconic UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, Premier League, Bundesliga, and LaLiga Santander in the same game.
EA Sports FIFA 23 features a variety of mode advancements and innovations across Career Mode, Pro Clubs, VOLTA Football, FIFA 23 Ultimate Team and more. The new Training Center coaching system will also give new and less experienced players the ability to easily learn the fundamentals of gameplay and hone their skills before jumping into a match.
Electronic Arts celebrates EA Sports FIFA 23 by capturing post-launch engagement up to 23 days after the worldwide launch. After celebrating a record-breaking launch of FIFA 23 with over 10.3 million players within the first week, signaling the biggest launch period in EA Sports FIFA franchise history, as of today, this year’s title has been played in 200+ nations worldwide. There has also been over 1.7 billion games (including FUT Moments) played - across men’s and women’s match-ups - and over 4.3 billion goals scored. Players have amounted over 15.7 billion playing minutes overall - the equivalent of almost 30,000 years of gameplay.
“The successful launch of this year’s title has been very special for us, and we’re incredibly proud to connect the millions of fans across the globe that share the same passion for the world’s game,” said Nick Wlodyka, SVP, GM of EA SPORTS FC. “With new clubs and leagues including Juventus FC, the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and Division 1 Arkema, plus the UEFA Women’s Champions League and the Men’s and Women’s World Cup tournaments* still to come, we’re energized to keep this momentum going and continue on our promise to provide the most immersive and authentic football experience to fans around the world.”
In Career Mode, EA Sports FIFA 23 has seen Jude Bellingham be the top transfer target for players, with over 630,000 players opting to select the Borussia Dortmund midfielder for their squad.
Players are also enjoying the new integration of their favorite mustached manager Ted Lasso, with AFC Richmond gaining a lot of success, winning over 1 million matches to date.
Global cover star Sam Kerr’s Chelsea Women have been the most selected women’s football team within FIFA 23, with Manchester City being the top choice for men’s clubs. Manchester City were also the most popular match up playing against Paris Saint-Germain.
With an incredible amount of goals scored, strikers have had a busy start to FIFA 23. The overall top men’s and women’s scorers so far are:
Men’s Top 10
- Marcus Rashford
- Kylian Mbappé
- Darwin Núñez
- Erling Haaland
- Gabriel Jesus
- Arnaut Danjuma
- Timo Werner
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Karim Benzema
- Vinícius Jr.
Women’s Top 10
- Sam Kerr
- Fran Kirby
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto
- Vivianne Miedema
- Ada Hegerberg
- Kadidiatou Diani
- Beth Mead
- Caitlin Foord
- Guro Reiten
- Alessia Russo
After scoring goals, players want to celebrate that monumental moment, and the “Griddy” has proven to be the most used celebration to date. The more traditional “Knee Slide” came in second, and players were eager to keep scoring as the third most used celebration was to simply “Pickup the ball out of the net”.
For the very first time, fans will also have the opportunity to play both the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cups in the same game, with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023.
PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC versions of FIFA 23 are cross-play compatible. PS4 and Xbox One versions of FIFA 23 are cross-play compatible with one another.
FIFA 23 is available worldwide on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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