The FIFA World Cup It officially kicks off on November 20 in distant Qatar, but you won’t have to wait that long or catch a flight to experience the biggest international football event: FIFA 23 prepares to receive completely free a big content update. What’s more, the fact that this year is being held just a few months after its launch is a spectacular opportunity for the annual delivery that EA Sports has been able to make the most of it.
The overall premise: bring the excitement of the World Cup to FIFA 23 through thematic modes, new content and events that will have us completely obsessed between the official days. And despite the fact that the 32 qualified teams and their squads will be the main protagonists of the event in Qatar and in the game, as it should be, we will have the possibility to rewrite the results or enjoy a FIFA World Cup 2022 created to measure and when we feel like it. A seamless plan.
As expected of us, at iGamesNews we have brought together in one place everything that will come to FIFA 23 con the FIFA World Cup 2022 update. Our starting point: the content kick-off. As it should be.
When is the FIFA World Cup 2022 coming to FIFA 23?
Starting November 9 all editions of FIFA 23 for PlayStation, Xbox, PC and even Stadia will start receiving the contents of the FIFA World Cup Qatar via a free update. In addition, FIFA Mobile will be updated one day before (from November 8) with its own thematic content.
Once we have updated our copy of FIFA 23 we will have a section dedicated to the World Cup with all the modes and activities, although some will have to wait for the World Cup to start: the new mode Your FIFA World Cup will not be active until November 21. And the same applies to the evolution of other modes that add content in parallel such as FIFA Ultimate Team
Last but not least, EA Sports has established that The Women’s World Cup is also coming to FIFA 23, also at no additional cost, through a future new update whose launch and content will be detailed already in 2023. The reason? The celebration will start in Australia and New Zealand on July 20 of that same year.
FIFA World Cup 2022 in FIFA 23: news and content
One of the greatest strengths of FIFA 23 it is its ability to offer different gaming experiences to enjoy alone or with friends through dense modes and fast match proposals. A premise that extends further with the FIFA World Cup 2022 update and gaming experiences designed to commemorate the occasion.
First of all, by accessing the dedicated section of the FIFA World Cup 2022 From the main menu we will have at a glance different thematic game modes to play against the AI or against other players both locally and online. And be careful, in this aspect the arrival of cross-play in FIFA 23 plays totally in favor of the initiative.
Thus, the gaming experiences of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in FIFA 23 son:
FIFA World Cup: LIVE
FIFA World Cup: LIVE offers three game alternatives based on what happens during the course of the World Cup.
- Featured Quick Matchallows us to take part alone or with two controls in local multiplayer in any World Cup match in progress or already held with the same characteristics, conditions and team line-ups.
- Online Quick Match It takes the previous premise of allowing us to participate in any current or already played game, with the peculiarity that we can play it online with friends.
- The FIFA World Cup here It is a tournament that starts after the first matches of the World Cup (as of November 21) and whose statistics and conditions evolve from one day to the next, continuing from that point on, opening a multiverse of alternative possibilities in the game.
FIFA World Cup: Quick Match
The premise is really similar to that of the traditional quick matches of FIFA 23 with several nuances: as in other competitions such as the Champions League of the game, we will be able to choose the type and importance of the match (from the group stage to the Final) and that will condition both the atmosphere and the scenes before and after the match. match.
The distinctive element that is also present in all the game modes of la FIFA World Cup is that the 32 qualified teams and their rosters have been completely updated for the occasion. In addition, in the quick modes we will also be able to use several of the national teams that did not make the cut.
From this point it is time to detail several of the novelties that will be introduced with the update of the FIFA World Cup, including the arrival of new commentator phrases, two new states that will accommodate and decorate each match, cut-scenes created for the World Cup and a much more effusive public and suitably dressed for the occasion.
FIFA World Cup 2022 and Online Tournaments
The mode FIFA World Cup 2022 It’s single player and exactly what you’d expect and ask of this FIFA 23 update: pick any national team included in the game and fight your way to the Qatar World Cup final. In fact, we will have all our own options so that we can enjoy the experience in our own way, accommodating the team and the strategies or reviewing the statistics. And not only that: we can also create a Custom Tournament.
Online Tournaments are the ultimate way to defend our colors and experience the thrill of competition against rivals from around the world: join a Knockout Tournament and advance to the final. Taking an exceptional match, by the way, to the novelties of the crossed game of FIFA 23.
The World Cup is also lived in FIFA Ultimate Team
What the World Cup in Qatar held between November and December suits FIFA 23 and even more to its star mode: the EA Sports star system will be reinforced and that will give a very special interest to Ultimate Team in its sweetest and most intense moment of the season through Events, thematic cards, objectives and all series of activities created for the occasion.
From the start, EA Sports will start the second Season of FUT23
Now as expected EA Sports will launch new cards based on the best players and it will continue adding more depending on the performance of the main protagonists of the World Cup and the milestones of the teams that stand out and go further.
And not only that: in FIFA 23 FUT It will add historical players who stood out in previous World Cups through the Icon cards that we can find in the envelopes, in the challenges and even in new thematic objectives based specifically on the events of the World Cup in Qatar.
In this aspect, FIFA 23 has introduced a new type of dedicated item called FIFA World Cup Swaps that will be available from November 11 and in which we can obtain tokens that can be exchanged for envelopes, improved cards of featured FIFA World Cup players or items of Player Picks.
Additionally, the superstars of previous world championships will receive a letter FIFA World Cup Heroes that not only has improved statistics, but also have unique images made in collaboration with the artists of Marvel Comics.
As with Ultimate Team progression, these FIFA World Cup Heroes are permanent items in FUT 23 that will replace the traditional FUT Hero in card packs, although some can be obtained through objectives and Squad Building Challenges. And beware: those who booked the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition before August 21 they will receive one of these letters from November 11, 2022. A great detail.
The importance of the arrival of World Cup 2022 in FIFA 23 at a time of transition in the saga
The prolific alliance between the Football Federation and EA Sports has an expiration date, and despite the fact that future deliveries of the football saga will arrive under another name, most likely as EA Sports FC, the end of the collaboration between both entities gives an additional value to the contents that will arrive with this great update.
The original FIFA, released on Mega Drive, was born taking advantage of the slipstream of the United States World Cup in 1994 with generic teams and the rights to four letters: F-I-F-A. At that time, a very significant number of players, national teams and highly relevant teams did not even have a remote idea of how to offer their rights to video game creators.
Far from just offering a delivery continuationist facing the millionaire rebranding that EA Sports is doing for the future of its soccer saga, the company has put all the meat on the grill. Both with the launch content and with those that arrive on the occasion of the 2022 World Cup. Not as a paid expansion or as a standalone game (as was the case in the first stage of the saga) but as a great free update. And that, whichever way you look at it, is to take your hat off.
What will happen to the World Cup in Canada / United States / Mexico 2026? There is still a lot left for us to know. And FIFA is already pulling its strings to offer its own game or license it. But there are two things that are clear to us: it will be held again in the summer that will mean that a lot of the player base is already focused on the next EA Sports football installment. Whatever his name is. And that makes the contents of the World Cup 2022 for a FIFA 23 in its sweetest stage make an even more valuable addition.
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