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EA Sports FC Coming in 2023

EA Sports FC

FIFA 23 will release this year, but it will be EA Sports FC after that.

EA has announced that the FIFA series will change its name after FIFA 23, ending a partnership that has been in place since 1993.

EA Sports announced the change in a blog post, stating that there will be more information coming about the first EA Sports FC in July 2023. “This new independent platform will bring fresh opportunity – to innovate, create and evolve,” reads a statement from EA Sports representative, Cam Weber.

Despite dropping the name license, EA Sports FC will keep FIFA’s league, club and player licenses, including 19,000+ players, 700+ teams, 100+ stadiums and 30 leagues. FIFA itself has not released a statement at time of writing.

EA Sports vice president David Jackson released an important statement regarding the change: “In terms of things that they’ll miss, players will notice only two things: The name and a World Cup piece of content every four years. Outside of that, very little will change about the things they know, and love about the current FIFA products.”

EA had previously said it was exploring the idea of renaming the series, and trademarked the EA Sports FC name, but this is the first time it’s been officially confirmed.

Previous reports suggested that FIFA wanted to charge EA $1 billion every four years to use the name. A name mired in controversy for many years, including major corruption scandals.

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PS Plus Subscribers Can Claim a Free FIFA 22 Ultimate Team Pack

PS Plus FUT Pack

The soccer season is ending soon, and EA Sports is trying to drum up some late interest in the title before moving on to FIFA 23. FIFA 22 is available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers this month and EA Sports is putting a cherry on top with a Fifa 22 Ultimate Team pack giveaway.

The giveaway includes 11 players, all guaranteed to be 82 or above.

In addition to 11 permanent additions to your collection you’ll also receive an ICON Moments Loan Player Pick as part of the giveaway. Whether you’re an Ultimate Team vet or newcomer, you might as well grab the free pack while it’s available.

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FIFA 22 Cross-play Coming Soon

Fifa 22 Cross-play

FIFA 22 cross-play is almost ready to be rolled out, but only for certain game modes.

EA has announced that cross-play functionality will be tested in “the near future”, opening up to option for players to compete against opponents on other systems.

The initial cross-play test will only be available for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Stadia versions of the game, Xbox One, PS4 and PC players will be left out for now. It will also only be added to Online Seasons and Online Friendlies modes.

According to a Q&A on FIFA 22’s official website, FIFA 22 ‘s FUT mode will not be getting cross-play, and the earliest it will arrive will be for FIFA 23.

“We limited the test to these two modes with the aim of reducing the chance for introducing new issues into the game,” FIFA 22’s official website reads.

“The game data and feedback that we get from these two modes will help inform how Cross-play could further be implemented in future titles.”

The post says that cross-play in Online Seasons will work the same way it has all year.

“As usual, the matchmaking will search for an appropriate opponent, and they may or may not end up being on a different platform than you.”

An earlier report claimed that FIFA 23 would include cross-play for the first time. The new announcement means it will be coming earlier than that.

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Community TOTS Revealed in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team

FUT 22 Community TOTS

The people have spoken, the votes are in, FIFA 22 Ultimate Team players have voted on which players are to receive an upgraded Team of the Season(TOTS) card.

What is Team of the Season?

Team of the Season has been one of the most popular FIFA Ultimate Team promotions over the years. TOTS celebrates the greatest players around the world based on their performance during the 2021-2022 season.

Voting ran from April 17 to 20. The players with the highest number of votes are four attackers, five midfielders, five defenders, and one goalkeeper, that group will be the players featured in the Community TOTS promotion.

Can I still vote?

Players can currently cast their vote to select the best Bundesliga players. The voting will be open from now until May 1 and the team will be revealed on May 13.

Voting for LaLiga players will start on May 3 and will be the last community-open voting to decide what players will receive a TOTS cards. The LaLiga TOTS will be announced on May 20.

The promotion’s releases will end with the Ultimate TOTS being revealed on June 10.

EA also released two objectives that reward players with a 90-rated TOTS version of Daniel Parejo from Villareal and an 89-rated TOTS Mauro Júnior from PSV. Players can also complete a squad-building challenge to get a 90-rated TOTS Giacomo Raspadori from Sassoulo.

Who were the winners?

Attackers

  • LF: 92-rated Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
  • ST: 96-rated Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid)
  • ST: 89-rated Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg)
  • ST: 90-rated Gerard Moreno (Villareal)

Midfielders

  • CDM: 91-rated Fred Santos (Manchester United)
  • RM: 92-rated Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich)
  • LM: 92-rated Yannick Carrasco (Atletico de Madrid)
  • CDM: 90-rated John Mcginn (Aston Villa)
  • CM: 90-rated Maxence Caqueret (Lyon)

Defenders

  • CB: 94-rated Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
  • CB: 88-rated Jean-Clair Todibo (OGC Nice)
  • LB: 88-rated Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace)
  • CB: 89-rated Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
  • RB: 88-rated Tino Livramento (Southampton)

Goalkeepers

  • GK: 95-rated Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)

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FIFA 22 Ultimate Team TOTW 32 is Live

You can now get your hands on the FIFA 22 Ultimate Team Team of the Week 32 cards. This week’s set includes Gabriel Jesus, Kevin Trapp, and Andrew Robertson.

The Team of the Week promotion offers upgraded cards of the players who had big weeks in real life games. This weeks cards will only be available to be pulled until next Wednesday when the next round of TOTW players drops.

You can quick-sell the low rated TOTW cards for almost 10,000 coins or use them to complete squad-building challenges since most ask for at least one TOTW card as part of the completion conditions.

Here’s the full list of all of the TOTW 32 cards added to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team today:

First team

  • GK: 87-rated Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
  • LB: 90-rated Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
  • RB: 86-rated Hamari Traoré (Rennes)
  • CB: 84-rated Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg)
  • LM: 86-rated Iker Muniain (Athletic Club)
  • CAM: 85-rated Kevin Volland (Monaco)
  • CM: 84-rated Hakan Çalhanoglu (Internazionale)
  • CM: 84-rated Houssem Aouar (Lyon)
  • RW: 87-rated Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)
  • LW: 84-rated Jesús Corona (Sevilla)
  • LF: 84-rated Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg)

Bench

  • GK: 85-rated Nick Pope (Burnley)
  • CB: 81-rated Yunis Abdelhamid (Stade de Reims)
  • LF: 84-rated Luis Muriel (Atalanta)
  • ST: 84-rated Deniz Undav (Royale union SG)
  • LW: 84-rated Rafael Leão (Milan)
  • ST: 84-rate Borja Mayoral (Getafe)
  • ST: 81-rated Serdar Dursun (Fenerbahçe)
  • RWB: 69-rated Dariusz Pawlowski (Górnik Zabrze)
  • RM: 80-rated Cristian Espinoza (SJ Earthquakes)
  • CAM 78-rated Florin Tanase (FCSB)
  • LM: 75-rated Stefan Lex (1860 München)
  • RM: 73-rated Mohamed Ofkir (Sandefjord)

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When Will Fifa Team of the Season Start?

Fifa‘s Team of the Season event is approaching.

Every year the Fifa games release amazing cards featuring the best-performing players from around the world. Best of all? The fans help select the players by voting on the EA website.

These players can be picked up in packs like regular players, or purchased on the transfer market. The promotion features some of the best cards that will hit the market all year.

Here’s the full schedule of TOTS releases for Fifa 22, and how you can vote.

The first release will be the Fifa Community TOTS. This team is meant to represent the season’s most consistent performers.

The Community team will be revealed on Friday 29 April.

Here are the other key dates for TOTS:

  • Friday 22 April – Premier League TOTS vote opens
  • Monday 25 April – Premier League TOTS vote closes
  • Wednesday 27 April – Bundesliga TOTS vote opens
  • Sunday 1 May – Bundesliga TOTS vote closes
  • Tuesday 3 May – La Liga TOTS vote opens
  • Friday 6 May – La Liga TOTS vote closes
  • Friday 6 May – Premier League TOTS squad revealed
  • Friday 13 May – Bundesliga TOTS squad revealed
  • Friday 20 May – La Liga TOTS squad revealed

TOTS squads will also be named for other leagues including France’s Ligue 1, Italy’s Serie A, Liga Portugal, the SPL, Turkey’s SuperLig, the Netherlands’ Eredivisie and more. Dates for these are yet to be announced.

An Ultimate TOTS squad, featuring the world’s best players, will be announced over the course of the season.

How can you vote?

Head to the EA website.

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Team 2 of the FUT Captains Promotion Has Landed

Abedi Pele and Marcelo headline the main squad release. There are have also been some cards added via the Squad Building Challenge and Seasonal Objectives menus.

FUT Captains launched on  April 8th. The promo runs for two weeks, with Team 2 replacing Team 1 April 15th.

It is likely to be the last major promotion before Team of the Season starts up on April 22nd.

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FIFA 22 1.22 Patch Notes

EA has rolled out FIFA 22 update 1.22, the 9th update for the title. It brings changes to Ultimate Team, Career Mode, gameplay and more. This title update also removes of the Russian national team and other Russian teams due to Russia’s on-going invasion of Ukraine. The other changes are as follows.

General, Audio, and Visual

Made the following changes:

  • Updated CONMEBOL competitions.
    • Updated CONMEBOL Libertadores seeding in Career Mode and Tournaments.
    • Updated CONMEBOL Libertadores and Sudamericana competition structure for Career Mode.
    • Added clubs who qualified for the 2022 CONMEBOL Libertadores and Sudamericana group stages where appropriate and updated rosters for existing clubs.
  • Updated some player portraits, kits, badges, ad boards, trophies, flags, logos, banners, broadcast and presentation packages, and interview backdrops.
  • Favorite Club selection has been changed to PSG if the Russian national team or any other Russian team was previously selected.
  • Removed the Otkritie Bank Arena.
  • Removed the Russian national team and other Russian teams.
    • Arena player and goalkeeper selections have been changed to PSG players if players from the Russian national team or any other Russian team were previously selected.

Gameplay

Addressed the following issue:

  • In a rare situation, the player controlled goalkeeper did not drop the ball when requested, preventing the match from resuming normally.

FIFA Ultimate Team

Addressed the following issues:

  • Packs of the same name were opened in the order they were received instead of the player selection.
    • This issue has been previously posted on the EASF Tracker.
  • The match lobby Ping Indicator did not always display correctly and would sometimes incorrectly show nine digit numbers.
    • This was a visual issue only and had no impact on a player’s connection.
    • This issue has been previously posted on the EASF Tracker.
  • Some Badge Items incorrectly displayed a placeholder image.

Career Mode

Made the following changes:

  • The Russian national team and other Russian teams are no longer available in any competition when starting a new save.
    • As a result, these teams will not be present in any competition and players cannot be offered a Russian national team management contract.
  • Added a new intro video for the CONMEBOL Sudamericana competition.

Pro Clubs

Made the following changes:

  • Kit selections have been changed to PSG if the Russian national team or any other Russian team kit was previously selected.
    • Players can select different kits.
  • Stadium selection has been changed to the default Pro Clubs stadium if the Otkritie Bank Arena was previously selected.
    • Players can select a different stadium.
  • Removed Russian themed stadium customization items.

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FIFA 22 TOTW 30 Drops Today

Team of the Week 30 is live. There are a few decent cards included and one big one.

Kylian Mbappe is the star of the release, getting a 94 OVR card, with his Headliners card also increasing to 96 OVR.

Nicolo Barella’s Headliners card becomes a 89 OVR, Julian Brandt will has an 87-rated Headliner.

Ciro Immobile also makes for a nice addition, with a 90 OVR.

The new cards will be available in packs for one week only, with some top players set to feature this week.

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New FIFA 22 Ultimate Team Captains Promo Details

Fifteen new cards have been added to the market.

FIFA 22 Ultimate Team unveiled its newest promotion on Friday including captains and vice-captains from around the world.

The promotions looks to have delivered some of the best cards in the game to date. Here is a full list of the added players:

  • Antonio Di Natale (93)
  • Diego Milito (93)
  • Freddie Ljungberg (92)
  • Clint Dempsey (91)
  • Marco Reus (93)
  • Wissam Ben Yedder (92)
  • Hugo Lloris (92)
  • Lorenzo Insigne (92)
  • Fabio Quagliarella (92)
  • Tyrone Mings (90)
  • Mark Noble (89)
  • Iker Muniain (89)
  • Christian Gunter (88)
  • Leo Dubois (87)
  • Jonas Hector (87)

The first team, announced Friday, includes four Hero Captains. There will likely be another team released next Friday.

The following three player cards are likely to be highly coveted:

Di Natale: He has five-star skills, four-star weak foot and 95 dribbling. Add in the Hawk chemistry style on him and it all adds up to a great option.

Ben Yedder: This is his most upgraded card of the year. In addition to his skills, his French nationality will make him a popular, linkable part of any squad.

Lloris: Lloris will be able to link with any of the plentiful options of French centre-backs in the Ligue 1 division.

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