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FIFA 22 Update 1.27 Released

FIFA 22 1.27 Update

EA Sports has released the FIFA 22 update 1.27, with several bug fixes and a few gameplay changes.

The patch was released for PC platforms earlier this month and is now available to download on consoles.

Check out the full FIFA 22 1.27 patch notes below.

 

Fifa 22 Update 1.27 Patch Notes

Gameplay

Made the following changes:

  • Increased the likelihood of a knuckle ball shot occurring when requesting a high powered shot while the ball is 0.67 meters/2.2 feet away from the ball carrier.
  • Added the new Ball Roll Cut 180 Skill Move that can be performed by players with a 4 or 5 star Skill Move rating.
  • Greatly increased the accuracy of low and mid powered Low Driven Shots.
  • Significantly reduced the reach of attempted shot blocks by AI controlled players.
  • Significantly decreased the range required for a defender to attempt a tackle without being requested to do so.
  • Increased the distance between the defender and the ball carrier when the defender is requested to Contain or Teammate Contain.
  • Slightly increased the effectiveness of Finesse Shots in potential goal scoring situations in which the ball carrier is not under heavy pressure from a defender or goalkeeper.
  • Increased the speed at which the ball travels at following a low or mid powered header.
  • Increased the speed at which the ball travels at following a chipped header.
  • Lowered the ball trajectory that can result from a chipped header.
  • Slightly increased animation speeds when dribbling, Agile Dribbling, and Strafe Dribbling.
  • Slightly increased the animation speed of Reverse Stepover, Stepover, and Body Feint Skill Moves.
  • Slightly reduced the reach of attempted shot blocks by human controlled players.

FIFA Ultimate Team

Addressed the following issue:

  • The Compare Price functionality did not always provide search results when used on some Stadium and Consumable Items.

VOLTA

Addressed the following issue:

  • One of the default Avatars was not wearing shoes on the selection screen, and if that Avatar was selected, shoes could not be equipped to them.

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FIFA

FIFA 22’s Shapeshifters Team 4 Revealed

Fifa 22 Shapeshifter Team 4

FIFA 22’s Shapeshifters promotion enters its final week with the release of Team 4.

The FIFA 22 Shapeshifters promo began four weeks ago with the launch of the Shapeshifters Team 1 squad. The promotion offers special player items with upgraded attributes and position changes.

There has also been a collection of FIFA 22 Shapeshifters player items released as Squad Building Challenges and objectives.

The release of the Shapeshifters Team 4 squad shut down the rumors of the Futties promo starting this week, that promotion is expected to drop next week.

Fifa 22’s Shapeshifters Team 4
  • LW: Abedi Pele (98)
  • RW: Antonio Di Natale (97)
  • RB: Ivan Cordoba (97)
  • CAM: Joe Cole (96)
  • LW: Clint Dempsey (94)
  • CAM: N’Golo Kante (98)
  • CB: Kyle Walker (95)
  • CM: Matthijs de Ligt (95)
  • CDM: Thomas Delaine (93)
  • LB: Alexis Claude-Maurice (93)
  • ST: Pepe (92)

Team 4 of the Shapeshifters promo was officially released on Friday, July 8, 2022 and will be available in packs for a week.

 

 

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NBA 2K

Devin Booker Announced As NBA 2K23 Cover Athlete

2K Sports officially announced that Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker will be the NBA 2K23 cover athlete.

Booker joins Michael Jordan, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird that who will grace the covers for the various special editions of NBA 2K23.

Booker was named to the 2021-2022 All-NBA first team this past season and is one of the NBA’s brightest young stars.

“It’s a dream come true to see myself on the cover of NBA 2K,” said Booker.

“I’ve been a huge NBA 2K fan since I was a kid, and it’s surreal to finally join the exclusive club of basketball greats who’ve been cover athletes. I’m also honored to share this year’s covers with the iconic Michael Jordan, who changed the game for all players who came after him, as well as two of the all-time WNBA GOATs, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, who continue to make a huge impact on the game.”

Number 23 as a 2K23 cover athlete was an obvious choice for 2K Games, as the all-time great Michael Jordan appears for the fourth time on an NBA 2K cover. The latest announcements also confirm the second consecutive year 2K has chosen to feature a WNBA star on its covers, with two-time MVP Candace Parker being the choice last year.

NBA 2K23 Standard Edition will retail for $60.00 on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, meanwhile, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions are priced at $70.00. Michael Jordan Edition is priced at $99.99, and the Championship Edition comes in at $149.99 with a 12-month subscription to NBA League Pass.

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Madden 23: Trent Williams Joins The 99 Club

Trent Williams 99 Club

Madden 23’s released its first 99 Club member, and 49ers OT Trent Williams is the man.

Williams was revealed as the first 99-rated player in Madden 23 on Twitter via Adrian Peterson, who welcomed him to the club.

The San Francisco 49ers Offensive Tackle is the first-ever Offensive lineman in Madden history to be added to the exclusive club.

Madden 23 99 Club

Last year Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Ramsey, Travis Kelce, Aaron Donald, and Davante Adams made the cut.

Mahomes should be back in the club this year, Kelce may miss out.

Rams pair Cooper Kupp and Aaron Donald seem like a good bet to be on the club this year, having dominated last season.

Steelers LB TJ Watt and Browns’ DE Myles Garrett are also rumored to be joining list in Madden 23.

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FIFA

Shapeshifters Team 3 Is Live On FUT 22

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 3

Shapeshifters Team 3 was added to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team today. The cards will be available in packs for a week, then taken off the market.

For those who aren’t familiar, Shapeshifters is a position change focused campaign where players get high end out of position cards for FIFA Ultimate Team.

This release has 11 new cards that will replace the second team in FUT packs.

David Ginola, Franck Ribéry and Marcus Rashford headline the squad. The most expensive card is the 98-rated Franck Ribéry, which currently runs around 4.8 million FUT coins.

Shapeshifters Team 3 Squad
  • ST: David Ginola (98)
  • CB: Mario Gomez (95)
  • CAM: Freddie Ljungberg (94)
  • CAM: Morientes (93)
  • RM: Lars Ricken (91)
  • LW: Franck Ribéry (98)
  • CAM: Marcus Rashford (98)
  • CF: Leroy Sané (96)
  • RWB: Federico Valverde (95)
  • CDM: Felipe Almeida Monteiro (93)
  • LWB: Marc Cucurella (92)

 

 

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FIFA

FIFA 22 Summer Swaps

FIFA 22 Summer Swaps

The FIFA 22 Summer Swaps token program is live, with a large selection of pretty great rewards available to redeem.

The Swaps program gives FUT players the chance to earn tokens through Squad Building Challenges, Objectives and the FUT Store, which can be swapped for rewards at a later date.

The Summer Swaps event features 50 available tokens making it the biggest swaps promotion ever.

EA has released 12 tokens for FUT 22 so far. Players will be able to redeem the Summer Swaps Tokens between Friday, June 24 and Friday, July 29. The first token can be claimed by logging in to FUT between June 24 and July 25. Below is the Summer Swaps token tracker and the full lists of rewards available.

Swaps Token Tracker
  1. Jamie Reid – Free Gift by logging into FUT (expires: 7/25)
  2. Kristian Opseth – Shapeshifters Challenge 5 SBC (Expired)
  3. Jelle Duin – Complete the ‘Shapeshifters Delaney: Across the League’ Objective (expires: 7/2)
  4. Stefan Blanaru – Shapeshifters Challenge 6 SBC (expires: 6/29)
  5. Leo Mikic – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Eredivisie’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  6. Theo Archibald – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Eredivisie’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  7. Soren Tengstedt – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: EFL Championship’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  8. Rudolf Ndualu – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: EFL Championship’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  9. Isak Jansson – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Premier League’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  10. Elliot Embleton – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Premier League’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  11. Samuel Alabi – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Ligue 1’ Objective (expires: 7/11)
  12. Anssi Suhonen – Complete the ‘Summer Swaps I: Ligue 1’ Objective (expires: 7/11)

  13. Maximiliano Araujo – Complete the Shapeshifters Challenge 5 SBC (expires: 6/30)

    Below is a full list of rewards available to redeem with the Summer Swaps Tokens earned. These rewards will be available in FUT 22 between Friday, June 24 and Friday, July 29.

Redeemable Rewards
  • 1 Token – 25x 82+ Rated Players Pack
  • 2 Tokens – 25x 83+ Rated Players Pack
  • 3 Tokens – 25x 84+ Rated Players Pack
  • 4 Tokens – Icon Moments Schmeichel
  • 5 Tokens – 20x 85+ Rated Players Pack
  • 7 Tokens – Shapeshifters Player Pick (1 of 3)
  • 9 Tokens – 91+ EFIGS TOTS Player Pick (1 of 4)
  • 10 Tokens – Shapeshifters Kimpembe (92 OVR)
  • 15 Tokens – 93+ Shapeshifters Player Pick (1 of 5)
  • 17 Tokens – 95+ EFIGS TOTS Player Pick (1 of 3)
  • 20 Tokens – Prime Icon Moments Cafu
  • 23 Tokens – 95+ Shapeshifters Player Pick (1 of 5)
  • 25 Tokens – 92+ Icon Moments Player Pick (1 of 3)
  • 27 Tokens – Shapeshifters Kimpembe (95 OVR)
  • 30 Tokens – 96+ EFIGS TOTS Player Pick (1 of 5)
  • 33 Tokens – Prime Icon Ronaldinho
  • 36 Tokens -94+ Icon Moments Player Pick (1 of 4)
  • 40 Tokens – Prime Icon Moments Zidane

You can find updates here as they become available.

 

 

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FIFA

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2 Squad Revealed

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2 squad has been revealed, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo and Sergio Ramos featuring.

Following the conclusion of the FIFA 22 TOTS promo, EA Sports began the release of the Shapeshifters promo with the release of Team 1.

Shapeshifters Team 2 has now been revealed, and the promotion is really picking up steam. Man U forward Ronaldo has been given a 99-rated LW Shapeshifters FUT card, Marcelo has a 97-rated ST card and Sergio Ramos was given a 96-rated ST special player card.

For those who aren’t familiar, Shapeshifters is a position change focused promotion where players are given high end out of position cards.

Here is the full FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2 squad.

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2 squad
  • LW: Cristiano Ronaldo (99)
  • ST: Marcelo (97)
  • ST: Sergio Ramos (96)
  • RF: Timo Werner (96)
  • CAM: Stephan El Shaarawy (96)
  • CF: Silas Katompa Mvumpa (95)
  • CM: Jesus Corona (94)
  • CB: Kieran Tierney (94)
  • LWB: Roberto Pereyra (93)
  • CB: Marko Arnautović (92)
  • CDM: Daley Blind (91)

 

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Madden 23 Franchise Mode New Features Revealed

Madden 23 Fracnhise Mode

Closed beta for Madden 23 has been available for over a week, initially players only had access to Play Now and then Ultimate Team.

After a short wait, Franchise Mode has now been added in the most recent beta update, and we have details on the changes.

New features

So far, there appear to be no major changes like Madden 22 brought with Staff Management and the revamped Scouting system.

There have been some changes however, contracts did get a major upgrade, as Player Motivations have been introduced to help detail why a player may or may not decide to go to a particular team.

In the past, the negotiations were all about money, but now a variety of motivations have been added. The changes include:

  • Super Bowl Chase
  • Big Market
  • Historic Championships
  • Top The Depth Chart
  • Head Coach Historic Record
  • Mentor at Position
  • Highest Offer
  • Close To Home
  • Scheme Fit
  • Team Has Franchise QB
  • No Income Tax
  • Warm Weather State

Each has an Impact meter showing how important that individual item is to the player and how much your own team’s status affect their opinion negatively or positively.

If players have key Motivations you can’t meet, you will have to offer more money to try to get them to sign on.

Plenty stayed the same

That is about it for the good news with Franchise Mode, unfortunately there’s little else that got changed or upgraded.

While gameplay improvements like FieldSENSE will carryover to Franchise Mode games (for next gen players only), most aspects of the mode were left untouched.

The upgraded Scouting system has new menu designs, but as far as function goes we didn’t see any changes.

More then likely one of the biggest disappointments for many fans is that Relocation is completely unchanged in Madden 23, with no create a team option.

Being able to create your own team is a feature available in essentially  every major sports franchise video game, but EA remains unwilling to add one to the Madden entry.

Players who want to use a custom team will once again be forced to spend a year in the relocation process and pick from the exact same locations, team names, logos, and uniforms that were available in Madden 22.

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FIFA

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 1 Squad Revealed

FIFA 22 Shapeshifters

Following the conclusion of the TOTS promotion, EA has confirmed the released of its FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 1, with the cards being released into Ultimate Team packs starting Friday June 17th.

For those who aren’t familiar, Shapeshifters is a position change focused campaign where players get high end out of position cards for FIFA Ultimate Team.

Messi, Hazard, and Heung-Min Son feature in the Shapeshifters Team 1 squad.

Shapeshifters Team 1 squad
  • CF: Lionel Messi (99)
  • St: Heung-min Son (97)
  • CAM: Eden Hazard (96)
  • ST: Alphonso Davies (96)
  • LW: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (95)
  • CM: Youcef Atal (95)
  • CDM: Leonardo Spinazzola (95)
  • CB: Pierre Kalulu (94)
  • RW: Jeremiah St. Juste (93)
  • CB: Nordi Mukiele (92)
  • LB: Hector Bellerin (92)

It’s likely that the FIFA 22 Shapeshifters promo will feature two teams, Team 1 and Team 2, so we should see Team 2 released into packs on Friday, June 24, 2022.

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FIFA

FIFA 22 Being Added to EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

FIFA 22 Added to EA Play & Game Pass

Stating June 23rd the latest entry in the Fifa franchise will be available on the Play List and Game Pass Ultimate members, who get EA Play access as part of their subscription.

The Play List is EA’s archive of titles, which can be played by anyone with an EA Play subscription or an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

Currently EA Play offers a 10-hour game trial of FIFA 22, but that will be replaced with the full game on June 23.

FIFA’s addition means that all of EA Sports‘ 2021 sports titles – FIFA 22, Madden NFL 22, NHL 22 and F1 2021 – are available as part of the EA Play subscription.

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