It’s official, EA has confirmed that FIFA 23 will include women’s soccer leaguesa movement that honestly seems to me to be very successful, as it will give them more visibility at the level and has important implications at the level of inclusivity, although there will only be two women’s leagues at the time of launch, the Barclays Women’s Super League in England and Division 1 Arkema from France .

We will also see in FIFA 23 men’s and women’s soccer world championships, although according to a news source, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and the 2023 Australia and New Zealand Women’s World Cup may not arrive until after the game’s launch as free downloadable content. That remains to be seen as EA could eventually release them as payment options.

Cross-play will be present in all one-on-one game modes, though it looks like it will be limited based on the generation of the game which we use, meaning that those playing the “old gen” version of FIFA 23 will not be able to enjoy cross-play with those using the “next gen” version.

And speaking of releases, I have good news for fans of the franchise playing on PC, and that’s it EA is finally getting ready to launch a next generation compatible version. This means that FIFA 23 for PC will be an adaptation of the PS5 and Xbox Series XS version, not the PS4 and Xbox One version, as was the case with FIFA 22. We can expect a significant improvement on the technical level.

Continuing the technical roadmap, EA has confirmed that the HyperMotion animation system that was introduced in FIFA 22 has been significantly improved, so much so that it has shaped the so-called HyperMotion2, which features more than 600 lifelike animations captured from millions of frames using advanced capture technologies. The company also promised a new “risk-reward” shooting mechanic and improvements to free kicks, penalties and corner kicks, as well as higher quality physics to offer a more realistic gaming experience.

If all goes according to plan, FIFA 23 will arrive September 30 of this year, and will be the last franchise title to use the “FIFA” name, as the contract with the International Football Federation expires this year and will not be renewed by either party. The American company dropped the possibility that the next deliveries could be called EA Sports FC, and FIFA said it did not rule out the possibility of launching a game to compete with the EA franchise, taking advantage of the fact that the name would be free.