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News FIFA 22's PS5, PS4 Launch Trailer Must Have Cost a Fortune
David Beckham! Zinedine Zidane! Ryan Reynolds?
There’s star-studded, and then there’s this FIFA 22 launch trailer. Holy heck, EA Sports has seriously flashed the cheque book here: there are appearances from England legend David Beckham, French midfield maestro Zinedine Zidane, the Champions League winning Chelsea squad, and cover star Kylian...
Hands On FIFA 22 Feels Like Real Football for Once
Balled over
As far as this author is concerned, FIFA has never felt quite right. For a franchise sold as a soccer simulator, there’s a case for EA Sports getting done under the trade descriptions act – it’s never really resembled real football, more an analogue of the sport like the distinctly arcade Rocket League. But based on over six hours...
News FIFA 22's Intro Sequence Is Unexpectedly Awesome
French connection
FIFA 22’s opening salvo is surprising, star-studded, and awesomely unexpected. It starts out in Paris, with David Beckham enjoying a coffee in a glitzy hotel. The scene then switches to a room on a lower floor, where you choose your avatar after being contacted by French freestyler Lisa Zimouche. The game then goes on to teach...
News FIFA 22's Soundtrack Has 122 Songs, Over Six Hours of Music
Artists from over 27 countries
FIFA 22’s soundtrack is the largest in the series’ history, packing 122 songs and over six hours of music across all of its main modes. EA Sports has selected artists from over 27 countries, and it promises that the playlist represents a number of cultures, establishing the football franchise as the “world’s...
The top 22
EA Sports has revealed the top 22 players in FIFA 22 (see what they did there?) as per this year's player ratings. All of the in-game stats are based on The Ratings Collective, which is a football scouting network, but there's no doubt that the rankings will spark a lot of discussion — as they do every year. So, who's top of the pile?...
News Cristiano Ronaldo, Jack Grealish Among the Ones to Watch in FIFA 22's Ultimate Team
Twitter transfer sensation Fabrizio Romano makes trailer
Returning Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo and new Manchester City recruit Jack Grealish are among the Ones to Watch in FIFA 22’s Ultimate Team. The Portuguese and English stars will be joined by Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku, Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konaté, and Real Madrid’s David...
News FIFA 22 Will Make Goals Feel Better Than Ever on PS5
Haptic feedback being enhanced
EA Sports is ramping up support for PlayStation 5’s innovative DualSense controller in FIFA 22, building on the concepts it introduced with the series’ inaugural next-gen outing last year. This time it’ll be leveraging haptic feedback to mimic the sensation of the ball hitting the net when you score a goal,...
News FIFA 22's Volta Football Is All About Tekkers, Adds Arcade Minigames
Flair enough
EA Sports is unlikely to ever revisit its Street series, so it’s important that it continues to invest in modes like Volta Football and The Yard in FIFA 22 and Madden NFL 22 respectively. We’re already fairly happy with what we’ve played of the latter, but now it’s time to turn our attention to the publisher’s flagship soccer...
News FIFA 22 Ultimate Team Tries to Make Mode More Appealing to Everyone
Progression reinvented
FIFA 22 will, of course, plot the return of the franchise’s most popular mode, Ultimate Team. While the feature set remains familiar, however, EA Sports is putting progression under the knife, as it seeks to make the game more rewarding to players of all skill levels. Division Rivals, for example, now operates using a...
News FIFA 22 Refreshes Player Career, Adds Dressing Room Atmosphere
Also, Create a Club returns
With major sports games like NBA 2K22 and MLB The Show 21 all focusing heavily on Player Career modes, it’s no surprise to see EA Sports bolster that feature in FIFA 22. An extensive Pitch Notes blog post delves into the details of this year’s Career experience, with plenty of thoughtful additions to the flagship...
News FIFA 22 Trailer Latches on to Buzzwords, Shows New PS5 Gameplay
It's all about HyperMotion again
We all know EA Sports loves a good buzzword, but FIFA 22’s advancements in motion capture – HyperMotion, as the publisher’s named it – does look to be a game changer. The functionality is exclusive to the next-gen version, and utilises Machine Learning based on a real-world match of football to completely...
News Alex Scott Becomes First Female Broadcast Voice in FIFA 22
Lee Dixon axed
Former Arsenal and England footballer Alex Scott’s meteoric rise as a pundit has seen her land a job in FIFA 22, where she’ll appear as a side-line reporter digging into events occurring off-screen. The broadcaster – who’ll become the first ever female voice in the franchise – will fulfil Alan McInally’s role, providing...
News FIFA 22 Showcases First Snippets of PS5's New HyperMotion Gameplay
Plenty of potential, for sure
EA’s ongoing Spotlight series – a kind of precursor to the upcoming EA Play Live press conference later this week – has showcased the first snippets of raw FIFA 22 gameplay, utilising the new HyperMotion technology the publisher has been boasting about. There are a lot of buzzwords at play here – includin
News FIFA 22 Will Allow You to Create Your Own Club in Career Mode
Push Square FC targeting the Champions League
FIFA 22 will finally allow you to create your own football club in Career mode, according to a press release shared by EA Sports. While the correspondence is light on details, it teases an “all-new Create a Club experience”. Presumably, this will enable you to design the kit and logo of your squad,...
News FIFA 22 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Locked Behind £90 Ultimate Edition
No free upgrade this year
There will be no free PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 upgrade for FIFA 22, EA Sports has confirmed. This means that if you buy the PS4 version with the expectation of eventually upgrading to the PS5 version free of charge, then you're out of luck. You'll have to buy the game again on PS5, unless you pay more for the Ultimate...
News FIFA 22 Sure Is Talking a Big Game on PS5
Machine learning writes new animations in real-time
You’ll be familiar with the cycle by now: EA Sports announces a new FIFA with a bunch of ambitious and eye-catching buzzwords, then the game releases and the community lambasts it. HyperMotion Technology is the latest marketing term coined by the juggernaut publisher for FIFA 22, and as usual, on...
News FIFA 22 Officially Revealed, and It's All About HyperMotion Gameplay Technology
EA Sports aiming for realism
EA Sports has pulled back the curtain on FIFA 22 with a predictably vague trailer — but the gist of it is that this year's instalment is powered by 'HyperMotion Technology'. Supposedly, this new tech allows EA Sports to create more lifelike gameplay through realistic animations and player interactions. The developer's...
News FIFA 22 Reveal Happening This Weekend, Mbappé Back on the Cover
Get in?
FIFA 22 will be officially revealed this weekend, EA Sports has confirmed. The annual soccer sim will debut on YouTube at 4:30PM BST / 5:30PM CEST on the 11th July — just hours before Italy take on England in the Euro 2020 final. A big day for footy fans, then. And to the surprise of no one, this year's cover will once again feature...
News FIFA 21 Immortalises Murdered Player Kiyan Prince on 15th Anniversary of His Death
QPR youth player now part of the game
Murdered Queens Park Rangers youth player Kiyan Prince has been immortalised in FIFA 21 on the 15th anniversary of his death. He was tragically stabbed at the age of 15 while trying to break up a fight at school. Now, EA has added Prince to the QPR squad in FIFA 21 as a 30-year-old player — the age he would be...
News FIFA 21 Will Be Added to EA Play Next Week
Kick off
EA Play, EA's subscription service that PlayStation players can sign up for, is adding FIFA 21 to its catalogue of games next week. From the 6th May, subscribers will be able to download and play the robust football sim on PS5 and PS4 at no extra cost. On PS5 in particular, FIFA 21 is worth a shot — it's easily the best looking soccer...
News Fly Your Fanboy Colours with FIFA 21's PlayStation FC Kit
Play has no limits
You can now swear your allegiance to PlayStation FC with an exclusive kit available in FIFA 21. To be fair, given the overall state of some of the uniforms in EA Sports’ soccer sim, this is well worth copping – especially as it’ll only cost you fodder from your Ultimate Team inventory. You’ll need to complete a single...
News What Would the Super League Mean for FIFA 22?
Plans crumble as all six Premier League sides withdraw
Update: With all six Premier League clubs withdrawing from the Super League this evening, following strong criticism from fans, media, and even the British government, we anticipate EA Sports will be sleeping much more soundly this evening. Original Story: Football has been rocked to its core...
News NHL 21 Puckers Up to EA Play from 12th April, FIFA 21 Wins As One in May
Through on goal
As previously promised, ice hockey sim NHL 21 will pucker up to EA Play starting 12th April, meaning subscribers will be able to download the full game as part of their membership. The title had been available as a free 10 hour trial on the service, but now you’ll be able to play for as long as you like – assuming your...
News #EAGate Investigation Uncovers 'Questionable Activity' in FIFA 21's Ultimate Team
FUT off
EA Sports has released a longer, updated statement outlining the ongoing #EAGate scandal that has rocked the FIFA 21 community. You may recall earlier in the week, the publisher said it was investigating social media claims which appeared to insinuate that an employee had sold some of the rarest cards in the Ultimate Team mode for €1,0
News #EAGate Erupts as FIFA 21 Employee Is Alleged to Have Sold FUT Cards for €1,000s
Own goal
FIFA 21’s controversial Ultimate Team mode is already in hot water with various governments around the world, but now its most dedicated community is up in arms as a scandal has erupted on social media today. EA Sports has already issued a strong statement in an attempt to calm tensions, after it was alleged that an employee sold some of...
News Free FIFA 21 Ultimate Team Packs for Anyone Who's Logged In
Pack it up
EA Sports must be feeling generous this week, because it’s giving away free FIFA 21 Ultimate Team packs to anyone who’s logged into the game since its launch last year. Your reward will depend on your engagement, with goodies ranging from a Jumbo Premium Gold Pack all the way up to an Ultimate Pack; you’ll need to have played on at...
Soapbox How I Hustled My Way Out of FIFA 21 Ultimate Team's Division 9
Born again winner
Since breaking my Madden NFL 21 duck earlier in the year, I’ve traded handegg for football, because I paid full-price for FIFA 21 at launch and I figured I should get my money’s worth. My relationship with EA Sports’ soccer simulation is a storied one: I lost countless lunchtimes to FIFA Football 2003 – the one with Roberto...
Soapbox We Need to Talk About FIFA 21 Ultimate Team's Unfathomably Crap Cosmetics
Own goal
Love it or loathe it, there’s unquestionably something cool about building a squad of superstars in FIFA 21’s uber-popular Ultimate Team mode. Sure, you’ll need to no-life the release in order to add the likes of Mbappe and Ronaldo to your roster, but even if you’re stuck with Raul Garcia and Andy Carroll upfront like this...
Diogoal
Believe it or not, actual Liverpool FC attacking midfielder / centre forward Diogo Jota is currently the highest ranked FIFA 21 Ultimate Team Champions player on PlayStation platforms. The 24-year-old Portuguese has taken the weekend league by storm, running away with a record of 30 wins and zero losses. It's not uncommon for professional...
News FIFA 21 on PS5 Has Hair Worthy of a L'Oréal Commercial
Hair hair
Push Square Towers has been abuzz with excitable chatter all evening, as we marvel at FIFA 21’s next-gen follicle physics. The soccer simulation – which launched earlier than expected on the PlayStation 5 for existing PlayStation 4 owners – is a genuine visual feast on Sony’s new console, and those aforementioned luscious locks...
News FIFA 21 PS5 Upgrade Available Now, Looks Awesome
Klopping great
EA Sports has made the free PlayStation 5 upgrade for FIFA 21 available right now for most players ahead of its official launch tomorrow. Head on over to the PlayStation Store and you should be able to download the PS5 version if you own a digital copy of the game, or simply insert the PlayStation 4 disc into your system to grab the...
News FIFA 21 Rights Row Rumbles on as FIFPro, Agents Weigh In
Top football body makes statement
Update (26th November, 2020): The footballer rights row is showing no signs of slowing, with both FIFPro and agents like Mino Raiola joining the discussion. First, the response from FIFPro, embedded below: In light of recent media reports, FIFPro wishes to clarify the manner in which it obtains the image rights of...
News FIFA 21 Goes for Goal on PS5 with DualSense Support, Better Graphics, and More
Top bins
EA Sports has given us a little more insight into how FIFA 21 will be improved on PS5. Naturally, the game's going to look better than ever — in part thanks to a newly implemented lighting system, which should give stadiums a noticeable boost in realism. There are even new pre-match cinematics, like seeing fans funnel into the arena. We...
News FIFA 21 Confirms Dua Lipa, Zidane, Lewis Hamilton for Volta Mode
Mason Mount and Erling Haaland too
Off the back of a PC leak earlier this month, EA Sports has now confirmed a new set of Groundbreaker players for the Volta mode in FIFA 21. They consist of singer Dua Lipa, F1 race car driver Lewis Hamilton, and two NFL players this scribe has never heard of in his life. Those starlets will be accompanied by actual...
News Free David Beckham Ultimate Team Card Coming to FIFA 21 on PS5, PS4
Set-piece specialist
EA Sports has temporarily rebranded FIFA 21 on the PlayStation Store as the Beckham Edition, and to acknowledge its partnership with the ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid icon, it’ll be awarding all players on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 a free non-tradable David Beckham card in FIFA Ultimate Team. If you’re...
News Dua Lipa Is Coming to FIFA 21 And She Looks Better Than Actual Footballers
New Rules
EA Sports continues to put its priorities in the right place, adding Dua Lipa as an unlockable player in FIFA 21. To be clear, that’s the New Rules singer and not some teenage Portuguese superstar that only soccer nerds have heard of. While the publisher’s yet to officially confirm the news, her model was datamined from a new PC patch...
News Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold Looks Sweaty in FIFA 21 PS5 Screens
It's all kickin' off
The rollout for FIFA 21 on the PlayStation 5 has been downright weird. We would have put money on the game being available day one for Sony’s new system, but it actually won’t release until 4th December. Worse still, we’ve barely seen a second of gameplay from the next-gen upgrade, despite the likes of NBA 2K21 being...
News FIFA 21 Kicks Off on PS5 in December, Free Upgrade Detailed
Back of the net
FIFA 21 will launch on PS5 this December, EA has confirmed. Releasing just a few weeks after Sony's console, the next-gen title will feature a bunch of improvements, both technical and graphical. "New innovations unlocked by the power of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, like blazing fast load times, deferred lighting and rendering,...
News Will FIFA 21, Madden NFL 21 Be PS5 Launch Games?
EA Sports saying nothing
Two games we would have bet our vintage New York Giants jersey on being ready for the PlayStation 5’s release: FIFA 21 and Madden NFL 21. But we’re now just three weeks away from the console’s launch in North America, and we haven’t heard a peep since the summer about the next-gen sports simulations. In fact,
News Not All Your FIFA 21 Progress Will Transfer from PS4 to PS5
Ultimate Team and Volta will, though
If you’re planning to begin your pursuit of promoting your local team to the Premier League in FIFA 21 this week, then you may want to pause before investing too much effort. In an FAQ on its official website, EA Sports has announced that not all your progress will transfer from the PlayStation 4 to the...
News EA Play Collapses as FIFA 21 Early Access Rolls Out
The crowd goes wild
The demand for FIFA 21 is predictably insatiable, as the soccer sim’s 10-hour early access trial has forced EA Play offline on the PlayStation 4. The subscription service is currently trending on Twitter as footie fans thirst for their first taste of this year’s game, but with the publisher’s servers struggling, it may be a...
After controversial Ultimate Team ad spotted in toy mag
Update: In response to the controversy which started a few days ago after Electronic Arts was spotted advertising FIFA Points to kids inside a Smyths Toys magazine, the publisher issued the following statement: "We take very seriously the responsibilities we have when marketing EA games and...
News DJ Diplo and Boxer Anthony Joshua Are in FIFA 21
You read it right
EA Sports clearly has its priorities straight with FIFA 21 on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, announcing that DJ Diplo and Anthony Joshua will cameo in the upcoming soccer simulation. This is the second time British boxer Joshua has cameoed in a game this year, after also appearing in EA Sports UFC 4 – another sport he’s...
News FIFA 21 Won't Have a Free Demo for the First Time This Generation
10-hour trial still available through EA Play
If you have been planning on checking out FIFA 21 before its release but you don't have an active EA Play subscription, you're now completely out of luck. For the first time during the PlayStation 4 generation, EA Sports has confirmed that its latest football simulator will not have a free demo available...
News Lionel Messi Is Once Again the Best Rated Player in FIFA 21
Everyone drops a rating
EA Sports has just released its overall player ratings for some of the best names in football, meaning the battle between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can continue in FIFA 21. And for the second year running, it's the Argentine who comes out on top. Barcelona's uninterested forward gets a rating of 93 while the Juventus...
News FIFA 21 Won't Allow PS5 and PS4 Players to Interact with Each Other
No cross-play of any kind
If you and a group of mates pick up FIFA every year, you're going to have to make sure you all upgrade to the PlayStation 5 together if you want to continue playing against one another in FIFA 21. That's because the latest iteration will not support cross-play of any kind, meaning those who stick with the PlayStation 4 past...
News FIFA 20 Sold More Than Any Other Game During UK Lockdown
GTA5 sells big too
As football leagues across the UK were put on hold during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, supporters turned to FIFA 20 to live out their team's hopes and dreams. The EA Sports-published title was the best-selling game during lockdown across the nation, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Grand Theft Auto V taking the...
News FIFA 21's Career Mode Promises Big Improvements, Way More Control Over Your Squad
You're the boss
FIFA 20 faced a huge backlash from players when its career mode simply wasn't up to scratch -- especially at launch. The mode was pretty much busted in more ways than one, but EA Sports seems eager to make up for past mistakes with FIFA 21's offering. The overarching theme here is that everything is designed to be more in-depth...
News FIFA 21 Lets You Customise Your Own Stadium in Ultimate Team
The Bernabéu belongs to you
FIFA 21 really seems to be stepping up its game with this latest instalment, bringing with it sweeping changes to gameplay and Career Mode. It's Ultimate Team where EA Sports makes all its money though, and that too will receive some welcome improvements. Alongside better co-op play, events specific to real-life players,...
News FIFA 21 Gameplay Trailer Details On the Pitch Improvements, Promises More Player Control
Make the run
The first proper FIFA 21 gameplay trailer is here, and it goes over many of the improvements that you can expect from this year's instalment. The big takeaway here is that the game promises more control over your teammates. There's an emphasis on manual runs, where you can tell surrounding players when and where to make a decisive...
