FIFA 23 Standard Edition PS5 | English

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These changes make FIFA 23 a much slower game than FIFA 22, but the tradeoff is that matches are consistently meaningful. You can edit your cross-play opt–in status through the Online Settings screen which can be found in FUT, VOLTA FOOTBALL and the FIFA main menu.

Overall, it's par for the course as far as the online multiplayer is concerned, with fidgety twitching and emotions on high across the board; it’s the FIFA we know, at its very frustrating best. Fans of EA Sports’ flagship football franchise will be familiar with the formula: this is more refinement than revolution, but FIFA 22 threaded through some of the best virtual soccer we’ve seen from the juggernaut. In FIFA 23, cross-play will be available at launch in FUT Division Rivals (except Co-Op), FUT Champions, FUT Ultimate Online Draft, FUT Online Friendlies (except Co-Op), FUT Play a Friend, Online Friendlies, Online Seasons (except Co-Op Seasons) and the Virtual Bundesliga competitive game mode that is available to players based in Germany. FIFA 23 is a bombastic swan song for the series (under its current name, at least) with a welcome focus on theatrical flair. EA Sports released a statement earlier this week confirming that it’s exploring stability issues in the soccer sim introduced in a recent title update.

EA Sports has finally revealed its Team of the Year lineup for FIFA 23, confirming what new cards will be available in its Ultimate Team mode from 26th January 2023.

But the tagline transcends its bittersweet pomp because, for all intents and purposes, FIFA 23 fittingly does feel like the same game the world has been playing for the past few years, with its reliable end-to-end gameplay and familiar frustrations. Whether you're looking to dominate FUT Champions or assemble a dream-team in Career Mode, you'll probably want to know which footballers are the most skilful in EA Sports' soccer sim.Trying to find the perfect midfielder to hit that coveted ‘33’ chemistry feels very much like a Squad Building Challenge now, which feels intentional. My fingers hurt from pulling the triggers to jockey dangerous counter-attacks, and the intensity of a pass has to be fine-tuned, which is hard to master but satisfying when you place the perfect through ball. Even if I still have a bit of fun with it every year without paying, it’s the barbarous nature in which you can quickly be pulled into debt by going full Gollum with one last precious player pack.