FIFA 22

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EA Sports FIFA 22
FIFA 22 Cover.jpg
Standard cover art featuring Paris Saint Germain player Kylian Mbappé
Developer(s)EA Vancouver
EA Romania
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesFIFA
EngineFrostbite 3
Ignite (Nintendo Switch only)
Platform(s)
Release1 October 2021
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

FIFA 22 is a football simulation video game published by Electronic Arts. It is the 29th installment in the FIFA series, and was released worldwide on 1 October 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.[1]

Kylian Mbappé is the cover athlete for the second consecutive year.

Editions[]

FIFA 22 is available as two editions, a Standard Edition and an Ultimate Edition. Whilst previous games in the series have included a Champions Edition, FIFA 22 does not have one.[2] Players who pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition were granted a variety of bonuses plus four days of early access.[3]

Features[]

Hypermotion technology[]

FIFA 22 introduces "Hypermotion" technology,[4] which uses motion capture data collected by having 22 real-life players play a complete, high-intensity football match in motion capture suits. The data collected from player movements, tackles, aerial duels and on-ball actions is later used to power the way both individuals and teams move across the pitch in FIFA 22.[5][6][7] This feature is only available on the 9th Generation and Stadia versions of the game. This also gave the game the slogan "Powered By Football"[8]

Career mode[]

As with previous FIFA entries, a single-player "career mode" is featured in FIFA 22, where a player can control a whole team or one player throughout a 25-year career as a manager or player. FIFA 22 introduces a create-a-club option in manager career, allowing players to design a new club with customised kits, crest, and home stadium.[9] The player career mode also introduces experience points and "perks" that can be used to improve the player's stats.[10][11]

Ultimate Team[]

FIFA 22 Ultimate Team introduced "FUT Heroes" cards and these are cards that have a unique league-specific chemistry which is tied to their specific hero moment, providing a green club link to any player within the same league as well as the usual nation link. The full heroes card list includes: Mario Gómez, Tim Cahill, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Jerzy Dudek, Joe Cole, Aleksandr Mostovoi, David Ginola, Iván Córdoba, Freddie Ljungberg, Jürgen Kohler, Lars Ricken, Antonio Di Natale, Clint Dempsey, Robbie Keane, Abedi Pele, Jorge Campos, Fernando Morientes, Sami Al-Jaber and Diego Milito.

As in FIFA 21, several notable former players are given "icon" cards. New players added for this entry include Iker Casillas, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Cafu.[12] Players will also have the option to preview Silver and Gold player packs as in the previous game, by allowing players to preview what they would receive from a pack before deciding whether to purchase it.[13]

VOLTA Football[]

New VOLTA mechanics in FIFA 22 will allow players to trigger special abilities during a match that would boost a player's avatar in a specific attribute. There will be three Signature Abilities available: Power Strike, Pure Pace and Aggressive Tackle.[14] Players of FIFA 22 will also have the opportunity to play with up to three players in various online mini game modes, which will be part of the new VOLTA Arcade.[15]

Licenses[]

The game features more than 30 officially licensed leagues, more than 700 clubs and more than 17,000 players. For the first time, the Indian Super League and its eleven teams were added,[16] as well as the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third tier of European club football established in 2021.

Juventus, Roma, Atalanta and Lazio are not featured in FIFA 22, and are instead known as Piemonte Calcio, Roma FC, Bergamo Calcio and Latium respectively.[17] The game retains the players' likenesses, but the official badge, kits and stadiums are replaced with custom designs and generic stadiums created by EA Sports. Bayern Munich and Barcelona are also featured in the game with licensed players and kits, but do not have their stadium licences and thus play in generic stadiums.

Following a November 2020 announcement by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds and American actor Rob McElhenney, through the RR McReynolds Company LLC, that they would be taking over the club,[18] Wrexham A.F.C were included in as part of the "Rest of World" section, becoming the first non-league team to be featured in the series.[19] Wrexham's last appearance in the FIFA series was in FIFA 08, when they were relegated from League 2 to the National League.

Removals[]

In February 2022, EA Sports announced that the teams from the Russian Premier League and the Russia national football team will be removed from FIFA 22, FIFA Online and FIFA Mobile amidst the country's invasion of Ukraine. The announcement comes following the FIFA and the UEFA bans on Russian teams from competitions of both FIFA and UEFA on March 1, 2022.[20] This came just weeks after EA removed the Mason Greenwood from the game in light of sexual abuse allegations against the Manchester United forward (the player did not appear in any match since his arrest).[21]

Commentators[]

The English-language version of the game features two new commentators. Stewart Robson replaces Lee Dixon as co-commentator to Derek Rae, while Alex Scott replaces Alan McInally in the role of providing in-game score updates in Career Mode. Scott is the first woman commentator in the history of the franchise.[22]

Release[]

Ambassadors[]

FIFA 22 was released worldwide on 1 October 2021. Son Heung-Min, David Alaba, Christian Pulisic, Phil Foden, Alphonso Davies and Trent Alexander-Arnold were named as the official ambassadors of the game.[23] Television presenter and singer Yūka Kageyama was appointed ambassador for the Japanese market.[24]

Reception[]

FIFA 22 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[25][26][27] The Nintendo Switch version, however, was widely panned by critics due to being widely unchanged from FIFA 21 (which itself was widely unchanged from FIFA 20 and FIFA 19).[32][33]

It was nominated for Best Sports/Racing Game at The Game Awards 2021.[36]

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