The world is currently celebrating a weekend of incredible soccer performances. Both the COPA American and UEFA European Championship are coming to a close, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup is just beginning. It’s the perfect time for Electronic Arts to unveilFIFA 22, which is exactly what it has done. Sunday morning EA shared the official reveal trailer forFIFA 22, confirming the soccer game’s planned release for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S starting October 1.
FIFA 22’s official reveal trailer focuses on one of the upcoming soccer game’s key marketing pushes, what EA has branded as HyperMotion technology. Hypermotion is said to combine “Advanced 11v11 Match Capture” with machine learning toprovideFIFA 22players with realistic movementand action on the pitch. The trailer implies what this could look like in-game using simulated game engine footage, but doesn’t feature actual gameplay. This Hypermotion technology is exclusive to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Stadia versions ofFIFA 22.
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Other features highlighted in theFIFA 22announcement, though not in the reveal trailer, include the return of Career Mode, VOLTA FOOTBALL, Pro Clubs, and FIFA Ultimate Team. As for new features, EA has rebuiltFIFA 22’s goalkeeper system, added a new Create a Club system for Career Mode, has changed VOLTA FOOTBALL’s gameplay, and has addedFIFA Ultimate Team Heroes, which are items representing cult players and other fan favorites.
WithFIFA 22’s official announcement, pre-orders for the game have also gone live. As with many cross-gen games, there’s a price difference between current-gen and next-gen versions of the game. PC, PS4, and Xbox One Standard Edition versions cost $59.99 whilePS5 and Xbox Series X/S Standard Editions will cost $69.99. Additionally, there’s aFIFA 22Ultimate Edition for $99.99 for either PS4+PS5 or Xbox One+Xbox Series X/S with extra bonuses. The PC Ultimate Edition costs $79.99.
The soccer player that will be featured onFIFA 22’s coverswas revealed earlier this week. The player chosen for this year’s iteration ofFIFAis Kylian Mbappé. Different covers will be featured on all versions of the game, but Mbappé will be the cover player for each of them.
Expect to hear 22, HyperMotion, and all of the soccer game’s new and returning features in the weeks and months to come. No date has been provided for the official reveal ofFIFA 22’s gameplay yet, but last year’s game debuted its gameplay during early August. SinceFIFA 22is launching around thesame timeFIFA 21did last year, it wouldn’t be surprising for their reveals to be scheduled similarly.
FIFA 22releases October 1 on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
