Surprise! Later this year, EA will release another FIFA title.

EA’s mainline series has been shrouded in secrecy for a few months, after the publisher issued a press release in October 2021 stating that You are viewing the FIFA License Agreement.

earlier in the week, Reported by VGC That EA CEO Andrew Wilson told employees they were bothered by the FIFA brand.

Despite these comments, it looks like EA will continue the FIFA brand at least this year, with another title called FIFA 23.

From sources close to the project, there was no indication that FIFA 23 would be free-to-play, despite rumors circulating that it could happen.

However, one of the biggest changes to this year’s FIFA is that, for the first time in the franchise’s history, there will be a cross-play feature that will connect FIFA players on PlayStation, Xbox and PC in all game modes.

Additionally, FIFA 23 will feature a women’s and men’s World Cup, and EA will extend its licensing partnership to all major leagues to lead and create a FIFA game that connects women and men.

Improvements to the new Hypermotion technology have also been made, First introduced in FIFA 22. The technology has been improved tenfold and now allows the development team to capture moving images of real football players in real matches with stadium cameras, eliminating the need to use Xsens suits.

This change has allowed the team to collect 100 times more data in a single league season than in the series’ 29-year history, as reported in a recent staff meeting.

While these changes are significant for the series, the biggest question that remains on the horizon is whether or not EA will abandon the FIFA brand. Recent trademark filings Which suggests that might be the case and EA decided to name the series “EASports FC”.

EA did not provide comment before this story was published.