EA confirms FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition with first ever female cover star

FIFA 23
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EA has officially announced FIFA 23 with a release window of autumn 2022, marking the final entry in a series it has developed since launching on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in December 1993.

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Alongside the release window, EA has confirmed the game’s Ultimate Edition cover athletes. Other ver🅰sions of FIFA 23 are expected to be unveiled imminently.

FIFA 23

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The Ultimate Edition will feature Kylian Mbappe on the cover fo🍎r the third year in a row. However, the French wonderkid isn’t alone: he’s joined by Chelsea and Australia forward Sam Kerr.

In the series’ final year, it’s a first time a female athlete has ever appeared on a FIFAꦏ coಞver. 

“Sam Kerr is one of the greatest female footballers out there,” line producer Matt Lafreniere tells GamesRadar. “She re🐎presents Chelsea so well, she represents the Australian national team so well, and there’s a World Cup coming up. Her personality and values reflect who we are as a company, and what FIFA is as a franchise. We are really excited to have her as a part of the EA Sports and FIFA team.”

GR recently went behind closed doors at EA Canada to playtest FIFA 23, and will shar൲e a variety of impressions in the coming weeks.

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