FIFA 23 World Cup mode: Everything we know so far

FIFA 23 is one of the most hyped games of the year.

The new release in the EA Sports behemoth will be playable for those who have pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition from September 27th.

That’s later this week, and fans are already remarkably excited to get their hands on the game and start their Ultimate Teams, or their careers.

This version of FIFA will come with the added bonus of a World Cup mode, which has already been confirmed.

But what do we know about the modes, which will tie in with the winter tournament in Qatar and next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand?

Yes.

If you buy the game, EA Sports has confirmed that the World Cup modes will come as post-release content updates.

There are likely to be further updates soon, but we know for a fact that you won’t have to spend any more cash to get the modes downloaded.

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The answer to this is very probably.

We’ve had confirmation via EA that the add-on will be part of Ultimate Team.

It remains to be seen which form that takes.

Back on FIFA 18, there was a World Cup Ultimate Team mode that featured all 32 nations that had qualified for the tournament in Russia, along with a variety of World Cup ICONS too.

They also added dynamic player items based on real-life performances.

This is likely to be the case on FIFA 23 too.

This is unlikely.

Every World Cup add-on in previous FIFA releases has allowed players to play their way through the tournament both online and offline, trying to bring glory