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Lore & Background

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 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Players who pre-ordered the ultimate edition received four days of early access and were able to play the game from 27 September. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, EA removed Russian national teams from all versions (since the 1.22 patch) of its football video games, and made Russian and Belarusian players ineligible for FIFA 22, except for those playing in foreign leagues. The online servers for the game for Stadia were shut down on 18 January 2023, whilst the online servers for all other platforms were shut down on 4 November 2024.

Reader's Guide

FIFA 22 introduces 'HyperMotion Technology', which uses motion capture data collected from 22 real-life players playing a complete, high-intensity football match in motion capture suits. This feature is only available on the 9th Generation and Stadia versions of the game. Career mode allows the user to play as a player or manager throughout a 15-year career, and introduces a create-a-club option and a level feature. Ultimate Team introduced 'FUT Heroes' cards. Notable former players are given 'icon' cards; new players added for FIFA 22 include Iker Casillas, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Cafu. 'Icon' cards are classified as extremely rare, the probability of getting one from a player pack is below 1%. VOLTA Football includes three Signature Abilities: Power Strike, Pure Pace and Aggressive Tackle. Pro Clubs allows players to create their own virtual character for 11v11 online matches. 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, as well as the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Did You Know?

• Wrexham A.F.C. were included as part of the 'Rest of World' section, becoming the first non-league team to be featured in the series since FIFA 08.
• Juventus, Roma, Atalanta and Lazio are not featured in FIFA 22 due to licensing issues, and are instead known as Piemonte Calcio, Roma FC, Bergamo Calcio and Latium respectively.