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  4 August 2023

   

  
  

  For three decades, FIFA and EA Sports have enjoyed a partnership as devastating as Xavi and Iniesta during their Barca pomp. Together they’ve navigated the blocky nineties, the menacingly drooped shoulders of the early noughties and over the last ten years truly spoilt us with the crème de la crème of footballing authenticity FIFA 23 coins. Now, billions of on-the-pitch minutes later, comes their final title game: FIFA 23.

  
  

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  And if you’re going to close a chapter on the planet’s most popular video game series 11 before they rename it EA Sports FC, of course 11 how better to do it than with both men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup modes?

  
  

  Indeed, it’s shaping up to be the biggest and most inclusive FIFA title in history. From NME hands on with an alpha build of the game here are the biggest takeaways from playing the men’s and women’s modes…

  
  

  FIFA 23. Electronic Arts.

  
  

  
  First things first: proper tackles are back. Sadly, you can’t two-foot the goalkeeper as you could way back in that other milestone World Cup year, 1998, but you can aggressively slide tackle, keeping hold of circle/B for longer to increase the size of the imprint you leave on your opponent. More crunching than a cereal advert, there’s even a new sliding clearance that allows players to clear both ball and opponent into row Z.

  
  

  Not that it’s all blood and thunder though buy FUT 23 coins. You also have the chance to use backheel tackles when using the best defenders on the game something I wish I’d known before getting Thiago Silva an early bath in less than 30 minutes against Real Madrid.

   

  For three decades, FIFA and EA Sports have enjoyed a partnership as devastating as Xavi and Iniesta during their Barca pomp. Together they’ve navigated the blocky nineties, the menacingly drooped shoulders of the early noughties and over the last ten years truly spoilt us with the crème de la crème of footballing authenticity FIFA 23 coins. Now, billions of on-the-pitch minutes later, comes their final title game: FIFA 23.

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  And if you’re going to close a chapter on the planet’s most popular video game series 11 before they rename it EA Sports FC, of course 11 how better to do it than with both men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup modes?

  Indeed, it’s shaping up to be the biggest and most inclusive FIFA title in history. From NME hands on with an alpha build of the game here are the biggest takeaways from playing the men’s and women’s modes…

  FIFA 23. Electronic Arts.

  
  First things first: proper tackles are back. Sadly, you can’t two-foot the goalkeeper as you could way back in that other milestone World Cup year, 1998, but you can aggressively slide tackle, keeping hold of circle/B for longer to increase the size of the imprint you leave on your opponent. More crunching than a cereal advert, there’s even a new sliding clearance that allows players to clear both ball and opponent into row Z.

  Not that it’s all blood and thunder though buy FUT 23 coins. You also have the chance to use backheel tackles when using the best defenders on the game something I wish I’d known before getting Thiago Silva an early bath in less than 30 minutes against Real Madrid.