One small step for Man, one giant leap for Woman. This Wednesday, the Canadian studio EA Sports revealed the novelties of its next blockbuster of football which will be released on September 30, FIFA 23. In addition to the appointment of a new duo of commentators; Benjamin Da Silva and Omar Da Fonseca, the creators of the game also announced the introduction into the game of the first two women’s championships: the FA Women’s National League (English D1) and the D1 Arkema, the French first division.
In the trailer unveiled to the world this Wednesday, we can see several images of matches between the two big teams in the championship, Marie-Antoinette Katoto’s PSG and Catarina Macario’s Olympique Lyonnais, with larger than life avatars for the players. stars.
With this new official license to be credited to the giant FIFA, we should therefore find in the game all of the 12 clubs competing in the first women’s division, as well as the official skins and visual identities of the competition.
“Play for the first time in the history of EA SPORTS FIFA with women’s clubs with the arrival of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and Division 1 Arkema as soon as Fifa 23 is released”, boasts the developer, which promises “more information to come during the summer” regarding the development of women’s football in its platform.
Women’s National Teams were first introduced to the game in FIFA 16, the version of the game released in 2015, and have so far only been playable in a limited number of modes.
Since FIFA 22, female avatars were also playable in Club Pro mode and Volta, the game’s “street football” mode.