FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup update: Release window & new game modes

Stephanie Zucarelli
Australian Forward Sam Kerr is the cover for the Women's World Cup Title update.

EA Sports and FIFA 23 revealed that an upcoming update will include everything that’s happening with the Women’s World Cup along with a couple of game modes to get to know its players. Check out what you need to know about the FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup update.

EA Sports announced that FIFA 23 players will have the chance to immerse themselves in the Women’s World Cup, which will start in July this year. This update introduces three new game modes centered around the tournament and will be a free DLC.

Similar to the FIFA 23 Qatar 2022 World Cup update, this addition will closely follow all the developments of the Women’s World Cup, which begins this summer. Here’s what you need to know about the FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup update.

FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup release window

Canada women's national football team in FIFA 23.
Gamers will be able to choose real players from their favorite teams or create their own.

The new FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup 2023 update will be released at the end of June and will be completely free for FIFA 23 players.

With this update, users will be able to choose players from the 32 qualified national teams or to create and customize their own Avatars. EA Sports haven’t confirmed an official release date, but we’ll keep you posted when it’s finally revealed.

What is Lead Your Country mode in FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup?

Sweden national football team in FIFA 23.
Users will be able to follow their national team’s statistics from the Women’s World Cup.

The new Lead Your Country game mode will allow football fans to participate in FIFA 23 from the perspective of one particular player from the Women’s World Cup 2023. This mode also allows users to play with their own Avatars and lead their national team to the ultimate win.

While the tournament advances, users can even change the player they chose or even try their luck changing their whole team in order to win the coveted World Cup.

What is Tournament Mode in FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup?

FIFA 23 Tournament Mode will follow news and stats from the real World Cup.
Players can join their friends in the updated Tournament mode.

FIFA 23 will also update the traditional Tournament Mode, where users will have to choose from one of the 32 national teams of the Women’s World Cup to live the same experience that is happening in the Group Stages of the competition.

Users will be able to play in local co-op with their friends and try to get to the finals at Stadium Australia. This game mode also allows checking the overall tournament news and stats.

What is Women’s World Cup Kick Off mode in FIFA 23?

FIFA 23 Kick off game mode allows users to start playing in any stage of the World Cup.
Players will be able to get into the tournament at any stage.

In FIFA 23, Kick Off mode will let users play against their friends or CPU AI and go head-to-head from Group Stage matches to knockout matches. As usual, FIFA 23 will also allow fans to go against the CPU as in a standard mode where every part of the tournament can be played at any time.

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