Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become one of the most important and impressive topics of the year, something that has been reflected in the video game industry itself, since there have been not a few companies that have wanted to show their support for Ukrainian citizens, among them EA Sports.
In FIFA 22 he decided to completely eliminate the Russian national team and all Russian clubssomething that intends to repeat in the future FIFA 23 which was presented this week with its first official trailer. This is indicated in the statement that it has provided to the PCGamer portal:
EA Sports stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and, like so many voices throughout the world of football, calls for peace and an end to the invasion of Ukraine. In agreement with our FIFA and UEFA partners, EA Sports will not include the Russian national team and Russian clubs in FIFA 23.
This same decision has been reflected in the rest of EA Sports titles, such as NHL 22. Therefore, there will be no trace of Russia in the Qatar 2022 World Cup that will be included in FIFA 23 later through a free update, which will undoubtedly be one of its main novelties.
In another order of things, in the last hours it has also been revealed what the minimum and recommended requirements will be that this year’s delivery will request, whose launch is set for the September 30th on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC.