EA Sports™ and Marvel Entertainment Collaborate to Bring Iconic Football Heroes Back to the Pitch in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team™
August 15 2022 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Blurring the lines of Comic Culture and
Football Fandom with the legendary artists at Marvel, FIFA 23
Ultimate Team Heroes will be illustrated and inspired by Marvel
Super Heroes to celebrate awe-inspiring moments of their
careers
Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Marvel
Entertainment announced a collaboration to bring a new cast of FIFA
Ultimate Team™ (FUT) Heroes to the pitch in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23,
reimagined and inspired by Marvel Comics. This collaboration
between two of the world’s largest entertainment brands will bring
some of the game’s fan favorites to the game and celebrate their
larger-than-life cult hero status alongside the amazing artists at
Marvel. Recognising their memorable careers for club and country,
each FIFA World Cup™ FUT Hero will receive a special illustrated
FUT item at the launch of the World Cup game mode, with base
versions of FUT Heroes being available at launch of FIFA 23.
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The collaboration will include other vanity items related to the
fan favorite heroes being immortalized as Marvel inspired Heroes,
including tifos, kits, balls, and more*. Fans will also be able to
get their hands on a forthcoming online Marvel Heroes comic book
alongside Marvel written bios, with limited physical quantities to
be made available at a later date. More info on both the in game
vanity items and comic book availability will be made available
closer to the holiday period.
Players who pre-order the EA SPORTS FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition by
August 21st will also receive a limited time FIFA World Cup™ Hero
Item, alongside a host of other in-game benefits.**
For 30 years, EA SPORTS has produced the FIFA franchise,
offering unrivaled authenticity, allowing players to take the helm
of the biggest leagues, clubs and players in the world of football,
all with state-of-the-art gameplay and realism.
In July 2022, Electronic Arts released details on EA SPORTS FIFA
23, available worldwide on September 30, which will feature updates
to its groundbreaking next-gen HyperMotion2 gameplay technology†
that elevates every moment on the pitch and much more. With 300
individual licensed partners, giving players access to more than
19,000 athletes across 700 teams, in 100 stadiums and over 30
leagues around the world, FIFA 23 is the place you can play in
iconic competitions such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa
League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Premier League, Bundesliga,
LaLiga Santander, CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL
Sudamericana.
Join the EA SPORTS FIFA community at Facebook and on Instagram,
or follow us on Twitter @easportsfifa.
EA SPORTS FIFA 23 assets are available to download on the
official EA press site at PRESS.EA.COM.
*Available at no additional cost in FIFA Ultimate Team
**Conditions and restrictions apply. See
https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-23/game-offer-and-disclaimers
for details. †HYPERMOTION TECHNOLOGY ONLY AVAILABLE ON PLAYSTATION
5, XBOX SERIES X|S, PC, AND STADIA VERSIONS.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital
interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games,
content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile
devices and personal computers.
In fiscal year 2022, EA posted GAAP net revenue of approximately
$7 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is
recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality
brands such as EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The
Sims™, Madden NFL, Need for Speed™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™
and F1® . More information about EA is available at
www.ea.com/news.
EA, EA SPORTS, and the EA SPORTS logo are trademarks of
Electronic Arts Inc. FIFA and FIFA's Official Licensed Product Logo
are copyrights and/or trademarks of FIFA. All rights reserved.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt
Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent
character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library
of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for
over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in
entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
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Eric Escaravage Global Public Relations Lead, EA SPORTS FIFA
eescaravage@ea.com 1-(604)-319-3533
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