Plus, enjoy the brand-new broadcast overlays for LaLiga and MLS, as well as vibrant and region-specific sights and sounds that make football’s biggest stadiums come to life. Then the game cuts to Alex Hunter and his friend Danny Williams, enjoying their last day on holiday in Brazil, before they are approached by some young kids who challenge them to a football game. Score incredible goals in FIFA 18 as new movement and finishing animations unlock more fluid striking and heading of the ball. The news follows a growing trend of last-gen versions of new games offering ‘stripped back’ experiences compared to the flagship versions. Despite concerns a number of teams would be missing from the update, EA announced all 32 nations who qualified for the tournament will feature.

Crosses, meanwhile, have been reworked, dropping the old low cross in favor of a new three height system: holding R1 / RB while crossing produces a driven, ground cross; L1 / LB creates a floaty ball similar to FIFA 17's efforts; and just the standard X / Square input whips the ball behind the defenders with pace. AI teammates now make more frequent and intelligent runs to give you greater options when you're on the ball, and players' first touches keep the ball closer to their body, finally making driven passes a viable option in the attacking third. Together they make a game that replicates the experience of watching football and interprets the culture around the sport--the media, the fan adoration and anguish, and the obsession with following your team--more immaculately than ever. FIFA 17's problem, I realized after far too many sleepless nights, was that it slowed players' turning speeds to Titanic levels but left much of the rest of the game at a higher velocity. On 30 April 2018, EA announced a free expansion based on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, featuring all 32 teams that qualified, all 12 stadiums used at the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as the ability for players to create their own customized World Cup tournaments and 17 other national teams that did not qualify: Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Senegal, Turkey, United States and Wales.Having recovered from his injury in rehab, Alex meets up with Kim for a kick around before going back to his European team, where he finds out that Dino's job is at risk, and he may be fired if the club doesn't win any silverware by the season's end.

After reuniting with Danny, who signed up with Alex's former club when he left, Alex learns that Atlético Madrid, PSG, and Bayern Munich are interested in signing him (if the player kept Michael, he signs him or if the player fired him, Alex is signed by his dad). Saudi Arabia's MSDossary became the FIFA 18 World Champion in London, dominating the Xbox One bracket and defeating Belgian pro StefanoPinna in the Grand Final to lift the coveted FIFA eWorld Cup trophy. That commitment to great gameplay sometimes means that they need to remove outdated features and modes. Many attacks end in your wingers or full backs crossing the ball into the area or an attacking midfielder having a pop from the edge of the box.Elsewhere, Pro Clubs remains largely untouched--save for a Journey-style skill tree in which you need to acquire certain traits before others are unlocked--and Ultimate Team's winning formula has also been left mostly alone.

Unfortunately, however, non-driven passes remain as limp as before: long passes and chipped through balls still slowly float towards their target before inevitably getting cut out, and ground passes are similarly weak, rarely possessing enough zip to carve a defense open. Player Personalities give some of the biggest stars in the world the distinct traits of their real-world counterparts, Team Styles let players mimic their favourite clubs’ on-field tactics, and Immersive Atmospheres bring some of the football world’s most famous stadiums to life during matches. In September 2018, EA Sports announced that the game sold more than 24 million with all of its versions.Career Mode, Pro Clubs, and Ultimate Team's new features are undoubtedly incremental, but that's largely because what was already there was excellent. There's more time and space to read the play through New Player Positioning, while improved tactics give players greater options on the ball as teammates exploit space and make new attacking runs. FIFA 18 was a commercial success, selling over 24 million copies worldwide by the end of 2018, and becoming one of the best-selling games of the year. FIFA 18 is the second instalment in the series to use the Frostbite 3 game engine, although some versions of the game use a different game engine.