The Pre-Season promo is set to launch in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team this week, giving players the chance to earn rewards for FIFA 23.
Pre-Season will be the final Ultimate Team promo of the FIFA 22 cycle, with FIFA 23 set to get its worldwide release on Friday, September 30, 2022. The Pre-Season promo will follow the conclusion of the Futties promo, also drawing a close on the Summer Swaps token event.
FIFA 21 was the first FIFA that featured Pre-Season, with the promo giving FUT players the chance to earn rewards that would carry over into FIFA 22. And now, EA has teased the upcoming promo with a loading screen in FUT 22, all but confirming that it will allow players to earn rewards for FUT 23.
Check out Mirror Football's FIFA 22 Pre-Season predictions, expected content and confirmed start date.
FIFA 22 Pre-Season confirmed release date
It has been confirmed that the Pre-Season promo will be the latest FIFA 22 Ultimate Team promo event, confirmed to start on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 18:00 PM BST. The start of this promo means that the Futties Promo will be coming to its conclusion on the same date.
A new FUT 22 loading screen teased the Pre-Season promo, featuring three different card designs - a TOTS card, a Showdown SBC card and a Player Moments SBC card. With two of the card designs being SBC-only releases, we expect to see some re-released SBCs as part of the promo.
The Loading screen also has a 'FUT 23' logo at the top of the screen. This suggests the promo will be the same as in FIFA 21, allowing players to earn rewards for the upcoming FIFA release.
Alongside the Futties Promo ran the Summer Swaps token event, where 100 tokens were released in total between two separate events. There could potentially be another swaps token event released alongside the Pre Season promo, with Swaps being included in a handful of different promos in FIFA 22.
FIFA 22 Pre-Season expected content and predictions
If the Pre-Season Promo is anything like the FIFA 21 Pre-Season Promo, then we can expect to see over 100 special player items re-released into packs. But, with SBC-only cards teased on the loading screen, this could mean some SBCs may be re-released, or even a Party Bag SBCs containing previous SBCs from FUT 22.
In FIFA 21, a major bonus of the Pre-Season promo was the chance to earn rewards that would transfer over to your FUT account in FIFA 22. We expect the same to happen again in the upcoming promo, with players getting the chance to complete Objectives and SBC's to earn rewards for FUT 23.
Here are some of the rewards that could be earned during the FIFA 21 version of the promo:
- Coin boosts
- Gold players (including 3 from a specific league)
- Loan players
- Chemistry styles
- Position modifier items
- Kit pick
We expect the same sort of rewards for the Pre-Season promo in FIFA 22, though, with a new chemistry system in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, there will no longer be different position modifiers. This means a new reward could be used in this year's promo instead.
As well as rewards for FUT 23, the Pre-Season promo could consist of FUT Pack offers, themed SBCs, Upgrade SBCs and Dynamic Objectives.
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FIFA 23 is developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and will be available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Stadia, PS4, and Xbox One on September 30. Early access for FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition begins on September 27, 2022.
