Two new competitions will become available to use in FIFA 23 following Title Update 9, whilst gameplay could potentially revert to its old way following the update.
FIFA 23 was praised on release for its new and updated gameplay, with the AcceleRATE mechanics taking the spotlight off pace and allowing a more technical and realistic feel to the game. But, since the first few months of release, the gameplay seems to be slowly creeping back to the former meta, and updates in Title Update 9 could potentially see FIFA 23 gain an arcade game sense once again.
Title Update 9 will see pace become more overpowered, interceptions become more likely and driven passes more successful, all ingredients to a back-and-forth basketball-like game. This means FIFA 23 could have a FIFA 22 feel to its gameplay for the next few weeks if the updates are as big as they sound.
And, after the release of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL) was delayed following an issue in testing, EA has confirmed both competitions will be added to FIFA 23 in the next Title Update, as well as four new European women's teams. These changes are set to be made on all platforms, with PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and PC receiving the update.
You can check out all the latest changes being made in FIFA 23 Title Update 9 below, which were announced by EA Sports on their Trello board.
FIFA 23 Title Update 9 patch notes
General, Audio, and Visual
Made the following changes:
- Added the UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL) to the Kick Off and Tournaments.
- Added the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) to Kick Off, Online Seasons and Friendlies, as well as Tournaments.
- Added four new Women's clubs (Real Madrid C.F., VFL Wolfsburg, Juventus, and Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Updated some kits, star heads, competition bios, tifos, credits, logos, armbands, badges, anthems, substitution boards, stadia, balls, ad boards, tattoos, facial accessories, trophies, and pitch flags.
- Added ten new signature celebrations.
Gameplay
Made the following changes:
- Players with the Explosive AcceleRATE archetype now accelerate slightly faster during the early stages of a requested sprint.
- When intercepting the ball while jockeying, the player is now better able to take control of the ball instead of it bouncing away from the player.
- Increased accuracy of Driven Ground Passes made to teammates ahead of the ball carrier, in situations where the passer is under no pressure from defenders.
- Improved contextual logic when determining if a Standing Tackle request should lead to a defending player performing a Standing Tackle or a Push/Pull.
- This change will result in more Standing Tackles being performed than Pushes or Pulls, in some situations.
- Slightly increased the likelihood of a knuckleball shot occurring when requesting a Power Shot.
- Decreased the speed that the ball can travel at from a free kick taken with the outside of the foot.
- Slightly decreased the range required for a defender to attempt a tackle without being requested to do so.
- Increased consistency of flicking the ball if the ball was in the air.
Addressed the following issues:
- In some cases, a player could take longer than intended to start sprinting with the ball when a sprint was requested.
- Goalkeepers could have sometimes anticipated shots too quickly. This was most noticeable in 1 on 1 situations.
- Improved referee logic when determining potential penalty kick fouls near the edge of the box.
- In rare cases, the camera would not position itself as intended for penalty kicks.
- When performing a tackle near the touchline, defenders could sometimes kick the ball out of play more often than intended.
FIFA Ultimate Team™
Addressed the following issue:
- A stability issue could occur in Co-Op Friendlies.
FIFA 23 Title Update 9 will be available to download soon on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and PC. All you'll need to do is restart the game and you should see the update become available.
