FIFA 22 - Holiday Guide For New And Returning Players

Dec 14, 2021

Whether you’re new to FIFA 22 this holiday season or just want to brush up on some of your knowledge, this Pitch Notes will act as your guide to what’s new in and out of the game.

Let’s jump in.

Table Of Contents

• FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT)
• Division Rivals
• FUT Champions
• Career Mode
• VOLTA FOOTBALL
• Pro Clubs
• Gameplay
• How To Stay Up To Date
  

FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT)

There are many updates to FUT in FIFA 22, and in this article we’ll focus specifically on Division Rivals and FUT Champions.

Division Rivals

Division Rivals is the most popular mode in FUT and it focuses on progressing through a ladder every FUT Season. You’ll start in Division 10 and can work your way up to the Elite Division. As you progress, you can earn rewards, both weekly and at the end of each FUT Season.

The Division Rivals ladder system is made up of 3 components:

• Ranks that reflect your progress within a Division and unlock better Weekly Rewards.
• Stages, which are the individual steps between Ranks.
• Checkpoints that prevent you from losing progress and ensure that you remain at your appropriate skill level.

If you want to see a more detailed overview of Division Rivals, be sure to check out our FUT 22 Deep Dive from earlier this year.

FUT Champions

FUT Champions is a two-stage competition in which you compete to earn additional rewards and bragging rights. 

The first stage consists of FUT Champions Play-Offs that can be entered after qualifying through Division Rivals. Whether you win or lose Play-Offs matches, you’ll earn points that are needed for entering the FUT Champions Finals, the second stage of the competition. The FUT Champions Finals can only be entered if you earn enough points from your Play-Offs matches, and the Finals stage is only available for a limited amount of time every week, as noted in game.

For more information on FUT Champions and its structure, you can take a look at the FUT 22 Deep Dive we mentioned earlier.

Career Mode

One of the biggest additions to  Career Mode in FIFA 22 is the ability to Create Your Club in Manager Career. You start by picking your club’s name and the nickname which will be used by the commentary team, then you pick which existing club to replace in the league of your choice.

But that’s not all of course, Create Your Club enables you to to edit your crest, kits, stadium, and even the stadium’s atmosphere.

To learn more about FIFA 22’s Career Mode, head on over to our deep dive.

VOLTA FOOTBALL

VOLTA FOOTBALL gameplay has been updated in FIFA 22 with a new Skill Meter and exciting new Signature Abilities. You can build up your Skill Meter during a match through a variety of actions such as nutmegging opponents, and once your Skill Meter is high enough, your goals will be worth more. Meanwhile, Signature Abilities enable you to perform game-changing actions such as bone-crunching tackles and lightning fast sprints.

FIFA 22 also introduces VOLTA ARCADE into the mix. VOLTA ARCADE is a time-limited weekly mode in which players participate in fun and wacky football Party Games such as foot tennis. Personally, I find VOLTA ARCADE to be an absolute riot, it lets you party like it’s pre 2019.

Want to know more about VOLTA FOOTBALL in FIFA 22? Jump into our deep dive.

Pro Clubs

For the first time in Pro Clubs, you can express yourself as either a male or female Virtual Pro. No matter what kind of Virtual Pro you choose to create, the on-pitch action brings all of them together, and the cosmetic customization of them has no additional gameplay impact.

Furthermore, Pro Clubs adds Perks and Archetypes to Virtual Pro progression. Perks are new ways of improving your Virtual Pro, allowing you to get more specific with your playstyle. They can be unlocked as you level up, and there are 26 Perks to choose from.

Additionally, Archetypes are significant Attribute increases that help you create, customize and secure your Virtual Pro’s identity on the pitch. Archetypes are acquired through Skill Points made available at the end of a skill tree branch.

To learn more about Pro Clubs in FIFA 22, definitely check out our deep dive.

Gameplay

There are way too many gameplay updates for me to list in this article, so let’s take a quick look at three of the main pillars that The FIFA Gameplay Dev Team had in mind for FIFA 22:

• Refreshing as many gameplay areas as possible, based on feedback, in order to create a more authentic and polished FIFA experience for all players.
• Fairness - Improving situations that could have felt frustrating from a gameplay perspective. Our aim is to reward you for performing the right action at the right time. For example, this includes situations like being able to defend the Bridge or a dribble with clever positioning.
• Increase gameplay variety in order to enable a greater number of viable playstyles. We are looking to make the on pitch action more diverse than before, so that there is no single “best way” to play.

How To Stay Up To Date

Twitter

There are many ways of keeping up with FIFA 22, starting with the @EAFIFADirect Twitter channel which is a home for game updates from Developers, Live Ops and the Community Engagement. You can also check out @EASPORTSFIFA for the latest announcements.

EA SPORTS FIFA Tracker

The EA SPORTS FIFA Tracker is a platform designed to give players visibility into some of the areas of focus for the FIFA Development team, including some of the more frequently reported community issues currently being worked on. It also serves as an information hub, allowing quick and easy access to key information being shared by the Development team.

If you’re the type of person who really likes to dig deep into a game, I highly recommend bookmarking the EASF Tracker and checking in every week or two, it’s a great resource that we update as often as we can.

EA Help

Whether you want to know where FIFA Game Data Centers are located in the world, or you just want more information about your favorite mode, the articles on EA Help have got you covered.

Covering virtually every major area of FIFA 22, EA Help articles are designed to give you way more knowledge about the game and are full of useful nuggets that you can’t get anywhere else. If you’re new to FIFA 22 or just haven’t played the games in a while, definitely take a look at EA Help.

I hope this holiday guide has helped you get a quick overview of what’s new in FIFA 22, thanks for checking it out!

Happy holidays <3

- Goran from the PFO Team

Play FIFA 22 now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Stadia, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!

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