When is FIFA 23 out? Release time and early access New Zealand trick | Gaming | Entertainment

FIFA 23 is out soon, with the Standard Edition of the game out on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, S and PCs on Friday September 30. If you haven’t pre-ordered FIFA 23 yet and want a physical version be sure to check out our guide on the best FIFA 23 deals available. For those that purchased FIFA 23 digitally, the game should unlock on your console in the UK at midnight on Friday – but the New Zealand trick may help you play it even earlier than that.

This secret hack worked earlier this week when the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition launched, and let Xbox owners that had pre-ordered the game digitally play it early by changing their region to New Zealand.

You can only do this on Xbox but it’s easy enough to do. Here’s how to change your console’s region to New Zealand…

– Go to Xbox Settings > System

– Then select ‘English (New Zealand)’ for the Language Region

– Choose ‘New Zealand’ as your Location

– Restart your console

The New Zealand trick was outlined by the FIFAUTeam Twitter ahead of early access launching on Tuesday.

The account posted: “Those who pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition selecting New Zealand as their localization and using the English language (New Zealand), will have the chance to start playing FIFA 23 several hours before European and NA players (from 12pm UK time). This ‘trick’ only works for Xbox.”

FIFA 23 is a landmark release for EA’s series, as it will be the last game to feature the FIFA branding.

After a partnership lasting three decades, in 2023 the FIFA series will changed to EA Sports FC.

Despite this big name change all the modes FIFA fans know and love – such as FUT, VOLTA and Career mode – will be returning.

And EA is ending the FIFA era with a bang as FIFA 23 is a jam-packed release.

FIFA 23 is the first game in the series to feature World Cup modes for both the men’s and women’s games, is the first title to feature women’s club football teams, features crossplay for the very first time, introduces big changes to FUT chemistry, enhances the visuals and match day presentation, as well as adding HyperMotion 2 and much, much more.

Express.co.uk will be bringing you our full review on FIFA 23 soon but after putting the game through its paces ahead of launch we’ve been left hugely impressed, with FIFA 23 feeling like a big leap from FIFA 22.