‘FIFA 23’ and Marvel turn Ultimate Team players into superheroes

EA has teamed up with Marvel for a FIFA 23 Ultimate Team crossover that reimagines famous footballers as comic book superheroes.

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21 Heroes FIFA World Cup Ultimate Team items will undergo the treatment, with ex-footballers like Landon Donocan, Ricardo Carvalho and Yaya Touré included (via Eurogamer).

So far EA has confirmed five footballers getting the hero treatment, along with their new aliases. The five superhero footballers are as follows:

• Landon Donovan: The Brave
• Ricardo Carvalho: The Anticipator
• Claudio Marchisio: Il Principino
• Yaya Touré: The Citadel
• Park Ji-Sung: Tigerheart

Each of the players in the crossover will get a unique Ultimate Team item with the start of FIFA 23’s World Cup game mode, with regular versions of the characters coming when FIFA 23 launches on September 30. FIFA 23 is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.