How to unlock the FIFA 23 World Cup Heroes cards-Radina Koutsafti-Entertainment – Metro

The Heroes cards are illustrated by Marvel (pic: EA)

As the World Cup mode has arrived in FIFA 23, a pool of select footballers will soon get special Heroes cards to mark their contributions to the tournament.

Some very special rewards will soon find their way to FIFA 23, after the highly-anticipated World Cup mode kicked off on Wednesday, November 9.  

To celebrate the tournament, which will begin later this month in real life, FIFA 23 will be releasing improved versions of the FUT Heroes cards, with a twist.

There will be 21 FIFA World Cup Heroes cards in total and the footballers will be shown as Marvel superheroes, to commemorate their contributions to the tournament through the years.

These special Heroes cards will be available in FUT across two team releases starting on Friday, November 11 and, like Campaign content, they will be permanent within FIFA 23. 

If you want to get your hands on the World Cup-themed Heroes cards, you’d need to have pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition of the game before August 21, 2022. 

The Ultimate Edition of the game was released as an online exclusive for all platforms, excluding the Nintendo Switch.   

Of course, there’s no way of knowing which Hero you’ll get, and the card will be untradeable, too, meaning you’ll need to make the best of it if it wasn’t what you were hoping for. 

England’s Peter Crouch is among these Heroes (pic: EA)

Other than the new artwork being designed by Marvel and some upgraded stats, the World Cup-themed Heroes cards are not that much different from their stripped-back versions that were available in Ultimate Team.

Here’s the full line-up of the footballers who’ll be getting their own FIFA 23 World Cup Heroes cards: 

Claudio Marchisio (Italy/Serie A)  Diego Forlán (Uraguay/LaLiga)  Dirk Kuyt (Netherlands/Premier League)  Harry Kewell (Australia/Premier League)  Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan/Serie A)  Javier Mascherano (Argentina/Premier League)  Jay-Jay Okacha (Nigeria/Premier League)  Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Ligue 1)  Ji-sung Park (South Korea/Premier League)  Joan Capdevila (Spain/LaLiga)  Landon Donovan (USA/MLS)  Lúcio (Brazil/Bundesliga) Peter Crouch (England/Premier League) Rafael Márquez (Mexico/LaLiga)  Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal/ Premier League)  Rudi Völler (Germany/Serie A)  Saeed Al-Owairan (Saudi Arabia/SPL)  Sidney Govou (France/Ligue 1)  Tomas Brolin (Sweden/Serie A)  Włodzimierz Smolarek (Poland/Eredivisie)  Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Premier League) 

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Besides these brand-new Heroes cards, the World Cup mode has added a suite of new game modes to FIFA 23. There are actually four different ways to enjoy this mode, whether you feel like you want to play alone or against other players. 

The Ultimate Team mode will also have a number of other World Cup-related promos and content drops, to run alongside the start of the real-life event.

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