These weeks are proving to be extremely surprising for FIFA 22 players or fans of the EA football series: following the sudden release on PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, EA Sports has officially announced its cross-play test plans for connecting players from multiple different platforms.
The reveal comes directly from the official EA website and from Twitter, where the FIFA Direct Communication account has effectively confirmed the imminent start of the first tests of the cross-play functionality. After months of speculation and accumulation of hope for football and video game lovers, the FAQ specifies definitively that the tests will cover Seasons and Online Friendlies on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S and Stadia; PS4 players, on the other hand, will not participate in the initial tests but should join once the stable release has taken place.
The decision to launch the cross-play test for these game modes only was made to reduce the chances of running into serious in-game technical problems. EA will use all game data collected and user feedback to understand how to improve the functionality and then proceed with global activation in an unspecified period.
How do you take part in this testing phase? According to what has been reported, the system will automatically add the possibility of activating or deactivating cross-play for random users on the platforms mentioned; it will be sufficient to regularly check the homepage at the bottom right and wait for the appearance of the button that you can see in the image at the bottom of the news.