{"title":"EA Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eEA Canada is the name Electronic Arts' oldest and largest studio carried through most of its history, and it remains the credit attached to the sports catalogue built in Burnaby, British Columbia. The studio began life in January 1983 as Distinctive Software, Inc., founded by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember on the strength of their early game Evolution, and through the rest of the decade it grew into the largest independent game developer in North America, earning a reputation for driving games such as Test Drive at a time when the genre was still finding its shape on home computers. Electronic Arts acquired the company in 1991 and renamed it EA Canada, giving the publisher a purpose-built home for the sports games that would soon define the EA SPORTS label. Mattrick stayed on and eventually rose to run EA's worldwide studios, while the Burnaby team turned out the series that made the brand: NHL from 1991, FIFA from 1993, NBA Live and NCAA Basketball from 1994, and the first Need for Speed titles between 1994 and 2000, before that franchise passed to other hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2000s widened the portfolio beyond straight simulation. SSX ran from 2000 to 2012 as the studio's arcade snowboarding showcase, the Fight Night boxing games brought its animation and physics work to the ring, and EA SPORTS UFC has carried that combat-sports lineage since 2014. Through all of it FIFA remained the flagship, an annual production whose later entries were shared with EA Romania in Bucharest and which closed under that licence with FIFA 23 in 2022 before continuing from 2023 as EA SPORTS FC. The studio has since been known as EA Burnaby and EA Vancouver, employs roughly 1,300 people and houses the world's largest video game test operation. For players its output is less a back catalogue than a living lineage: the mechanics, presentation and yearly cadence that define modern sports games were, in large part, worked out here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fifa-23-pc-ea-digital-download","title":"FIFA 23","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eFIFA 23 is the last EA SPORTS football game to carry the FIFA name, and it goes out with the biggest licensed roster the series ever assembled. HyperMotion2 Technology brings real match capture to every touch and tackle, women's club teams join the international sides for the first time, and both the men's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 arrived as free post-launch updates. This is the Standard Edition, the complete base game as it stands after those updates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe World's Game, One Last Time\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor almost thirty years EA Canada built its football series on the FIFA license, and FIFA 23 is where that partnership ends before the studio moved on to EA SPORTS FC. It shows in the scale of what is here: over 19,000 players, more than 700 teams, 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues, from the Premier League and La Liga to the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1. Authentic kits, badges, broadcast packages and stadium atmospheres make each fixture feel like the real thing rather than an approximation of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeveloped by EA Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia, together with EA Romania in Bucharest, FIFA 23 also marks the point where the women's game became a proper part of the package. The Barclays FA Women's Super League and France's Division 1 Arkema sit alongside the women's national teams, so the club and international calendars finally line up across both sides of the sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHyperMotion2 Technology on the Pitch\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHyperMotion2 builds on the machine-learning animation system EA introduced a year earlier, this time fed by advanced 11v11 match capture of full teams playing real games. The result is thousands of new animations that show up in the moments that matter: a striker adjusting a first touch under pressure, a defender jockeying a winger to the byline, a keeper reacting late to a deflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eTechnical dribbling and physicality\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eBall carriers move with more purpose and can change direction faster, while shoulder-to-shoulder contests and jostling for position in the box feel weightier and more contested, with outcomes decided by strength and timing rather than a coin flip.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003ePower shots and set pieces\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePower shots reward a well-timed wind-up with a strike that keepers struggle to hold, and the reworked free kick, penalty and corner systems give you finer control over contact point, curl and elevation from dead-ball situations.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eComposure and defending\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe AI reads the game more convincingly on both ends. Teammates make smarter supporting runs, and defenders hold their shape better, so patient build-up play and a well-drilled back line both pay off the way they do in real football.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo World Cups and the Women's Game\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe men's tournament in Qatar and the women's tournament in Australia and New Zealand were both added at no additional cost, and each is presented as its own event rather than a reskinned cup mode. All 32 qualified nations are included for each, with custom stadium dressings, tournament cinematics, dedicated commentary and match presentation built around the occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake your country from the group stage to the final with the authentic trophy waiting at the end, or rewrite the bracket by sending an outsider on a run the real tournament never saw.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlay through the women's tournament with the same depth of presentation as the men's, a first for the series and a fitting send-off for the FIFA branding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombine the World Cup content with the women's club sides for the most complete representation of the women's game any FIFA title has offered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat FIFA 23 Offers Today\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEA retired FIFA 23's online services on all platforms on October 30, 2025. FIFA Ultimate Team, Pro Clubs, online seasons, online co-op and cross-play no longer function, and there is nothing left to buy in-game. What remains is the offline football game underneath, which is still a substantial one. The modes below play without a live server.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKick Off, custom tournaments and the two World Cup tournaments cover single matches, cup runs and full international campaigns against the AI at any difficulty you choose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCareer Mode lets you manage a club through transfers, tactics and youth development, or guide a single player from first professional contract to the top of the game.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShared and split-screen play supports local versus matches and co-op against the AI on the same screen, with full controller support for everyone on the couch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want the definitive closing chapter of EA SPORTS FIFA, with the deepest licensed roster of its era and two full World Cups to play through on your own terms, pick your nation, set your tactics and take the pitch one last time under the FIFA banner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Electronic Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44435096502590,"sku":"PC_8106235068734_DL_GL","price":63.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/products\/fifa-23-pc-ea-digital-download.jpg?v=1674503893"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-de\/collections\/ea-canada.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}