FIFA 20 is set for a September release and fans of EA Sports' wildly popular football series are in for a treat with a fresh playing mode: Volta.
Imaging Messi plays against Ronaldo on a five a side street football... Let's get to know it.
Volta, the Portuguese word for 'return', is EA Sports' latest innovation, which will allow FIFA players to take the game back to the streets, away from the familiar arenas of big clubs.
What is ‘Volta’ football?
Fans of the FIFA Street games will be happy to see new mode, Volta Football.
Those games took the FIFA footballing formula and boiled it down to five-a-side games of futsal, the fast-paced, finesse heavy variant of soccer played on hard courts with a smaller ball.
(Messi in Volta Football)
(Ronaldo in Volta Football)
FIFA 20’s Volta mode will do the same, and replaces FIFA’s story-driven career mode, The Journey.
Volta will incorporate that idea in this year’s game, and you’ll be able to play 3-on-3 and 4-on-4 matches with no keepers, 4-on-4 and 5-on-5 with keepers, and professional futsal.
What can you do in FIFA 20 Volta?
The new FIFA Volta mode will be powered by the same sort of gameplay that can be found in the normal mode, but with some tweaks to enhance the street football experience.
1. Build your own unique player
Gamers will be able to create their own unique player with a customised look, including hairstyles, clothing, tattoos and celebrations. 'Vanity items' will be available to unlock.
In a refreshing move, there is an option to make a male or female character and teams can feature players of both genders.
2. Five different game types
There are five different game types, ranging from three on three to professional futsal.
3v3 Rush*, 4v4, 4v4 Rush*, 5v5, Professional futsal
*Rush meaning no goalkeepers.
3. Play in a variety of locations
In order to provide an authentic experience of street football, there are a number of different arenas available to play in.
They include: a neighbourhood cage in London, an underpass in Amsterdam, a rooftop in Tokyo and more.
4. Play with official teams
As well as being able to create your own individual player, Volta mode will allow FIFA gamers to take control of any of the licensed teams in the game.
So superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could potentially end up facing off in a London cage to decide, once and for all, who is the GOAT (of street football).
5. Volta story mode
While they have ditched 'The Journey' in FIFA 20, EA Sports have indicated that there will be a Volta story mode, but it remains unclear what exactly it will involve.
However, we can safely guess that it will probably incorporate guiding your own unique avatar through the gritty world of street football - perhaps from a local neighbourhood to professional futsal.
6. Play Volta online
Online gaming has grown massively in popularity in recent years and EA Sports are bringing street football to that realm with Volta.
Like FIFA Ultimate Team, there will be leagues where players have to fight for promotion and against relegation.
One expects that there will inevitably be professional Volta players at some point too, if the FIFA Esports scene is any sort of indicator.