Volta is street football in FIFA 20.
Volta is street football in FIFA 20.
Categories

FIFA 20’s Volta hands-on — Chaotic street play comes to video game soccer

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 3 min

FIFA 20 matches can be as boring as real-life soccer. There, I said it. But Electronic Arts is spicing up the video game this year with Volta Football, a new way to play with 3-on-3 street soccer games.

It’s a new way to play, and I tried it out at a recent demo event at EA. It’s fast and fun, just like futsal, or street or indoor soccer. And it brings creativity to your attempts to scoring goals, like passing the ball to yourself by bouncing it off a side wall. It’s like NBA Street’s version of basketball. It has more chaotic action, it’s accessible, and it’s casual.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X!
Join now to enjoy our free and premium membership perks.
Join Now
Already a member? Sign in
Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.