Instead, the California company said Tuesday that EA Sports FC will be introduced from 2023 after it creates the final game in partnership with FIFA later this year.
#EA SPORTS FIFA UPGRADE#
The only game series with a comparable unbroken annual streak of releases is EA's Madden NFL franchise, which started in 1988 and will retain that branding despite John Madden's death late last year.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįIFA, EA Sports to end video game partnership game to continue under new nameĮlectronic Arts will stop making its hugely successful FIFA video game in its current name, marking a split in one of soccer's most successful and lucrative partnerships after the sides failed to strike a new licensing deal. FIFA 23, FIFA 24, FIFA 25, and FIFA 26, and so on-the constant is the FIFA name and it will remain forever and remain the best."ĮA's partnership with FIFA dates back to 1993's FIFA International Soccer, which has been followed by annual releases every year as well as occasional spinoffs like FIFA Street. "The FIFA name is the only global, original title. "I can assure you that the only authentic, real game that has the FIFA name will be the best one available for gamers and football fans," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement Monday.
#EA SPORTS FIFA LICENSE#
That wording brings to mind Take-Two's 2020 announcement of the return of the NFL2K franchise, which will get around EA's exclusive license for NFL "simulation" games by offering "non-simulation football game experiences."īut FIFA also says it is "engaging with leading game publishers, media companies, and investors in regard to the development of a major new FIFA simulation football game title for 2024." The organization also says it will continue the convention of numbered annual FIFA game releases with its new partners. A bitter divorceįurther Reading The next “NFL2K” won’t be a simulation-here’s what that might meanPerhaps in anticipation of today's announcement, FIFA announced yesterday that it is already working with new partners on "non-simulation" soccer games that will launch later this year. "Our final FIFA product will also include more game modes, features, teams, leagues, players, and competitions than any previous edition," EA said in a statement. Reports suggest FIFA 23-which will launch later this year as EA's final game with the FIFA license-will further expand the World Cup mode and include the Women's World Cup for the first time in franchise history.
#EA SPORTS FIFA UPDATE#
That integration expanded to a wider World Cup update in FIFA 18. EA partnered with FIFA to release separate branded FIFA World Cup titles every four years from 1998 through 2014 and introduced a separate World Cup mode to its lucrative Ultimate Team digital card game for FIFA 14. We have an incredible opportunity to put EA Sports FC at the heart of the sport, and to bring even more innovative and authentic experiences to the growing football audience."ĮA's coming FIFA-less soccer game will still have "more than 300 individual licensed partners, giving players access to more than 19,000 athletes across 700 teams, in 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues around the world." Those partners include major international leagues like the Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and more.Īside from the name on the cover, the newly branded game will also be missing any official reference to the World Cup, the quadrennial international tournament run by FIFA. "The future of global football is very bright, and fandom around the world has never been stronger. "We’re thankful for our many years of great partnership with FIFA," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in a statement. The announcement marks a significant break for one of the oldest and most popular continuous franchises in video game history. reader comments 90 withĮA Sports announced today that the soccer title it publishes in 2023 would be part of the new EA Sports FC brand, doing away with the FIFA name the series has used since the days of the Sega Genesis and Super NES.
Enlarge / Doesn't quite have the same ring to it, but maybe that's just because it's new.
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