As you wrote yesterday, FIFA and EA Sports are finished… or almost. Electronic Arts has announced that once licensed as a legendary football simulation game, the game will be permanently renamed FIFA 23, but now EA Sports FC. It will be the start of a new era for gamers and will no doubt have its fair share of new features, EA Sports is now more free to form a royalty free term. “FIFABut at this distance we hear a lot about EA, What about their passion for FIFA and video games?
“FIFA 24, FIFA 25, FIFA 26 etc.”
According to this Official press release FIFA will feature new games developed by third-party studios and developers. All this to expand the offer of football games and offer simulations similar to the FIFAs we know. The brand also informs us that many games in genres other than simulation are under construction and scheduled for release. in the third quarter of this year. FIFA said the first of these “A few games” Qatar will be the theme of the 2022 World Cup. they say “It will provide an interactive and unique experience for football fans around the world”.
Since the World Cup is organized by FIFA, it is likely that the game mode of the same name in games will no longer be available in EA Sports FC. FIFA will therefore have the opportunityTake full advantage of the game genre And so turn them into video game presentations. For its part, various projects related to the Women’s World Cup are underway.
For all these projects, Gianni InfantinoThe current FIFA President said:
The message to Gianni Infantino is clear, a series of games called FIFA will continue. With or without EA Sports. That’s why FIFA will definitely release FIFA 24 with other development partners.
EA Sports and FIFA, is it really over?
The two companies have recently entered into negotiations Extension of the cooperation agreementAllows EA Sports to use the tag “FIFA”. This expansion guarantees the arrival of FIFA 23, which comes out at the end of the year and combines the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cups™ in a single version of the game.
The extension is valid for the category only. “Simulation”The same goes for FIFA-like games. According to the press release, this agreement aims to: “Expand FIFA’s suite of video game rights and engage with other video game publishers on new and deeper experiences for football fans and players”.
FIFA also said that they are currently in talks with major game publishers and investors to create a new simulation game in 2024. Overall, the future for the brand will be bright and one thing is for sure! Football fans will have nothing boring for the next few years! Will it move from EA Sports and FIFA employees to competitors?
Source : Millenium
