🧩EA Sports FC: FIFA responds to Electronic Arts by pulling out its claws, the series will continue

Following the official press release from Electronic Arts in which the American publisher announced its divorce from FIFA, the reaction of the world football body was not long in coming. Indeed, the boss Gianni Infantino made it known that despite the end of a long history with Electronic Arts, the brand would continue in the video game world. "I can assure you that the only authentic and real game that bears the name FIFA will be the best available for players and football fans, he insists. The name FIFA is the only global and original title. FIFA 23 , FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and FIFA 26, and so on - the constant is the name FIFA and it will forever remain and remain THE BEST."

Before adding: "The interactive gaming and esports sector is on a path of unparalleled growth and diversification. FIFA's strategy is to ensure that we can make the most of all the options future and guarantee a wide range of products and opportunities for players, fans, member associations and partners." In the meantime, Electronic Arts and FIFA have agreed to take one last step together, as the American publisher confirmed yesterday. "FIFA has granted an extension of the license granted to the publisher EA SPORTS, explains FIFA. FIFA 23 will therefore be released at the end of the year with, for the first time, the FIFA World Cups for men and women united in a single edition of the game. The extension recently negotiated with EA SPORTS concerns only the category "simulation".

EA Sports FC: FIFA responds to Electronic Arts by pulling out its claws, the series will continue

Moreover, a little earlier in the press release, it is indicated that productions belonging to genres other than simulation are in development and that their release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022. "The first concerns the biggest event world sport, namely the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. It will offer interactive and unique experiences to football fans around the world. In the process, FIFA will launch games and virtual experiences around the FIFA World Cup™ 2022. Other projects are currently under study with several publishers, in view of the next Women's World Cup."

For its part, Electronic Arts is particularly calm about this separation from FIFA, for two reasons. The first is that over the years he has formed a community ready to follow him anywhere. The second is that many agreements have already been signed, which will allow the next EA Sports FC to benefit from a good number of licenses without having to go through FIFA. You only have to look at all the clubs who reacted on Twitter to understand that the names and faces of the players will not be scratched or scarred. Finally, it should be noted that if Electronic Arts decided to emancipate itself from FIFA, it was mainly because of the amount of the check requested by the organization which, according to some rumors, was 2,5 billion dollars out of ten year.