After almost 30 years, the worldwide popular football video game gets a new name. EA Sports now wants to start a new era.
Screenshot from a game in the FIFA series.
(dpa) The football simulation series FIFA will have a new name from 2023. As developer Electronic Arts announced in a blog entry on Tuesday, the game will be called “EA Sports FC” in the future. The decades-long cooperation with the world football association is coming to an end.
Everything that made up the previous games is still there, according to the blog entry. We continue to work with official license partners from professional football – for example for leagues, players, stadiums and football clubs.
Another version is to be released this fall together with Fifa. The developer speaks of the “greatest FIFA of all time”.
As the “Spiegel” reports, license negotiations have not only failed because of the money. “It’s important that we have the freedom to create the most impressive experiences possible,” quoted the “Spiegel” brand manager David Jackson from EA Sports. Because of the license, for example, it is not possible to enter into independent deals with third-party companies. There is no going back for the decision to no longer work with Fifa.
According to the industry association game, the football simulation FIFA has been one of the best-selling games in Germany for years. A broad e-sports ecosystem has developed around the game, in which the DFL and many German football clubs are also heavily involved.