EA has formally revealed new particulars on its 2023 soccer sport, EA Sports activities FC, the primary entry in a brand new franchise with out the FIFA branding. After it ended its partnership with the worldwide soccer governing physique final yr, EA introduced a brand new franchise based mostly on the worldwide sport that can nonetheless have the identical or the same lineup of gamers, groups, and stadiums due to the licensing offers it has in place.
Extra particulars on EA Sports activities FC might be revealed in July, however this week, EA added that the sport will grow to be a “platform to create, innovate and develop new soccer experiences” when it launches later this yr.
“We’re constructing on 30 years of management and historical past creating experiences that convey the worldwide soccer neighborhood collectively, and persevering with to take it right into a fan-first future,” EA Sports activities FC’s Nick Wlodyka stated in a press assertion. “EA Sports activities FC might be a logo for the game, a logo of innovation and alter, and we’re energized to indicate our followers extra concerning the future in July.”
For soccer followers, you can play matches within the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, and WSL, and EA says that a whole lot of leagues, groups, manufacturers, and athletes might be represented within the sport. As for FIFA, it nonetheless plans to launch a sport bearing its model by way of third-party builders and publishers, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino claims that this sport might be “the one genuine, actual sport that has the FIFA title” and would be the “greatest one” out there for followers.
“I can guarantee you that the one genuine, actual sport that has the FIFA title would be the greatest one out there for players and soccer followers. The FIFA title is the one world, authentic title. FIFA 23, FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and FIFA 26, and so on–the fixed is the FIFA title and it’ll stay endlessly and stay THE BEST,” Infantino stated of the mission.
FIFA was reportedly asking EA to pay $1 billion to make use of the FIFA title in its video games each 4 years, which is allegedly one of many huge the explanation why EA selected to separate from FIFA and develop its personal soccer sport.
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