FIFA and Konami partner to bring eFootball to the FIFAe World Cup

FIFA person made a woody with EA Sports FC rival eFootball to bring a caller rubric to the FIFAe World Cup, saying it’s a ‘commitment to the advancement of esports’.

There person been rather a fewer changes successful the satellite of shot sims successful caller years, the astir evident being FIFA and Electronic Arts going their abstracted ways successful 2022, aft respective decades together, and a consequent sanction alteration of the FIFA video crippled bid to EA Sports FC.

Additionally, Konami decided to rename its Pro Evolution Soccer franchise to eFootball aft the COVID pandemic, making it a free-to-play rubric with tons of freebies for your Dream Team.

FIFA and Konami ne'er utilized to enactment unneurotic before, but they’ve travel unneurotic to bring eFootball to the FIFAe World Cup, arsenic a ‘commitment to the advancement of esports’.

The FIFAe World Cup is operated by FIFA and includes a fig of unfastened qualifying tournaments for fans crossed antithetic games, including Football Manager and Rocket League, but since FIFA and EA parted ways EA Sports FC hasn’t been 1 of them.

Leaving EA Sports FC behind, FIFA and Konami person present signed an statement to adhd eFootball into the mix, with 2 competitions of its own.

As portion of the agreement, eFootball gets 1 tourney for console fans, successful a 2v2 format, and 1 for mobile, which is 1v1.

eFootball qualifiers for the FIFAe World Cup commencement today, but the day and prize excavation for the existent lawsuit has yet to beryllium announced (read much astir however to suffice here).

‘The nonsubjective of this collaboration is to further boost the joyousness of the planetary shot assemblage done esports. By allowing players to correspond their nations done dedicated competitions, this inaugural volition instrumentality the transportation with the assemblage to a caller level,’ says Konami successful a press release.

‘We are incredibly excited to articulation forces with Konami. This collaboration aligns perfectly with our ngo to beforehand shot globally and to supply a level for players to showcase their skills.

‘We genuinely judge successful an inclusive ecosystem which allows antithetic communities to beryllium portion of the FIFAe competitions,’ says Romy Gai, Chief Business Officer astatine FIFA.

Not everyone tin qualify, however, lone fans from a fistful of eligible countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, England, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Malaysia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey.

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