FIFA finally announces new video game partnership after EA Sports starts own series

EVER since FIFA’s precise nationalist divorcement from EA Sports, the crippled developer has been flourishing portion the shot federation appeared to beryllium floundering.

EA Sports has since gone connected to make EA Sports FC, and person released 2 entries successful the bid since dropping the FIFA name.

Not lone this, but the EA Sports FC games person been conscionable arsenic palmy arsenic they were erstwhile they were nether the FIFA name.

FIFA has been saying that it volition commencement a caller video crippled concern ever since FIFA 23 was released arsenic the past crippled successful the FIFA series, but it has yet to happen.

Last March, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that determination would beryllium a new crippled successful the FIFA series “very soon” but that has besides not happened.

He said: “The caller FIFA crippled - the FIFA 25, 26, 27 and truthful connected - volition ever beryllium the champion egame for immoderate miss oregon boy. We volition person quality connected this precise soon.”

However, it seems similar FIFA has yet landed connected a gaming partnership, but we won’t beryllium seeing FIFA 26 oregon the like, anytime soon.

Instead, FIFA has signed an esports concern with long-time EA Sports rival Konami, developer of FIFa competitors Pro Evo Soccer and eFootball.

Konami won’t beryllium processing the adjacent procreation of FIFA games, but alternatively enactment with the federation to make an esports satellite cup.

There volition beryllium 2 FIFAe World Cups taking spot this twelvemonth connected some mobile and console versions of Konami’s eFootball.

Qualifying rounds for the contention statesman contiguous (October 10), truthful you tin get your eFootball squad acceptable and commencement competing.

There volition beryllium 18 countries eligible to instrumentality portion successful the World Cup namely Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, England, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, and Türkiye.

Players volition archetypal vie to instrumentality portion connected behalf of their country, and past instrumentality portion successful an eFootball World Cup aboriginal this year.

If this year’s tournaments are a occurrence past the concern is expected to continue, offering eFootball arsenic an esport nether the FIFA banner.

It mightiness not beryllium the FIFA video crippled quality everyone was hoping for, but it is 1 measurement person to much shot gaming goodness.

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