What will happen to FIFA's video game rights after World Cup?
It remains to be seen how FIFA will deal with its video game rights following the expiration of the EA Sports deal after next year's World Cup. Such is the brand recognition of the franchise, though, that FIFA will surely put its name to a new game alongside another developer.
What is FIFA?
FIFA is headquartered in Zürich, and is an association established under the law of Switzerland . FIFA's supreme body is the FIFA Congress, an assembly made up of representatives from each affiliated member association.
How often is the FIFA Congress held?
The Congress assembles in ordinary sessions once every year, and extraordinary sessions have been held once a year since 1998. Congress makes decisions relating to FIFA's governing statutes and their method of implementation and application. Only Congress can pass changes to FIFA's statutes.
How often are the FIFA World Rankings updated?
The FIFA World Rankings are updated monthly and rank each team based on their performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and friendly matches. There is also a world ranking for women's football, updated four times a year.
Is FIFA coming to an end?
EA Sports has announced that FIFA 23 will be the very last in its long-running series of football video games - to be replaced by a new franchise called EA Sports FC.
Will there be FIFA 24?
In relation to the FIFA name, the governing body of association football has also confirmed that they are still planning to launch FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and even a FIFA 26 in the future, stating that it will "remain forever".
Is EA FIFA over?
Electronic Arts has announced that it will cease making Fifa-branded football games next year. From 2023, the series will continue under a new brand, EA Sports FC.
What will happen after FIFA 23?
Will it be called FIFA 23? It looks like FIFA 23 will be the last game in the series bearing the FIFA name. In May 2022, EA Sports confirmed in a blog post (opens in new tab) that after 30 years it will be ending its partnership with FIFA and, from 2023, the series will be known as EA Sports FC.
What will FIFA 23 be called?
EA FCNow, FIFA 23 has been announced as being called EA FC. EA have also recently renewed their deal with FIFPRO though, meaning that EA can continue using the "thousands of player names and likenesses" in the game.
Is there gonna be a FIFA 23?
FIFA 23 is set to release later in 2022. FIFA 23 will be released later in 2022, in what will be the final EA Sports FIFA title. It comes after EA Sports and FIFA ended their long-standing partnership after both parties failed to reach an agreement after 30 years of working together.
Why is FIFA stopping?
EA SPORTS is discontinuing popular soccer game franchise Fifa. Fifa 23 will the the final edition of the game, after licensing disagreements with soccer's world governing body. EA Sports cited the expensive licensing agreements and strategy pivots as reasons for moving on from their agreement with Fifa.
Is Juventus back in FIFA 22?
In July 2021, during an interview released on the television broadcast of Radio Kiss Kiss: Daniele Pelusi (CEO of UT7 eSports Team) confirmed that: the Juventus license will be available in FIFA 22.
Why there is no Juventus in FIFA 22?
The three-year deal that Juventus signed with Konami runs until September 2022, which means that there will be no Juventus in the next edition of the EA Sports title.
Is FIFA 22 free on EA Play?
Now that FIFA 22 is coming to EA Play, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can download the game for free on their Xbox or PC starting June 23.
21 November opening ceremony
As 2021 moves on and qualifying phases around the various confederations reach the 'business end', at present only three teams have confirmed their place in Qatar with the November FIFA window set to see more nations having their passports stamped.
2022 qualification
Of the 32 participating nations, 13 will be from Europe (UEFA), five African (CAF) representatives, Asia (AFC) will put forward 4.5 sides, not including Qatar. There will be 4.5 sides from South America's CONMEBOL, 3.5 from CONCACAF with Oceania having 0.5 sides. The .
World Cup 2022 Format
The 32 qualified sides will be placed in eight groups (with this draw process scheduled for April 2022) of four with the top two sides from each group progressing to the Round of 16, with a quarter-final ensuing ahead of the semi-final and grand final which will be staged on Qatar National Day (18 December, 2022).
What have FIFA and EA Sports said about each other?
On 7th October 2021, fans around the world found out that Electronic Arts had filed trademarks in the UK and Europe for a “computer game software” titled EA Sports FC.
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Will there be a FIFA 23 from EA Sports?
The big question, then, regards whether or not FIFA 22 is the last FIFA game that will come to us from EA Sports. Will there be a FIFA 23 game developed and released by EA, keeping in step with the annual tradition that we can usually predict like clockwork?
When will the FIFA 23 release date be?
EA Sports normally releases its football games in the autumn, so if it was happening, we would expect the FIFA 23 release date to fall in September or October 2022.
Will FIFA 23 be free to play?
One of the biggest rumours circling EA Sports’ football game franchise at the moment is the suggestion that FIFA 23 will be free to play, whether or not that game retains the FIFA name or rebrands itself into EA Sports FC.
When does FIFA demo go live?
FIFA demos usually go live in early September, just under one month prior to the full release of the game . Last year, EA made the decision to cancel the FIFA 21 demo as they wanted more time to focus on developing the game.
When will FIFA 2021 be released?
This unlocks the game four days ahead of the worldwide launch day, allowing you to play from September 27, 2021.
How long does EA play?
EA Play entitles players to ten hours of early access gameplay, one week before the game is set to launch. Dedicated FIFA players use the ten hours from EA Play to get a head start on building their Ultimate Team. Alternatively, you can gain early access to FIFA by pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition.
Who is the female commentator in FIFA 22?
A recent FIFA 22 closed beta has been the source of a number of leaks ahead of the game’s release. According to reputable leaker FUTZone, former Arsenal WFC captain Alex Scott will be the first female commentator in FIFA 22. It’s unclear whether she will replace Geoff Shreeves on the touchline, or if she will be a main commentator alongside Derek Rae and Lee Dixon.
Is FIFA 14 on PC?
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened – FIFA 14 on PC was not upgraded to the Ignite Engine at the same time as Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It took one full year before the PC version was brought up to speed with the current generation consoles.
Who are the new icons in FIFA 21?
FIFA 21 introduced 11 new icons to the game, including: Samuel Eto’o, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Ashley Cole. Over the past two years, we’ve seen Wayne Rooney, Vincent Kompany, David Villa, and Iker Casillas retire from the beautiful game.
Is FIFA 22 coming to PC?
EA has confirmed the PC version of FIFA 22 won’t receive any of the next generation upgrades. The HyperMotion technology which powers the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game won’t be coming to PC.
Why have FIFA and EA Sports split?
The existing rights deal between EA Sports and FIFA is due to expire next year – and it’s fair to say that negotiations over an extension to the agreement could have gone better.
Will there be any more FIFA games after 2022?
It remains to be seen how FIFA will deal with its video game rights following the expiration of the EA Sports deal after next year’s World Cup.
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Given the staggering sums that EA Sports have made over the years from football video games, don’t expect them to go anywhere either. Already with an established game engine in place, EA are hardly in bad shape moving forward.
