EA Sports officially unveiled its FIFA successor, EA Sports FC, and outlined a bit of what to expect from the sports game in the coming months. The EA Sports FC game will release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC later in 2023.
EA publicly ended its relationship with FIFA, reportedly after FIFA required EA to pay $1 billion to continue using the FIFA license.
EA will begin showcasing its new FC brand in upcoming matches around the world and plans to debut its first EA Sports FC game sometime later in 2023. FIFA plans to launch a rival “egame” in 2025, which is presumably just a video game.
EA Sports will continue its partnerships with Premier League, La Liga, and Ligue 1, among others, for the upcoming FC game. In keeping with an earlier promise to use the EA Sports platform to promote inclusion, the group is also actively forging new partnerships to spotlight women’s leagues, including collaborations with the WSL and NWSL.
As for what to expect from the game itself, we’ll have to wait a bit longer to find out. EA said they’ll reveal more about EA Sports FC, including gameplay, sometime in July 2023 after the Summer Game Fest wraps up.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
