A day ahead of EA’s announcement that it would be splitting up with FIFA after working together for close to 30 years on annual soccer simulation titles that famously bore the FIFA name, the international governing body for association soccer hinted at what was about to become official. In a press release that now reads like FIFA trying to keep the breakup amicable, Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, confirmed his organization is “currently engaging with leading game publishers, media companies, and investors” to put out a rival game in 2024 to compete with EA Sports FC.
The timing is interesting here given that the latter is supposed to make its debut in July 2023, which suggests that FIFA will take at least a year to work out the ins and outs needed to make a quality simulation soccer game.
