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With EA no longer holding the FIFA licence, Konami looks to have swooped in - announcing that they've obtained the FIFA licence for use in eSports competitions.

Electronic Arts recently shared the first EA Sports FC 25 trailer, marking the game's official announcement. Alongside it, EA also shared the PC requirements for the game, which are pretty much the same as those for the previous entry in the franchise. EA Sports FC 25 is introducing a new …

EA's long-term partnership with FIFA came to an end last year, with EA dropping the official FIFA branding for future football games. Moving forward, EA will be releasing EA Sports FC, leaving FIFA to find a new development partner. Many of us had expected EA's biggest rival in the sports …

Following a multi-decade long partnership, EA and FIFA parted ways in May of 2022 due to the football association wanting to increase its licensing costs for the FIFA brand. EA has since gone on to continue their football efforts solo with the rebranded EA sports FC series. According to one …

2023 was a record-breaking year for Epic Games and Fortnite, with the battle royale-turned ’metaverse’ title seeing waves of growth throughout the year. Despite this, the massive surge in players during 2023’s final months saw Fortnite surpass the likes of Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Roblox combined. As …

With 2023 now officially behind us, Sony has published an interesting post detailing a full breakdown of the most popular games from the past 365 days. Perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, Fortnite and FIFA 23 managed to take the top spots across most countries – followed closely by Call of Duty. Making …

In May of last year, EA announced that it would no longer be partnering with FIFA for its annual football titles, with the long-running FIFA series now being rebranded to EA Sports FC. While there were concerns that the disassociation from the FIFA name would lead to lower sales, this …

In May of last year, EA announced that it would no longer be partnering with FIFA for its annual football titles, with the long-running FIFA series now being rebranded to EA Sports FC. While there were concerns that the disassociation from the FIFA name would lead to lower sales, this …

Electronic Arts has removed FIFA titles from digital retailers such as Steam and console stores, just before EA Sports FC 24 is about to officially release. According to MauroNL, none of EA's FIFA games, including last year's title, FIFA 23, are now available for purchase on those sites. Note that …

EA is transitioning away from the FIFA brand for future football games. This will include not just console versions of EA's football games, but mobile versions too. This week, EA officially unveiled EA FC Mobile, the replacement for FIFA Mobile.  On September 26th, EA FC Mobile will release. Those who …

Back in May of last year EA officially confirmed that it had parted ways with the FIFA brand following a decades long partnership, with the series’ future entries being renamed to EA Sports FC. Ahead of this years’ title’s official unveiling, EA have shown off the rebranded name, logo and …

Each year, EA’s FIFA titles release to critical condemnation yet commercial success. This year’s entry is not any different, with EA now announcing that FIFA 23’s launch period represents the biggest in franchise history. Making the announcement via a press release on their blog, Eric Escaravage, the Global PR Lead …

Back in March we reported that the relationship between game publisher EA and the FIFA corporation had been deteriorating, with reports late last year suggesting that EA may in fact lose the FIFA license due to the two parties being unable to settle a monetary dispute regarding licensing fees. EA …

Each month, Sony gives a number of PlayStation games away for ‘free’ to all those who are subscribed to the console manufacturer’s PS Plus service. For the month of May, you can now get your hands on a varied selection of quality titles – and FIFA. Available to add to …

Battlefield 2042 has had a hard time maintaining a healthy player base, with recent statistics showing fewer than 1000 concurrent players on Steam. Possibly in a move to tackle the game’s dwindling popularity, Battlefield 2042 looks to be coming to Xbox Game Pass this week...

The relationship between EA and FIFA has been deteriorating in recent months, with reports late last year suggesting that EA may in fact lose the FIFA license due to the two parties being unable to settle a monetary dispute regarding licensing fees. It seems the two were unable to patch …

EA’s annual FIFA franchise has been criticised lately for its lack of innovation and new content due in part to its annual release. While the annual rate of release is continuing, FIFA 23 will reportedly come with some major new features. As reported by industry insider Tom Henderson and xfire, …

Though EA’s FIFA football titles are one of the best selling games every single year, the publisher is beholden to the license holder in order to use the name. In order to be able to call its games FIFA titles, the publisher pays a fee. The two companies are now …

While most video game companies have stopped the dangerous trend of offering loot boxes in their games, EA’s sports titles continue to be rife with them. Instead of following others and revoking the predatory practice from their titles, the publisher has simply claimed that “Kids should not be spending in …

The recently launched eFootball 2022 might not be as good as many hoped. Users have been sharing screenshots of weird animations with deformed bodies and gameplay bugs that are just not acceptable for a game in 2021. The game launched less than 48 hours ago and already is the worst-rated …

While EA as a publisher is responsible for a wide variety of games, its sports titles are some of the company’s most lucrative. The FIFA, NFL and UFC game franchise holder recently revealed that combined it has over 230 million people playing its sports games. Within the next 5 years …

A couple of weeks ago, EA confirmed that it had suffered a data breach, during which confidential source code for games and the Frostbite Engine were stolen. As it turns out, EA was warned of vulnerabilities in its systems months ago, but the publisher failed to tighten up its security.  …

Last week, EA launched an internal investigation after evidence emerged that an employee was granting themselves rare FIFA Ultimate Team icons and selling them online for profit. Since then, there has been an update, with EA uncovering that more people may have been involved. Normally when buying a FIFA Ultimate …

While each year sees an abundance of new and innovative video games released into the world, it is almost a guarantee that the best selling game of the year will be Call of Duty, a sports game, or a Rockstar title. Such is the case with 2020, where the top …

At the beginning of each new year, it is always interesting to take a look back at the past 365 days and reflect upon the games that came out during that time. For the UK market, it has now been revealed which games managed to make it to the top …

Earlier this week, the Dutch Gaming Authority announced plans to fine EA millions of dollars for its inclusion of “addictive gaming elements” in FIFA in The Netherlands. EA previously threw in the towel and removed the ability to buy FIFA points when it ran into this problem in Belgium, but …

The Dutch Gaming Authority has officially fined EA and demanded that the publisher remove “addictive gaming elements” from its FIFA games. As you would expect, this concerns FIFA Ultimate Team and the expensive card packs/loot boxes EA sells for that mode.  Over in The Netherlands, the Dutch Gaming Authority has …

FIFA’s Ultimate Team is in a weird position where it’s loot boxes aren’t usually criticised. FIFA’s player base has just come to accept it, and the number of casual players that just play FIFA probably isn’t even aware of the larger discussion surrounding loot boxes. EA is though and will …

Over the years, we have come to expect annual sports game releases. We see titles like Madden and FIFA pushed out on a yearly basis and sell millions of copies each time. However, things might not always stay that way, as EA's CEO, Andrew Wilson envisions a time where these …

Update: Earlier this week we learned that two YouTubers were charged with advertising unlawful gambling and inviting children to gamble here in the UK. At the time we didn't know which channels were affected by this or what game these two were leveraging to promote gambling to youngsters. However, now …