FIFA "23": Are there new football games coming?

In order to distance itself from the World Football Association, Electronic Arts will most likely change the name of its FIFA football games in the future. FIFA is alleged to have altered its brand just a few weeks ago. Then there could be new FIFA games from another developer.

According to industry sources received by Gamesbeat, it is officially official that EA will rename its FIFA games. In October 2021, the publisher had already registered a new name as a trademark.

This is not as simple to say as FIFA containing the year: "EA Sports FC" should be the name and will most likely serve as a substitute for the upcoming FIFA 23.

Cooperation between EA and FIFA ended

According to Gamesbeat journalist Jeff Grubb, the grounds for EA's departure from the world football association FIFA are financial. Despite the fact that FIFA games are among the most popular in the world, EA does not believe it is worthwhile to transfer $1 billion to FIFA simply because the games have the same name.

According to Jeff Grubb, a successful and global football video game always comes with massive licensing payments, as well as the associated negotiation and legal weight.

EA is fully at blame for these occurrences. The publisher also manages the official team branding and player names independently, which incurs additional expenditures. As a result, FIFA only requested money for the titles of the games, prompting EA to dissolve the collaboration and risk a "new start" with EA Sports FC.

Furthermore, according to Jeff Grubb, it will help EA to distance itself from the corruption that FIFA is frequently linked with.

FIFA appears to be able to perform what Electronic Arts was able to do in October 2021. Because the World Football Association altered its brand in Europe last week.

In doing so, FIFA maintained that the registration was done specifically for video gaming items. As a result, there may soon be a new series of football games that are not managed by Electronic Arts.