"We're thankful for our many years of great cooperation and cooperation with FIFA," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in a statement Mut 23 Coins. "The future of football in the world is very bright, and the fan base around the world has never been greater. We have a fantastic opportunity to bring EA Sports FC at the heart of the sport, and to provide even more exciting and authentic experiences to the growing football fans."
EA's coming FIFA-less soccer game will include "more than 300 licensed individual partners, giving players access to more than 19,000 players across 700 teams, 100 stadiums, and in more than 30 leagues throughout the world." These partners include international leagues, including the Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga, UEFA, CONMEBOL and many more.
Alongside the name on the cover, this newly launched game will also not have any official references towards FIFA's World Cup, the quadrennial international sporting event organized by FIFA. EA partnered with FIFA to create themed FIFA World Cup titles every 4 years from 1998 to 2014. It also introduced a unique World Cup mode to its popular Ultimate Team digital card game for FIFA 14. This integration grew to a wider World Cup update in FIFA 18.
There are reports that FIFA 23--which will launch later in the year as EA's last game under the FIFA license--will further expand its World Cup mode and include the Women's World Cup for the first time in franchise history. "Our final FIFA product will also include more game modes including teams, features leagues, players and tournaments than the previous version," EA said in an announcement.
The breakup of EA with FIFA isn't really a shock. The gaming giant has stated publicly that the company was "reviewing our name rights agreement with FIFA" in October of last year amid reports of a dispute over exclusiveness and licensing costs Cheap Madden 23 Coins. And a February report suggested that Wilson informed EA personnel that the FIFA license has "precluded our ability to to branch into the areas that gamers want" in terms of gameplay.