Drama in the Gaming World: Will Electronic Arts Stop Releasing FIFA? | Israel today

A winning horse is not replaced?

Depends on how much it costs you.

While surprising many, Electronic Arts, one of the major computer game distributors and distributors in the world, has announced that it is considering stopping calling its FIFA series of games, well, "FIFA".

Beyond that, it was reported that earlier this month the company acquired the copyright to the name EA Sports FC.

What exactly does all this mean?

This is what the new game will look like ?, Photo: Illustration

First of all, a reassuring siren: it is very likely that EA will continue to release a new football game every year, and that these games will still include most, if not all, of the official players, clubs and stadiums so identified with the brand. The only difference: the club will stop using the term FIFA - the name of the International Football Federation, and may focus mainly on UEFA - the European Football Association, and the Libertadores Cup - the South American football team championship.

Definitely an earthquake, but why does it occur?

In one sentence: mostly money, but not only.

According to a report in the New York Times, FIFA is demanding $ 1 billion from Electronic Arts for the rights to use the brand name - doubling the current amount. The federation also wants to reserve the right to cooperate with other gaming companies such as Afik Games , To create games from different genres other than net football (e.g., FIFA event at Fortnight).

AIA, for its part, is unwilling to succumb to these demands, which are quite breaking the tools.

If the two powers do not reach a compromise in the coming months, it is to be expected that the packaging of the company's next football title will have a different name, after more than two decades of impressive cooperation.