EA Sports FC: FIFA partnership officially ended

Today Electronic Arts officially announced the end of the partnership between EA and FIFA in an open letter. The FIFA soccer games from EA Sports will be called EA Sports FC in the future-but only from 2023.

The explanation states: "A new era begins in July 2023 - after EA Sports releases the most extensive FIFA ever this year". This year's FIFA is released again as FIFA 23.

Those responsible assure that EA Sports FC is retained all features and content, including new and old exclusive partnerships. Further information will follow in the summer of 2023.

Here is the open letter from EA:

"To all football fans everywhere,

First of all, I would like to thank this incredible community of more than 150 million fans to help build the world's largest platform for football entertainment - EA Sports FIFA.

After almost 30 years in which we have created gene -definent interactive football experiences, we will soon start an exciting new era.

Next year EA Sports FC will be the future of EA Sports football. Together with our more than 300 license partners from all areas of sport, we are ready to create a new football experience in the name of all football fans around the world.

Everything you love about our games will be part of EA Sports FC - the same great experiences, modes, leagues, tournaments, clubs and athletes will be there. Ultimate team, career mode, pro clubs and Volta football will all be there. Our unique license portfolio with more than 19,000+ players, 700+ teams, 100+ stadiums and 30 leagues, in which we have been investing for decades, will continue to exist, only in EA Sports FC. These include exclusive partnerships with the Premier League, the Laliga, the Bundesliga, Serie A and MLS - and others will follow.

This new independent platform will offer new possibilities - for innovation, creativity and further development. This is much more than just a change in the symbol - as EA Sports we have committed to ensure that EA Sports FC is a symbol of change. We are determined to invest in sports sensibly, and we look forward to working with a large and growing number of partners to create new authentic experiences that give a global fan base joy, involve them and let them immerse themselves in the world. I look forward to announcing further details about these plans in the coming months.

EA Sports FC will enable us to realize this future and much more... but not before we deliver our most extensive game with our current name right -wing partner FIFA for another year. We will ensure that the next FIFA will be our best game ever, with more features, game modes, World Cup content, combine, leagues, competitions and players than any other FIFA title before.

We are incredibly looking forward to designing the future of global football with all of you, and will be happy to announce more information about EA Sports FC in summer 2023. The future of sport is great and promising, and football enthusiasm extends over every corner of the world. Global football has been part of EA Sports for almost thirty years - and today we make sure that this will also be the case in the coming decades.

We are there to shape the future of football fans - whether virtual or real, digital or physically, it is always about football. Thank you for your continued support.

-cam Weber, EVP, group GM EA Sports & Racing "

Electronic Arts also announces that his world -famous football games will be continued under the new EA Sports FC brand from 2023.

This step will enable EA to develop the biggest interactive game in the world for the growing community in cooperation with over 300 partners from all over the world of football.

EA Sports FC will be the platform for Electronic Arts to develop, create and expand new experiences. It will bring more areas of sport to life and use the collective strength of more than 150 million players at EA Sports' global football games-and reach hundreds of millions of new fans in the coming years.

"Our vision for EA Sports FC is to found the largest and most influential football club in the world in the epicenter of the football fan scene," said Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts. “We have been building the world's largest football community for almost 30 years-with hundreds of millions of players, thousands of partner players and hundreds of leagues, associations and teams. EA Sports FC will be the club for each of them and for football fans around the world. ”

EA Sports FC brings the strength of more than 300 individual license partners and gives players access to more than 19,000 players in 700 teams, 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues around the world. By Sports FC, EA will further expand the reach and performance of its football license portfolio by maintaining and expanding the licensed football content, scaling for new experiences and improving access via other platforms.

EA will also build on a foundation of inclusiveness and drive innovations for the global community in the areas of women's and width football.

The introduction of EA Sports FC has no impact on current EA Sports soccer games. EA and FIFA are looking forward to bringing out the largest and most extensive EA Sports FIFA of all time this autumn.

The last FIFA product will also contain more game modes, features, teams, leagues, players and competitions than any previous edition. Fans can experience these innovations in the entire EA Sports FIFA ecosystem, including FIFA Mobile, FIFA Online 4 and Esports. Further information on EA Sports FC will be provided in summer 2023.

Wilson continues: “We are grateful for our long -time great partnership with FIFA. The future of global football is rosy and the fan base around the world has never been so strong. We have the incredible opportunity to put EA Sports FC at the center of sport and offer the growing football audience even more innovative and authentic experiences. ”

EA has developed the most extensive and comprehensive network of partnerships and licenses in sports - everything to provide fans around the world a really immersive experience. EA Sports FC will be the only place where fans can play in the legendary UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Conmebol Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, Laliga, Serie A and MLS.

The width and depth of the EA ecosystem of licensed content will enable it to offer unrivaled authenticity in EA Sports soccer games now and in many more years.

The partners of EA are also looking forward to the upcoming steps. "We have an excellent partnership with EA," said Bundesliga managing director Donata Hopfen. “EA Sports is an established and valuable part of the football world and we look forward to everything that will come as a result of our innovative partnership. We look forward to integrating the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga into EA Sports FC. ”Richard Masters, Premier League Chief Executive, says:“ EA Sports is a long -standing and valued partner of the Premier League and we look forward to our cooperation in the Continuing new EA Sports FC era. ”Guy-Laurent Epstein, Director of Marketing UEFA, was also pleased about the future:“ With the joint endeavor to inspire football fans around the world, we look forward to our continued partnership with EA Sports FC to offer the players authentic gaming experiences with the club competitions they loved. ”