Shocking: EA extends exclusive FIFA license until 2022

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EA SPORTS, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have announced an extension of their existing licensing agreement until December 31, 2022.

Under the terms of the agreement, EA SPORTS maintains exclusive rights to release FIFA-branded action and management videogames. In addition, EA SPORTS also holds exclusive rights to release the official FIFA World Cup videogame, as well as retaining its status as a Presenting Partner of the FIFA Interactive World Cup.

EA SPORTS released the first FIFA-branded soccer game in 1993, and 20 years later our partnership with FIFA continues to be very strong, said Andrew Wilson, Executive Vice President and Head of EA SPORTS. Our franchise has become the benchmark for quality and innovation in the sports videogame genre, and we look forward to many more years of connecting with consumers around the world with our games carrying the prestigious FIFA name.

Our relationship with EA SPORTS is of high importance to FIFA, said Jérôme Valcke, FIFA Secretary General. The FIFA videogames are a key experiential component in our work to communicate the FIFA brand and its values all over the world. This is highlighted by the 2.5 million football fans that have competed in this years FIFA Interactive World Cup, which is just one example of the power of our partnership with EA.

The EA SPORTS FIFA franchise, the most critically acclaimed sports videogame franchise in the world, continues to drive record consumer engagement with over 65 million games played weekly.

EA are teh devil! No wonder they are teaming up with Microsoft etc etc...

Screw FIFA anyway, i'm hoping that Pro Evo regains it's crown this gen.

Is WiiU getting it?me2002

so no fifa on the wii u till 2023 then?

All I know is EA needs to be stripped of it's exclusive NFL league and Players licence already. :evil:

thats a shocking turn of events. nobody can compete with madden even if they could and nba live is trash but the hockey game is the truth. this really could go either way.

What everyone seems to be forgetting is, TSHBO.fernandmondego_

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]What everyone seems to be forgetting is, TSHBO.clyde46

The sheep have been owned. :P

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]What everyone seems to be forgetting is, TSHBO.SecretPolice

The sheep have been owned. :P

Who cares? Even the sports game fans don't really care who owns what. They're not that much into gaming.
The licensing costs are ridiculous anyway. If they want to make a soccer game for gamers, it wouldn't have licensed names to begin with because it ups the required budget immensely.
You'd rather see them focus on making a good game.

Idon't really any issue with this cause the Fifa series has been top notch for years now

Disappointing. I am sure people in the UK would like a Premier League game. I know a lot of people I talk to at the Portland games want an MLS game. Real stadiums, chants...the whole works. EA just throws as many teams as possible without giving them any team specific personality and uses the same boring ass stadiums and presentation. And that is not how MLS soccer is. It would be nice if specific countries would get a version based off of their league.

Disappointing. I am sure people in the UK would like a Premier League game. I know a lot of people I talk to at the Portland games want an MLS game. Real stadiums, chants...the whole works. EA just throws as many teams as possible without giving them any team specific personality and uses the same boring ass stadiums and presentation. And that is not how MLS soccer is. It would be nice if specific countries would get a version based off of their league.

timbers_WSU

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Disappointing. I am sure people in the UK would like a Premier League game. I know a lot of people I talk to at the Portland games want an MLS game. Real stadiums, chants...the whole works. EA just throws as many teams as possible without giving them any team specific personality and uses the same boring ass stadiums and presentation. And that is not how MLS soccer is. It would be nice if specific countries would get a version based off of their league.

clyde46

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

Disappointing. I am sure people in the UK would like a Premier League game. I know a lot of people I talk to at the Portland games want an MLS game. Real stadiums, chants...the whole works. EA just throws as many teams as possible without giving them any team specific personality and uses the same boring ass stadiums and presentation. And that is not how MLS soccer is. It would be nice if specific countries would get a version based off of their league.

timbers_WSU

you would think there'd be laws against that. they're creating a monopoly on sports games...starwarsjunky

Who cares? Even the sports game fans don't really care who owns what. They're not that much into gaming. KungfuKitten

Soccer is a fad.freedomfreak

All I know is EA needs to be stripped of it's exclusive NFL league and Players licence already. :evil:

SecretPolice

Soccer is a fad.freedomfreak

Tired of these exclusive licenses. 

EA are teh devil! No wonder they are teaming up with Microsoft etc etc...

Screw FIFA anyway, i'm hoping that Pro Evo regains it's crown this gen.

HaRmLeSS_RaGe

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Soccer is a fad.dobzilian

No surprise really football is the best sport in the world, and FIFA sh!ts gold.

I actually liked Fifa for the past two years. Some good ideas and great gameplay. But with the latest announcements they want to attract CoD crowd got me worried.

lolfreedomfreak

ea is doing good job with fifa. online pass is shit tho. also work on bugs plz and new engine.

[QUOTE="HaRmLeSS_RaGe"]

EA are teh devil! No wonder they are teaming up with Microsoft etc etc...

Screw FIFA anyway, i'm hoping that Pro Evo regains it's crown this gen.

XxR3m1xInHDn3D

It has? When did this happen?

Don't really see any issue with this, Madden on the other hand is the main concern.