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A new FIFA football game may be coming soon. Recent rumors recommend that FIFA, the global soccer organization, has signed an agreement with Take-Two to expand FIFA 2K25 for console.
This is a potentially exciting progression and one that could challenge EA’s dominance in virtual football. While the main points are pretty thin on the floor about what a partnership between FIFA and Take-Two will look like, here’s what we know (with some educated guesses thrown in for good measure).
For those who don’t know, EA and FIFA once had a long-standing relationship. EA had been making FIFA titles since 1993, and that relationship didn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. However, with FIFA 23 this is the case. As the most popular member of a boyband, EA went solo with EA FC 24. And they succeeded. Sales of the game increased by 25% despite the change in call. Of course, players are still tired of EA’s consistent loot box and overall pay-to-play model, but the company is at least happy.
Now that the partnership between EA and FIFA has broken down, we expected FIFA to release its own game. Like EA, FIFA rarely shy away from opportunities to hoard money. But until now, what a FIFA game would look like and play remained a mystery. But that may have changed.
Now Take-Two is rumored to become FIFA’s official soccer game. Take-Two is the publisher of globally successful games such as NBA 2K24, WWE 2K24 and the recent TopSpin 2K24. On paper, the partnership is promising. Take-Two is arguably EA Sports’ biggest rival and two of the biggest gaming companies.
We’re not sure yet, but we can make some educated guesses. Take-Two is known for creating games with high-quality graphics, realistic gameplay, and incredibly detailed and immersive career modes.
Take-Two is also the official publisher of the NBA, WWE and PGA Tour, meaning that the company will seek to negotiate similar agreements with the world’s most important soccer leagues. However, it can be complicated. . EA has exclusive agreements with UEFA, the English Premier League and the Spanish League, as well as licensing agreements with the Bundesliga, the Spanish F-League and the German Frauen-Bundesliga.
But FIFA and Take-Two will not be content with the leftover licenses. Leagues like the Bundesliga lately do not have exclusivity with EA, while several Italian Serie A groups have licensing deals elsewhere. This means that teams like AC Milan and AS Roma appear under a different name and badge in EA FC, and a similar name update may be expected for some teams in FIFA 2K25. Whether we’ll be playing against teams like the Manchester Blues, Madrid Whites or North London Reds remains to be confirmed, but if that’s the case it will effectively take some of the realism out of a long-running FIFA title.
We can also expect the next FIFA game to rely heavily on FIFA’s flagship event, the World Cup. This could take the form of a detailed career mode for the World Cup, or a wider partnership with the World Cup that includes exclusive players, game modes, and much more.
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