In 2022, longtime collaborators EA and FIFA cut up up, main EA’s best-selling FIFA soccer video games to rebrand as EA Sports activities FC. That left FIFA with no online game firm to associate with… till now. Konami–whose Professional Evolution Soccer video games beforehand competed with EA’s FIFA titles–has now struck an epsorts take care of FIFA for the FIFAe World Cup.
As introduced on Konami’s official site, the corporate’s eFootball video games will probably be utilized for 2 completely different FIFAe World Cup tournaments: one for cellular and one for consoles. Nonetheless, the deal between Konami and FIFA is just for esports, and would not contain a brand new console sport or rebranding eFootball as a FIFA title.
“We’re extremely excited to affix forces with Konami,” mentioned FIFA Chief Enterprise Officer Romy Gai in an announcement. “This collaboration aligns completely with our mission to advertise soccer globally and to offer a platform for gamers to showcase their abilities. We really consider in an inclusive ecosystem which permits completely different communities to be a part of the FIFAe competitions.”
The nationwide nomination section for the FIFAe World Cup competitors will run between October 28 and November 3. Additional particulars could be discovered on Konami’s site, nevertheless it would not specify what the prize cash will probably be for the eventual winners.
EA Sports activities FC would not appear to have misplaced too many gross sales by dropping its FIFA branding. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless attainable that FIFA might associate with one other online game firm to create a rival console title. Konami and 2K appear to be pure decisions, given their historical past with sporting video games. However for now, there is not a deal in place for FIFA to go in that path.