Video game series
EA Sports FC is a football video game franchise developed by EA
Vancouver and EA Romania and published 🍏 by EA Sports. It serves as the direct successor
to their former FIFA series, which was discontinued following the termination 🍏 of EA and
FIFA's licensing agreement.
The first main installment in the series, EA Sports FC 24
was launched on 29 🍏 September 2024, following a one week early access period for
Ultimate Edition users. In addition, FIFA Online 4 was updated 🍏 as EA Sports FC Online
on 22 September 2024, while FIFA Mobile was updated to EA Sports FC Mobile globally 🍏 on
26 September 2024.
History [ edit ]
On 10 May 2024, EA Sports and FIFA announced that
their long-term licensing agreement 🍏 would end upon its conclusion on 31 December 2024,
following a one-year extension to allow for the release of FIFA 🍏 23.[1] It was announced
on the same day that EA Sports' FIFA video game franchise would be rebranded under the
🍏 name EA Sports FC in 2024.
Despite the rebranding, the franchise retained its licenses
of more than 19,000 players, 700 teams, 🍏 100 stadiums and 30 leagues from FIFA
23.[2]
Games [ edit ]
Main installments [ edit ]
EA Sports FC 24 [ edit 🍏 ]
The inaugural
main series game in the EA Sports FC series, EA Sports FC 24 retains game modes and
licensing 🍏 to major clubs, leagues, players, and stadiums from FIFA 23. New licenses
include Spain's Liga F and Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, as 🍏 well as officially licensing
France Football's Ballon d'Or award. Cross-play is expanded to all game modes,
including Clubs and VOLTA 🍏 Football for the first time. The game allows players to
transfer Ultimate Team progress from FIFA 23, including converting FIFA 🍏 Points into FC
Points. In addition, female players were added into Ultimate Team, allowing them to
play alongside the men.