FIFA 22 was the last one: EA Sports broke up with the football company, but it has an ace up its sleeve

The FIFA of EA Sports is over, as the football video game saga between these two companies is over and there seems to be no turning back. However, fans will not be left empty-handed, as EA Sports will develop its own football game.

In this way, FIFA 22 would become the last one as it has been known for several years. As noted, the new video game in the gaming franchise would be EA Sports Football Club or simply EA Sports FC.

For a few months now, EA and FIFA were expected to renew the license agreement to continue the football saga, but it never came. Although it has not been confirmed by the parties, there is every indication that the agreement will never be concluded.

Of course, since there is no official agreement between the two, EA Sports can no longer use the name FIFA, even so, that is no impediment to further development. The journalist Jeff Grub, was that he said that the most likely thing is that the next installment will be called EA Sports Football Club.

According to the communicator, the trailer for that new installment would be released in March, where the new name of the football video game franchise will also be officially announced.

However, EA seems to have postponed the presentation of EA Sports Football Club. Supposedly because of the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its effects worldwide.

It has also transpired that part of the break between the two companies was because FIFA was asking EA Sports for one billion US dollars (every four years) for the brand's license. Clearly the developer refused, as it would be twice what was initially agreed.

Despite this, regular players have nothing to worry about, as EA has signed contracts with every league and footballer or club, so losing the license will practically only affect the name of the video game, since the content will be just what everyone is waiting for it to be.

For example, last October they confirmed the renewal of the contract with FIFPro, which encompasses 40 leagues and thousands of players from around the world, which means that the biggest loss for the study would be the name it has maintained since its origins.

This is the most successful sports franchise in the gaming world and, as was demonstrated on other occasions with all sorts of titles, changing its name would not present too much of a problem for either the company or the players.

On the other hand, it seems that FIFA will not sit idly by as it will manage to develop its own video game and not have losses. The options, at least for now, are limited, with an eFootball that made fans laugh and cry alike and the enigmatic UFL, which was announced at Gamescom last August.

For some, this is nothing new, because since last year, when FIFA 22 was launched, the possibility of changing the classic FIFA name with the next installment was anticipated. The last contract had come to an end with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

For some time now, Electronic Arts mentioned the possibility of transforming the video game into a platform, thinking about the future of the franchise with regular updates and thematic content like the one already seen in modes like FUT. More than one classic video game saga adapted to this latest generation with different monetization models based on Season Passes, more elaborate cosmetics and different offers designed for different types of consumers.

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