“As we look ahead, we’re also exploring the idea of renaming our global EA SPORTS football games,” Weber said. In a statement released earlier this week, executive president and general manager of EA Sports, Cam Weber, hinted at permenantly cutting ties with FIFA. Meanwhile, EA has already registered a trademark for the phrase EA Sports F.C., an appropriate title should the gaming company continue the series once its deal with FIFA expires. Nearly 30 years after launching the FIFA series, soccer’s global governing body has reportedly decided to walk away from its licensing deal with EA Sports.Īccording to the New York Times, negotiations over the future of the video game franchise have hit an impasse, as FIFA has requested that EA double the current licensing fee of $150 million per year to $1 billion every four years.
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