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“They are ready to move on, they have another name lined up [30] We should hear about it here pretty soon,” Grubb added of EA. VGC’s sources have also indicated that this year EA football title may be called FIFA 23 before the name changes FIFA 23 coins, as the license expires after the Qatar World Cup.
It’s also believed that this year title will include both a men and women’s World Cup, which VGC says could add “credence to the possibility [EA] will use the FIFA name one last time.”
In October of last year, EA said it was reviewing its “naming rights agreement with FIFA” after the release of FIFA 22. It was then reported that FIFA was seeking over double what it receives from EA for the brand, estimated to be around £133million ($150million).
Earlier in the year, anonymous comments suggested that EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in an internal meeting that EA has been “impeded” by the FIFA branding. Wilson added that the only value the games get in a non-World Cup year is “four letters on the front of the box”.
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EA has removed Diego Maradona from ‘FIFA 22’
EA suspends the in-game use of Diego Maradona in 'FIFA 22'
EA has confirmed that the late Diego Maradona has been suspended in FIFA 22 for the foreseeable future buy FUT 23 coins.