EA is reportedly laying off up to 100 employees after FIFA split

Reportedly, Electronic Arts has laid off up to 100 employees after the decision to part ways with FIFA’s license. For years, EA had the right to create games based on the FIFA license. This helped give EA a sports empire with Madden, FIFA, PGA, UFC, and, at one point, even the NBA and college baseball. It was such a big part of the publisher’s business that it even gave them the opportunity to render competitors like Konami useless with their competing titles. The tide changed as EA decided to create…

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EA has given the green light for the decision to change the name of its FIFA games to ‘EA Sports Football Club’.

Electronic Arts has reportedly given the green light for the decision to rename/rename its FIFA games franchise as “EA Sports Football Club”. In his last book Show GiantBombGaming journalist Jeff Grob confirmed that the name change comes after some tension between the federation and EA, and it was confirmed internally. Multiple brand applications last year indicated that AAA publisher was looking for a potential name for the football series – EA Sports FC. Grubb claims, at the time, that he thought it was for a new online feature. “I saw…

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