FIFA 23 leak reveals the stars of the ultimate cover

While FIFA Fans are waiting for EA to reveal FIFA 23, one of FIFA’s notable leaks has gone ahead and leaked this year’s cover stars. As you’d expect, with Ronaldo and Messi unavailable for various reasons, one of the two leaked stars is Mbappe, who, along with Neymar, is probably the biggest star in football, so this isn’t too surprising. The other cover star is even more surprising. You wouldn’t be surprised if a player like Haaland, Son, Benzema or Salah appears on the cover either because of his stature…

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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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FIFA 22 Crossplay Test Announced

EA Sports is testing cross-play in FIFA 22 “In the near future,” the publisher announced this week. However, this cross test will not be available across every platform the game is on, and it won’t be available in every mode. While this first introduction to cross-play is just a test, people who don’t want to participate in it can easily opt out of the beta if they prefer keeping cross-platform matchmaking restricted to their current platform. This week, EA Sports said in a post on the FIFA website that PlayStation…

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Soccer-Messi signs $20 million deal to promote crypto-token company Socius

A source close to the deal told Reuters on Tuesday that Lionel Messi has signed a deal worth more than $20 million to promote digital fan token company Socios.com. Messi has become the latest global sports personality to enter the crypto world after NFL quarterback Tom Brady and NBA star LeBron James, and the deal is part of a growing wave of relationships between crypto companies and football. The Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina striker, whose move from Barcelona in August involved a cryptocurrency payment, will take part in an advertising…

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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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