Breakups are hard. They can also be freeing. Just ask the producers of EA Sports FC 24.
After a messy divorce, the long-running video game FIFA has got a rebrand, bringing a 30-year relationship to an end. In 2021, soccer’s governing body said it would refuse to let EA Sports continue to use the FIFA name without a hike in the licensing fee. At the same time, EA was questioning what value there was in partnering with an organization that seems to lurch from scandal to scandal. With EA Sports FC 24, out today, the divorce is final.
The franchise, which has sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, now has
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