Gianni Infantino, the re-elected president of football's international governing body, FIFA, has promised that the organization's take on the FIFA game franchise will be the best game in the world.
In his words, "The new FIFA game - the FIFA 25, 26, 27 and so on - will always be the best egame for any girl or boy, we will have news on this very soon."
According to Martyn Ziegler, the Times' chief sports reporter who broke the news, Infantino made this statement at a press conference following confirmation of his unopposed re-election. The 52-year-old Swiss administrator will serve another four-year term until 2027, which will take his time at the helm of the footballing federation to three terms and 11 years.
Last May, EA Sports announced it was dropping the FIFA brand name after the release of the FIFA 23 game in late 2022. The video game company made the decision after negotiations over a licensing fee to continue using the FIFA brand name hit a brick wall.
According to reports, FIFA, under Infantino's leadership, demanded a much larger portion of the game's earnings from the video game publisher despite the fact it contributed nothing to the franchise apart from its brand name. EA Sports announced it will rebrand the long-running video game franchise as EA Sports FC.