April 28 – EA Sports has introduced a paid battle pass for EA Sports FC 25 for the first time, signalling a significant expansion of its in-game monetisation strategy ahead of the lucrative Team of the Season (TOTS) event.
April 16 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is accelerating its entry into the virtual football space with the official launch of the AFC eChampions League Elite (eACL Elite) this month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – the brainchild of its first-ever Football eSports Forum in Kuala Lumpur in late 2024.
February 17 – Diego Maradona has to made a posthumous comeback in EA Sports FC 25, nearly three years after being unceremoniously dropped from FIFA 22 due to a legal dispute.
February 5 – Nearly one in five EA Sports FC 25 players are quitting matches mid-game, as frustrations over unbalanced matchmaking and glitches make sports games a surprising contender in the world of rage quitting.
January 28 – A revised fiscal outlook and a stock market tumble suggest EA Sports might be losing its once-firm grasp on the billion-dollar football gaming industry.
December 13 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken the next step into the virtual world with the conclusion of its first-ever AFC Football eSports Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
November 27 – FIFA has teamed up with Mythical Games in a significant move taking it deeper into the gaming industry with the launch a new video game ‘FIFA Rivals’, two years after its licensing deal with EA Sports formally ended.
October 11 – After a gap in which FIFA was left without a major partner in the esports arena following the licensing fallout with EA Sports over the EA Sports long-running FIFA series, the world governing body has agreed a collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment Co.
September 20 – EA Sports has announced the return of the FC Pro Open eSports tournament for its second year, with a $1 million+ prize pool as the company strengthens its claim as the “home of football eSports”.
September 13 – Saudi Arabia’s clubs hit the headlines when they embarked on a raid of Europe for some of football’s biggest names.
September 13 – EA Sports has unveiled the top 25 Premier League player ratings ahead of the release of their flagship FC25 game later this month.
September 9 – Electronic Arts, producer of the FC25 game, has unveiled a series of exclusive multi-year marketing partnerships and in-game integrations as the company continues to strengthen its flagship EA Sports FC 25 game ahead of its release later this month.
July 22 – Manchester City have launched ‘The Ladder [Man City]’, a new gaming experience that marks the partnership of the club with the global phenomenon Fortnite video game.
July 16 – The EA Sports FC pro circuit met it’s star-studded conclusion in Berlin on Sunday night as Denmark’s Anders Vejrgang was crowned FC Pro World Champion.
July 11 – With the Euro 2024 final heading to Berlin for this weekend, the inaugural FC Pro World Championship finals, the pinnacle of EA Sports FC’s new esports ecosystem, has kicked off in the city at the Uber Eats Music Hall.