Following the break with EA, FIFA has announced 4 new blockchain games
Following the company’s split with EA, FIFA has announced four new blockchain-based Web 3.0 games as the 2022 World Cup approaches.
FIFA has revealed 4 new blockchain games in the build-up to the Qatar World Cup
According to an announcement on the organization’s website, FIFA aims to entertain and engage a wider group of fans ahead of the upcoming World Cup with the help of these new Web 3.0 games.
FIFA is the main governing body of international football and is responsible for holding the most popular sporting tournament in the world, the World Cup.
The World Cup is organized every four years, the previous edition took place in 2018. This year’s 2022 World Cup is organized by Qatar, and is set to kick off in ten days.
In the gaming space, developer Electronic Arts (EA) has used the football organization’s license to produce its annual releases of “FIFA” games, a series that has always been one of the best sellers on the market.
However, the 30-year partnership ended earlier this year, when the two companies could not agree on a new agreement. This year’s FIFA 23 was the last collaboration between the companies.
After the breakup, FIFA had indicated that it would continue to produce games separately from EA. And now the organization has finally unveiled some plans for the post-EA era: four new blockchain titles based around the approaching World Cup.
FIFA's new blockchain-based experiences | Source: FIFA
“The new game integrations, all designed with web 3.0 and the future of digital engagement in mind, can be played around the entire tournament and each has a unique twist on the world’s biggest football tournament,” the announcement said.
The first of the blockchain experiences is “AI League”, a 4vs4 football game where players manage their team of AI characters and use them to play matches against each other.
“Matchday” is the second, a social prediction game based on soccer cards where players compete with friends to get their predictions right.
The fan engagement mobile app “Phygtl” is “an immersive experience that fans unite around with the mission to create the first global digital reward for fans.”
And finally, there’s the integration with the popular blockchain-based metaverse Upland, where fans can now collect official FIFA World Cup digital assets.
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