In the past, there were only two football games in the world in the eyes of players, one was the FIFA series and the Pro Evolution Soccer series, and the other was the other. But with the changes of the times, the "FIFA" series and "Pro Evolution Soccer" series are no longer like the past, the latter has become a free-to-play game, and the developer of the "FIFA" series, EA, has parted ways with FIFA.
As early as 2021, rumors began to spread online that EA and FIFA were about to break up due to excessive licensing fees. This was later confirmed, and FIFA 23 became the last game developed by EA to bear the name FIFA. FIFA eventually chose to start from scratch and develop its own football game.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a previous interview: "Make a football game suitable for all boys and girls. "Now the results are here, the new work called "AI League" has been officially unveiled today and landed on the Android platform to start testing.
That's right, AI League is a soccer mobile game. Different from the big scenes and high budgets of the "FIFA" series in the past, this game launched by FIFA itself does not use real players and team materials, but chooses cartoon characters. As if to speed up the pace, this game, developed by Altered State Machine Studio, only supports 4v4 gameplay.
In addition, players do not need to manipulate to score goals, but similar to the team manager mode. The burden of coaches and bosses is shouldered by choosing cartoon players with different attributes and talents to achieve the purpose of winning. If "AI League" has any connection with reality, it may be the icon of the Qatar World Cup.
AI League is also a game that involves the NFT element, in which characters can be minted into NFTs to circulate in the market. The content currently displayed by this game, whether it is the style of art or the gameplay, is more casual. This is put together with "FIFA23", which can be watched as a live broadcast of the game during the World Cup, and it seems that it is no longer a product on the track.
At this stage, there is good news and bad news for players who are looking forward to a football game launched by FIFA. The good news is that there are three more football games that FIFA plans to launch; The bad news is that the other three games are all about Web 3.0, blockchain, and mobile technology.
It is reported that "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in the Upland Metaverse" is a blockchain-based metaverse game developed by FIFA and Uplandme, where players can collect the official digital collection of the World Cup.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Phygtl was developed by FIFA in collaboration with Phygtl to allow users to customise and take World Cup photos and place them in real-world environments. (Similar to Pokémon GO?) Matchday Challenge: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Edition is a social prediction game for football cards.
Although it is not known when these three games will be released, it is certain that the kind of competitive football game with rich gameplay that players want is unlikely to see released by FIFA anytime soon.
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