UP201: EA Sports, FIFA and women

Two Circles are saying sport and entertainment fandom generates nearly $2 trillion of economic activity a year. That makes it bigger than motor manufacturing and bigger than coal mining. If it were a country, it would be the 15th largest economy in the world.But remember the Unof ...  Show more

The Premier League has won the facts. Manchester City were found guilty of 114 of 115 charges, with £830m of revenue inflated through sham sponsorships. Now the fight is over the story, and everyone has a different audience.Dan Johnson, the Premier League’s former director of com ...  Show more

When EA Sports and FIFA parted ways in 2023, there was just one minor problem: the popular soccer video game’s brand was entirely wrapped up in the FIFA name. Nils Leonard, Co-Founder of Uncommon Creative Studio, shares how he and his team approached creating a FIFA-less brand th ...  Show more

How has EA adjusted to life after Fifa and has it made the most of its new freedoms? What can we learn from EA's success with its sports titles? Steve McCaskill joins SportsPro CEO Nick Meacham to talk all things video games.

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The GamesIndustry.biz team discusses the biggest stories of the past week. First up, we discuss the ongoing dance between Electronic Arts and football association FIFA. While EA has claimed it's considering a rebrand for its best-selling football series, FIFA has suggested it's c ...  Show more