Rumours have been circulating that what would be known as FIFA 23 may instead be known as EA Sports FC. This has made us wonder what, if any developers may try and scoop the FIFA licence.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Danish from eXputer: "The Witcher's upcoming sequel needs to overhaul the series' combat system if it wants to make a big splash among gamers."
after what we see ( 2015 - 2024 ) in dark souls 3, blood borne , sekiro , dragon's dogma 2 , rise of the Ronin combat they should really careful and bring very good combat in Witcher 4 this time
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Maybe Microsoft could. EA Sports FC can be rebranded as FIFA for Xbox only. Or maybe i just give them the idea....
Ubisoft probably. They just love to create the same game again and again anyway and are really good with that.
I'm assuming it will go to Take-Two. Then they get NBA, PGA, and now FIFA games.
no one is giving fifa, a billion bucks, whoever didn't get a deal done with EA needs to be fired
EA were paying around 500 million every 4 years, that's 125 million a year, what company can loss a contract that's worth 125 million every year, apparently fifa can
I'd like to see Sega take on sports games again they use to pump out some good sports games. I just want EA to lose the license so one I can have a good laugh and two hopefully other sports leagues will consider dropping EA. I would love to buy a new NHL game that doesn't have the letters EA on the cover. But at a billion bucks I highly doubt Sega will join the FIFA world.