{"id":846335,"date":"2025-05-06T22:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/messi-to-mbappe-fifa-rivals-brings-footballs-goats-to-a-superpowered-cartoon-arena\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:13:16","slug":"messi-to-mbappe-fifa-rivals-brings-footballs-goats-to-a-superpowered-cartoon-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/messi-to-mbappe-fifa-rivals-brings-footballs-goats-to-a-superpowered-cartoon-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi To Mbappe: FIFA Rivals Brings Football’s GOATs To a Superpowered, Cartoon Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bogot:<\/b> Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe as superheroes dodging tackles with gravity-defying acrobatics: three years after its name was removed from the world’s best-selling football video game, FIFA is back with FIFA Rivals.<\/p>\n

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\t Gone is the realism of the best-selling FIFA game of yesteryear.<\/p>\n

\t The new cartoon-style mobile game features players with preternaturally wide torsos and silhouettes of fire fielding balls that emit streaks of light, a YouTube preview revealed. <\/p>\n

\t Developed by US gaming technology studio Mythical Games in conjunction with Colombian studio Bacon Games, it is part of football’s world governing body FIFA’s bid to regain a foothold in the multi-billion-dollar gaming industry.<\/p>\n

\t For nearly three decades, FIFA dominated the market for PlayStation and Xbox games.<\/p>\n

\t But in 2022, world football’s governing body ended its partnership with EA Sports, the game’s US creator, in a dispute over licensing fees.<\/p>\n

\t Three years later, FIFA aims to win back gaming fans with a surefire formula: a free game for mobile users.<\/p>\n

\t Mythical Games on its website promises “the thrill of fast-paced, mobile arcade-style football with authentic FIFA action.”<\/p>\n

\t Jairo Nieto, executive director of Bogota-based Bacon Games said FIFA Rivals was in search of “its own identity.”<\/p>\n

\t “We don’t want to be a simulation game, (…) but we also don’t want to be on the other end of the spectrum of more fantasy games,” he said.<\/p>\n

\t Inspired by NFL Rivals, an American football game for smartphones also developed by Mythical Games, it is slated for release in the summer.<\/p>\n

\t Nieto said it could be available to download before the FIFA Club World Cup, which starts on June 14 in the United States. <\/p>\n

\t – Dream-like footwork –<\/p>\n

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\t EA Sports and FIFA were the kings of video football between 1993 and 2022, selling at least 235 million copies of their franchise.<\/p>\n

\t By the time their partnership ended, The New York Times reported that they had raked in more than $20 billion (17.7 billion euros) in sales.<\/p>\n

\t After their partnership ended, EA renamed its product EA Sports FC and continued offering realistic games with players uncannily similar to their real-life counterparts.<\/p>\n

\t Juan Duque, in charge of creating the movements of the players in the FIFA Rivals game, says the game “combines two very cool things: real-life players, real-life championships, but the moves are dream-like.”<\/p>\n

\t The game marks a milestone for Colombia, home to several leading Latin American gaming studios but a minnow compared to the United States, Japan, China or South Korea.<\/p>\n

\t Coincidentally, another football game, developed by French studio Sloclap, is also slated for release in June.<\/p>\n

\t “Rematch” is for PCs, Xbox Series and Playstation 5. <\/p>\n

\t Unlike FIFA Rivals, however, players control just one player in fast-paced five-a-side matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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