2K Will Reportedly Launch New FIFA Game This Year

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2K is reportedly launching a new FIFA game later this year in time for the 2K26 World Cup.

While an old rumour, @mohplay_inc_ claims that 2K only just secured the license to FIFA, which EA chose not to renew two years ago. It instead rebranded its hit football series as EA Sports FC.

While we don't know much about this rumoured collaboration yet, @mohplay_inc_ shed some light on what the new game will be called - FIFA 2K25.

This isn't a new rumour by any stretch. In February, industry leaker Kurakasis teased that 2K was working on the new FIFA, writing that their favourite game in the series is "2K2" before cutting themselves off.

They claimed it would be announced in March and launch in May or June, but prefaced this by saying that the announcement had already been postponed, so it might be again. We've passed March and are currently at the end of May with no new FIFA in sight, so evidently there were internal delays as Kurakasis predicted.

2K has secured the official license from FIFA to create the next FIFA video game!

The partnership is confirmed, and 2K will be developing a new football game series.

👀✨ FIFA 2K25 is set to launch this year, just in time for the FIFA World Cup 2K26!

Get ready for FIFA 2K25!… pic.twitter.com/3jsu2XQu2a
— MohPlay Inc🎮🎮 (@mohplay_inc_) May 24, 2024

However, 2K and FIFA's ties go back much further than that. In 2021, 2K boss Strauss Zelnick was asked whether the company was interested in buying the FIFA license (as reported by Metro). He responded, "That's a big step forward for us... we haven't been in that sport before. And erm, I think I'll leave it at that today."

Many took that to mean that 2K had already talked to FIFA, so this partnership could be years in the making. We're nearly halfway through 2024, so if it is set to launch this year, we'll find out soon enough if the rumours are true.

Update:

From what I've been able to determine, the announcement of the game will be in March and the release will be in May / June.

Keep in mind that the announcement of this game has been postponed before, so it is possible that it will happen again.
— Kurakasis (@Kurakasis) February 17, 2024