FIFA and Konami team up to postpone the eSoccer World Cup

Two years after their split with Electronic Arts marked the end of their historic football gaming saga, FIFA entered into an alliance with Konami to host the World Cup Electronic football. We address specifically 2024 FIFA World Cupofficial eSports tournament, the qualifying process of which began today.

Apart from the competition itself, this news is quite astounding because it represents a combination that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. After all, FIFA and Konami have been rivals for many years due to the huge rivalry that existed between the franchises. FIFA And Professional football (PES), the latter converted to Electronic football from 2021.

First three qualifying rounds 2024 FIFA World Cup They will take place in 1v1 mode on both consoles (PS4 and PS5) and mobile phones. Once the Esports World Cup Finals begin, matches will be 2v2 on consoles and 1v1 on iOS and Android.

Responsible for Electronic football indicated that they 18 countries those who have the right to 2024 FIFA World Cup: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Spain, England, France, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

For now, FIFA and Konami alliance We are talking only about holding the eSports World Championship in the format Electronic football. It is unknown and there has been no indication whether this could be the starting point for a wider partnership between the parties, although this seems unlikely at the moment.

An unexpected alliance between FIFA and Electronic football

It is logical to think that FIFA chose Electronic football implement 2024 FIFA World Cupbecause this is the only alternative with quite similar volume to their old EA games. But if Konami plans to release the next licensed game from the birthplace of world football, then there is a significant difference.

It’s true that Electronic football improved significantly, but never managed to establish itself as an effective replacement PES among the fans. And its disastrous launch, of course, did not help achieve this either.

The organization, led by Gianni Infantino, has repeatedly stated that it plans to launch its own football game that will compete with EA Sports FC. However, there has been no real progress in this regard over the past two years. The strongest speculation concerned a possible connection with 2K, which has extensive experience developing sports games under official licenses. But there has never been anything official about this.

By hand Electronic footballFIFA has at least found a home for 2024 FIFA World Cup in its expansion into eSports events. The big question is who will be responsible for running the World Cup modes that have historically been included in FIFA from Electronic Arts. Let’s keep in mind that the last title that introduced the men’s and women’s world championships was the title. FIFA 23which marked the end of the iconic saga before its re-invention into EA Sports FC.

Considering that the next men’s World Cup will be held in 2026, this modality should appear in 2025. Will FIFA release its own official game next year? Or, as in the eSports segment, you will have to depend on Konami and Electronic football? We’ll have to wait to get official news.