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EA Sports' football video game franchise could be set for a name change after FIFA 23, if their license agreement is not renewed with FIFA.

According to previous reporting from the New York Times, EA Sports and FIFA's current 10-year deal could be set to end following this year's World Cup in Qatar (December 2022), meaning a potential franchise name change could come after the launch of FIFA 23 (Expected September 2022), should this licence not be renewed. Yesterday, Mirror Football reported that EA Sports are still planning to release FIFA 23 this year, but that the huge gaming franchise could be set to end soon, following comments made by EA's CEO Andrew Wilson to employees.

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In comments provided anonymously to VGC, Wilson told employees in an internal meeting in November that "the FIFA brand has more meaning as a video game than it does a governing body of soccer" and that "what we get from FIFA in a non-World Cup year is the four letters on the front of the box".

According to the same article, Wilson also claimed that the FIFA licence has been an