EA’s FIFA Games Might Be Ending, But Rematch Could Fill the Gap

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Okay, picture this: the year is 1993, and EA hooks up with FIFA to cook up a soccer game for the Sega Genesis. They call it FIFA International Soccer. Out of the gate, it sold like crazy, over 500,000 copies in just four weeks. They might’ve been hoping it’d be a hit, but wow, it smashed even those wild dreams.

This game kicked off what they call the FIFA video game franchise. It basically crushed all rivals, becoming EA’s big sports cash cow. By 2021, they’d sold over 325 million copies around the world. Wild, right? And then, bam! In 2022, EA and FIFA part ways. EA decides to ditch the FIFA name for future games. So, the FIFA series? Yeah, pretty much RIP.

But hold up, the FIFA name might not be totally DOA. Sloclap’s Rematch could maybe use it somehow. Who’d have thunk it?

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Okay, sidetrack here, but remember when soccer games were everywhere? Now, not so much. Besides Konami’s PES series, you don’t see much competition. Even PES’s new thing, eFootball, isn’t getting much fan love. Enter Rematch. Sloclap, known for games like Absolver and Sifu, drops this 5v5 soccer game outta nowhere. It’s colorful, it’s chaotic, and folks are eating it up. They sold a million copies super fast, and by June 25, 2025, there were 3 million players. Crazy numbers!

Oh, and it’s on Xbox Game Pass, so not everyone actually had to buy it, but who’s counting, right?

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Anyway—no, wait—oh yeah, the FIFA thing! Sloclap could totally team up with FIFA for some cool cosmetics in Rematch. Maybe not rebrand it as a FIFA game, but some FIFA-themed gear would probably sell like those silly hotcakes everyone talks about. I mean, they’ve already done collabs—a Puma set and even a skin for Marc-André ter Stegen.

People might roll their eyes at FIFA logos all over Rematch gear. But then, those same folks might end up buying it, ’cause let’s be real, FIFA’s name is soccer’s rockstar globally. A collab could push Rematch to more fans. Even if we don’t see new FIFA games anytime soon, a Rematch collab feels like the next best thing.

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So, yeah, games change, names change, but love for the game? Timeless.