FIFA announced on Friday that it was collaborating with Mythical Games to produce a new arcade-style mobile soccer game titled FIFA Rivals.
Free-to-play, the game will be accessible on iOS and Android. Users will build and manage soccer teams while playing against other players in real matches. A teaser shared on YouTube shows that it will be released in the summer of 2025. Decrypt.
Mythical Games, the company behind NFL Rivals is another free mobile sports game built on optional NFTs. NFL Rivals is available for iOS and Android devices since April 2023. Players can collect NFT player card minted using the Mythos blockchain built on Polkadot. Mythical stated that over 6,000,000 downloads have been made to date.
FIFA Rivals, a game based on the Mythos system, will let users collect and trade soccer players from both past and current. John Linden said, in a release from Mythical’s co-founders and CEO John Linden that the game would offer top players esports.
“We are excited to partner with FIFA and leverage our expertise to create an unparalleled football gaming experience,” Linden said in a press release. “Our goal is to replicate our success with the previous Rivals game and set new benchmarks in the Web3 gaming sector.”
FIFA isn’t the first to venture into Web3. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will see the organization team up with four blockchain companies to create games and collectible apps. The FIFA Collect NFT platform for collectibles is built using Algorand and Ethereum scaling network Polygon.
Note from the editor: this article was written using AI. The article has been edited by a human editor and the facts have been checked. Andrew Hayward.