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EA has delisted all prior FIFA <\/em>games from major storefronts, including Epic Games, Steam, Switch, Xbox, and PS5. The titles, up to and including FIFA 23<\/em>, are no longer available for purchase. The move, which was first spotted by analyst MauroNL<\/a>, comes just two days before the upcoming EA Sports FC 24 <\/em>is set to release. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n FC 24 <\/em>will be the first iteration of EA\u2019s annual soccer video game to lack the FIFA <\/em>branding. Soccer fans got their first glimpse of gameplay during a livestreamed event<\/a> earlier this summer. The game debuted in early access on September 22nd and is scheduled for a wider launch on September 29th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n EA officially parted ways<\/a> with FIFA last year after CEO Andrew Wilson indicated that he was dissatisfied with the partnership in a leaked internal meeting<\/a>. \u201cBasically, what we get from FIFA in a non-World Cup year is the four letters on the front of the box,\u201d Wilson said at the time. The federation had asked EA to pay $1 billion for exclusive rights to its brand, according to rumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n FIFA, for its part, appears to have no intention of leaving the video game space. It launched a mobile game called AI League<\/em><\/a> in April of this year in partnership with the studio Altered State Machine. The title is purported to be part of an upcoming<\/a> \u201cportfolio of new future-focused Web 3.0 games\u201d tied to the federation. So there\u2019s also that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n