After breaking the news that Electronic Arts (EA) and the International Football Federation (FIFA) they will be stopping the famous saga from 2023musings about the future the most popular soccer game they put it back under orbit 2K Gamesaccording to a recent leak involving the toy’s maker Lego.

News site VGC confirmed in February a link between Lego and 2K for a new line of sports games, starting with an American football game developed by studio Sumo Digital.

However, the new brick minifigure spotted on the toy maker’s certification page, shared by Instagram user 1414falconfan, shows that game developer NBA 2K will have a soccer game in development.

The packaging shows a character, apparently named Finnius Dash, standing on a playing field wearing a purple shark head mask and what It appears to be a Barcelona shirt.

Most importantly, the packaging also says Lego Games at the top and displays the 2K logo in the bottom cornersuggest a connection to the game.

Since Finnius Dash isn’t a known character in any of the existing 2K games, it’s likely he’ll appear in the 2K Lego soccer game VGC reported earlier this year.

It’s also possible that the numbers mentioned in the leak don’t necessarily indicate that the game will have a series of toys attached to it: it may just be a promotion made to be given away at events rather than something designed to sell to the public.

It also develops a third Lego sports titlebased on a major sports franchise, the sources said.

The 2K deal represents a new era for Lego games following a previous exclusivity deal with Warner’s TT Games. Since 2005, console games based on Legoon licensed properties like Star WarsMarvel and Harry Potter were developed almost entirely by British studios.

TT Games is also working on original Lego games such as Lego City Disguise, Bionicle Heroes and Lego Dimensions, and has the ability to veto deals with other game developers who propose console titles, according to people familiar with the arrangement. .

Bye FIFA, hello EA Sports FC: the future of virtual football

A farewell of more than 30 years to the home of world soccer has led American publisher Electronic Arts to continue its virtual soccer franchise, but under a different name: EA Sports FC.

Despite the name change, the franchise promises to maintain its signature style that all of its followers know, along with the expected team for that edition.

According to the esports developer, this change will allow EA to offer its thriving community in which to play with more than 19,000 players, 700 teams, 100 stadiums and 30 sports leagues globally.

In this sense EA Sports FC is expected to continue to license major league and continental tournaments: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and MLS, among many others.

It must be remembered that EA Sports FC will debut right at the end of 2023 and that the only significant change is the name, as they will be making related updates and improvements to this new edition.

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