Take-Two boss finally breaks silence on FIFA 2K game rumors EA SportsTake-Two\u2019s CEO has broken the publisher\u2019s silence on a rumored 2K FIFA game, saying it would be \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d to develop it and compete with EA. Ever since EA and FIFA\u2019s public breakaway in 2022, the sporting body has made it clear it intends to continue the FIFA series with a new developer. In early 2024, rumors of 2K developing a FIFA successor made headlines, while EA continued forward with EA Sports FC. In Take-Two\u2019s Q1 2025 earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick finally addressed the rumors but did not deny or confirm them, instead laying out the complications of developing a football sim. \u201cI would just note that FIFA\u2019s licenses does not bring along with it rights. It does not come with players, teams, or leagues,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cSo it\u2019s not as simple, for example, negotiating with the NFL, or the NBA, or the MLB, where at most you have to negotiate with the League and a play association.\u201d In comparison to other sports, football is made up of many different national and intercontinental leagues, each with its own governing body and player association a publisher would need to negotiate with to get their rights. This is why, despite EA losing its FIFA licenses, they still had agreements with the likes of the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, and UEFA, which meant EA Sports FC remained largely unphased by the loss of FIFA and still retained many of the biggest leagues and players. Zelnick also noted that many football sim fans are loyal to their games, whether it\u2019s EA FC or Football Manager. \u201cWe\u2019re also very mindful that it\u2019s incredibly difficult to build a great sim experience for console. It takes a long time. And if you do it right, your users are very loyal and very embedded.\u201d However, Zelnick pointed out they already have a football sim, being Top Eleven, and already have a disparate array of sports titles such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Top Spin 2K, and more. \u201cI\u2019m sure we will make more announcements in due course, Zelnick said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Take-Two boss finally breaks silence on FIFA 2K game rumors EA SportsTake-Two\u2019s CEO has broken the publisher\u2019s silence on a rumored 2K FIFA game, saying it would be \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d to develop it and compete with EA. Ever since EA and FIFA\u2019s public breakaway in 2022, the sporting body has made it clear it intends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}