July 24 – The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has announced plans to launch a national esports football team, marking a new frontier for the governing body as it looks to reposition its global standing – off the pitch and into the console.
July 21 – Konami has extended its partnership with FIFA through 2026, confirming that its eFootball title will continue to serve as the platform for the FIFAe World Cup on both mobile and console.
The 2025 and 2026 editions will again use the free-to-play game and expand in both scale and reach, beginning with this year’s finals, set to take place in Saudi Arabia in December.
July 18 – Bayern Munich have signed a multi-year partnership with EA Sports FC that will see Bayern’s identity — past, present, and future —recreated in EA Sports FC’s virtual football experience. That includes the Allianz Arena, rendered in full detail to deliver a matchday atmosphere “as intense as the real thing”.
June 27 – Konami Digital Entertainment has kicked off celebrations for the 30th anniversary of its football gaming franchise, launching a global in-game ‘Nostalgia’ campaign in eFootball.
By Harry Ewing in Munich
May 30 – When EA Sports unveiled the new-look UEFA eChampions League, the ambition was clear: to align competitive virtual football with the structure, emotion, and drama of the real thing.
May 30 – Ruud Gullit is not one to draw lazy comparisons. Ask the AC Milan legend whether traditional football has something to learn from the booming esports industry and his answer is refreshingly honest.
By Harry Ewing in Munich
May 28 – The eChampions League – the elite EA Sports FC Pro tournament designed to mirror UEFA’s flagship club competition – reaches its crescendo tonight in Munich, as eight of Europe’s top virtual footballers prepare to battle for the 2025 title at Eisbach Studios.
May 23 – Rematch, a new video gaming football title is set to launch June 19, offering an alternative take on the genre with a third-person, player-controlled format that is based on stripped-back, skill-based gameplay.
May 19 – The final eight players have punched their tickets to Munich for the 2025 eChampions League Finals, following an intense weekend of competition at Dock10 Studios in Manchester.
May 16 – The 2025 edition of the EA Sports eChampions League gets underway this weekend in Manchester, bringing together 36 of Europe’s top EA Sports FC players in a Champions League-style tournament to determine who will be crowned the continent’s best.
May 2 – EA Sports FC has digitally deepened its revenue push with a renewed partnership with Gillette just days after the rollout of its first-ever paid battle pass – moves aimed at reenergising its flagship football simulation title amid mixed reception and growing player fatigue.
April 28 – EA Sports has introduced a paid battle pass for EA Sports FC 25 for the first time, signalling a significant expansion of its in-game monetisation strategy ahead of the lucrative Team of the Season (TOTS) event.
April 16 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is accelerating its entry into the virtual football space with the official launch of the AFC eChampions League Elite (eACL Elite) this month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – the brainchild of its first-ever Football eSports Forum in Kuala Lumpur in late 2024.
February 17 – Diego Maradona has to made a posthumous comeback in EA Sports FC 25, nearly three years after being unceremoniously dropped from FIFA 22 due to a legal dispute.
February 5 – Nearly one in five EA Sports FC 25 players are quitting matches mid-game, as frustrations over unbalanced matchmaking and glitches make sports games a surprising contender in the world of rage quitting.