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Apart from governing one of the biggest tournaments of all time, FIFA World Cup, FIFA has also set its foot in the e-sports world, governing FIFAe tournaments. The 2023 FIFAe World Cup was the last edition involving EA’s FIFA football video game series and since EA and FIFA are no longer associated, the 2024 FIFAe World Cup would be aRocket Leaguetournament, featuring players from different countries around the world.
Psyonix’sRocket League, which is a competitive vehicular soccer video game, has been a popular game for many years now. Many competitive tournaments have been held over the years and the game is also popular among streamers, so it makes sense why FIFAe decided to host aRocket Leaguetournament.
FIFA’s Esports Branch Announces International Rocket League World Cup
The e-sports branch of FIFA, FIFAe, has announced an internationalRocket LeagueWorld Cup on its officialX account. As per FIFA’sofficial website, 16 nations across the globe have been invited to participate in the first-ever FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League.
The registration has started and in this X post by Rocket League News, we can see that many popular players from around the world have already signed up for the tournament on behalf of their country.
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Many players are familiar with theRocket League Championship Series, an annual tournament in which different e-sports teams compete for a cash prize. This tournament is endorsed by Psyonix, the game’s developer, however, the FIFAe tournament is not associated with the studios.
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Rocket Leaguegained popularity for its unique concept and engaging gameplay. Developed by Psyonix, the game has captivated millions of gamers with its fast-paced, competitive gameplay and fun visuals.
The game gained popularity particularly after Epic Games made it free-to-play after acquiring Psyonix. The game’s mechanics are quite simple, but it can get very challenging. TheRocket League FIFAe World Cupis a neat concept that will definitely attract millions of viewers.
FIFA Plans To Evolve Football Esports Ecosystem
Christian Volk, Director of eFootball and Gaming at FIFA, revealed the vision behind organizing this tournament on FIFA’s official website, explaining they wish to expand their football e-sports ecosystem,
The FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League marks a new era for FIFAe, providing a groundbreaking platform for FIFA’s member assocations to compete on one of the most relevant esports titles. This milestone partnership highlights our commitment to evolve our football esports ecosystem and continue to build the biggest stages for all communities to fame their game.
EA and FIFA created iconic soccer video games for over 25 years but that partnership ended in 2022 with the final game in the series,FIFA 23. EA then kicked off itsEA Sports FCseries with 2023’s FC24 whileFIFA are rumored to have partnered with 2K to releaseFIFA 2K25.
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In May, an X account named@FGZNewsclaimed that2K FIFAwill be “fully licensed” with 35+ leagues and and will feature more than 800 teams. It is believed that this game is FIFA’s attempt to kill EA’sFCseries.
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Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
