How EA Sports FC Mobile '26 Was Made

How a soccer video game on your phone gets built. EA used to have the FIFA name on every soccer game ever — then FIFA and EA broke up. Everybody thought EA would lose. Instead they kept all the actual teams (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City), built a smarter game, and FIFA's own game went almost nowhere. The lesson: the brand on the box matters less than the game inside.

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