EA Sports FC Online (Series)

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FC Online
NEXON, Tencent, Garena
First releaseEA Sports FIFA Online
May 25, 2006
Latest releaseEA Sports FC Online
May 17, 2018

EA Sports FC Online (formerly FIFA Online) is a series of online

sports games developed by Electronic Arts (EA) based on EA Sports FC series (formerly EA's FIFA series) of games. It is released with a free-to-play
model with a focus on the Asian video game market. The first entry in the series was released in May 2006.

Series

Release timeline
2006EA Sports FIFA Online
2007EA Sports FIFA Online 2
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012FIFA Online 3
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018EA Sports FC Online

EA Sports FIFA Online (2006)

EA Sports FIFA Online, developed as a partnership between EA and Neowiz, was released in an

open beta on May 25, 2006.[1] By June, the game had 100,000 concurrent players.[2]

EA Sports FIFA Online 2

EA Sports FIFA Online 2, developed by EA and Neowiz, was released in Asia on October 1, 2007.[3] VTC Game published the game in Vietnam in 2008.

FIFA Online (2010)

A Western version of FIFA Online 2, titled FIFA Online, was developed by EA's

EA Canada studios.[citation needed
]

FIFA Online 3

A partnership between EA and NEXON for a third FIFA Online game in South Korea was announced in July 2012, with the game set to be released by NEXON later that year.[4] Tencent published the game in China in 2013, and Garena published the game in Southest Asia in the same year.[5]

FIFA Online 3 M

A mobile version of the game was released for iOS and Android on May 29, 2014.

EA Sports FC Online (formerly FIFA Online 4)

FIFA Online 4 entered its open beta phase on May 17, 2018, and was released on May 17, 2018.[6] On September 22, 2023, the game was changed as EA Sports FC Online, following the split between EA and FIFA.

FC Online M (formerly FIFA Online 4 M)

A sequel to the 2014 mobile version was released in July 2018.

References

  1. ^ "EA SPORTS FIFA Online Sets New Record for Online Games in Korea". GameZone. June 28, 2006.
  2. Gamasutra
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  3. ^ Truta, Filip (October 1, 2007). "EA Sports FIFA Online 2 Is Out in Asia". Softpedia.
  4. GamesIndustry.biz
    .
  5. ^ Sarkar, Samit (July 23, 2013). "Tencent to publish FIFA Online 3 in China (update)". Polygon.
  6. Dot Esports
    .