Fifa video game to return after four years in Netflix exclusive
Netflix said the new Fifa would be developed and published by Delphi Interactive - which has yet to release a video game - and released ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Once one of the most profitable brands in gaming history, issues including a costly licence prompted Fifa's previous publisher Electronic Arts to stop using the name in 2023 - instead naming its best-selling game EA Sports FC.
But it is Netflix, rather than a major game studio, which has secured the rights to the upcoming football game.
Fifa will finally release its much-anticipated return to video games in 2026, several years after its acrimonious split with developer EA.
It said subscribers will be able to play online via the Netflix app on iOS and Android devices - or on select TVs by using their phone as the controller.
EA Sports released the first Fifa game in 1993, and ran the franchise for 30 years until moving away from the branding to create its own.
The series was estimated to have around 150 million players.
But the renamed game still connected with fans - with EA FC 24 being the best-selling game in the UK in 2023.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the football governing body was "very excited" to team up with Netflix Games ahead of the World Cup in 2026.
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