Despite some disturbing news yesterday, Stadia isn’t going anywhere yet. Today that has been confirmed And last but not leastEA will release its mega-hit FIFA 21 on Google Stadia next month.
In a press release, EA today announced plans to expand FIFA 21 with a multi-year license renewal, a larger free-to-play experience on PC and a number of mobile offerings in development. In that same press release, EA confirmed the launch of FIFA 21 on Google Stadia.
Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced a multi-year extension of the UEFA license, keeping the pinnacle of club football exclusive to EA SPORTS. EA is expanding access to football video games through multiple mobile offerings in development, and expanding the reach of the free downloadable PC FIFA Online 4title to potentially 80 million players in more than 15 new countries. Additionally, the franchise will launch on Stadia for the first time when EA SPORTS FIFA 21 is available for Stadia on March 17.
This launch has been known for quite some time, as Google and EA confirmed almost a year ago that a FIFA game would be heading to Stadia. However, it’s great that we are finally getting a corresponding launch date. Notably, this also comes as close as you can get to EA missing its promised “Winter 2021” release window as the season ends just a few days later. This launch also puts the game in the middle of the 2021 Champions League season, just weeks before the quarter-finals.
FIFA 21 was first released on October 6, 2020 on other platforms, making Stadia’s release roughly six months before FIFA 22 arrives. On the other hand, however, this means that sales are very likely around the time the game launches. For example, the “Champions Edition” currently costs only $ 20 on PlayStation (digital).
This is the third EA game to launch on Stadia, the previous launches including Jedi: Fallen Order and Madden NFL 21. Google and EA previously teased at least two other titles coming to the platform but couldn’t confirm which games would to be.
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