{"id":6750,"date":"2022-02-24T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ea-boss-claims-fifa-is-just-four-letters-on-the-front-of-the-box\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:17:00","slug":"ea-boss-claims-fifa-is-just-four-letters-on-the-front-of-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ea-boss-claims-fifa-is-just-four-letters-on-the-front-of-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"EA boss claims FIFA is just &#8220;four letters on the front of the box&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>EA boss Andrew Wilson has claimed that the FIFA licence is &#8220;an impediment&#8221; to the publisher&#8217;s ambitions for the football series.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were made in an internal meeting from November provided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/eas-ceo-tells-staff-its-been-impeded-by-the-fifa-brand-its-four-letters-on-a-box\">VGC<\/a>, in which Wilson discussed the status of licensing negotiations with FIFA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-24-ea-boss-claims-fifa-is-just-four-letters-on-the-front-of-the-box\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA boss Andrew Wilson has claimed that the FIFA licence is &#8220;an impediment&#8221; to the publisher&#8217;s ambitions for the football series. The comments were made in an internal meeting from November provided to VGC, in which Wilson discussed the status of licensing negotiations with FIFA. 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