The integration of blockchain technology and sports gaming continues as FIFA has partnered with a well-known cryptocurrency-based game studio to create a new football game for mobile users.
Football fans are eagerly awaiting a free-to-play blockchain-powered football game scheduled for release next year.
FIFA competitors
A new free-to-play mobile soccer game will debut in the summer of 2025. The cryptocurrency gaming company and international soccer organization, FIFA, have developed a mobile gaming app called FIFA competitors.
Reports stated that FIFA Rivals will be similar to NFL Rivals, which was also developed by Mythical Games and launched in April 2023.
iOS and Android smartphone users can access the Polkadot-powered mobile soccer game.
The cryptocurrency company said its new mobile soccer game will benefit from… Mythos blockchain technology And the Polkadot network. The same technology was also used in the development of the game NFL Rivals.
Today we announced a pioneering partnership with @vivacom! 🎉
Together, we launch @FIFArivalsan officially licensed mobile soccer game scheduled for release on iOS and Android.
Are you ready? ⚽ https://t.co/MymoLx8vTU pic.twitter.com/MNraVOKogM
— Mythical Games (@playmythical) November 22, 2024
Likewise, FIFA’s competitors will be built with the same technology and on the same Mythos blockchain.
According to the cryptocurrency gaming studio, FIFA Rivals will allow mobile players to manage their own soccer clubs, saying users can also compete against other players in the arcade game “in real time.”
“Build your team, dominate the competition, and create your legacy in the latest title” Legendary games He said.
As of today, the market cap of cryptocurrencies stood at $3.28 trillion. Chart: TradingView
100 million potential players
A Mythical Games executive predicted that more than 100 million players would be attracted to playing FIFA Rivals.
Crypto Games CEO John Linden explained that there could be more than 100 million players in FIFA Rivals because the similar mobile game, NFL Rivals, has more than 6 million registrations from a much narrower audience.
Very proud to partner with @vivacom! We’re going to take gaming and eSports to a very global level with this game! We have over 6 million players and 150 million games played on NFL Rivals and now we’re moving to over 100 million players and tens of billions of games played! @FIFArivals
Powered by Mythos… https://t.co/hLWZZxOGS1
– John Linden (@johnwastaken) November 22, 2024
Image: FIFA Rivals Teaser/BusinessWire
To illustrate, the FIFA World Cup attracted around 5 billion people in 2022, while last year’s NFL playoffs got an estimated 500 million viewers.
Blockchain and sports trend
FIFA’s partnership with Mythical Games is just one of a growing number of collaborations between cryptocurrency players and sports federations, providing more interactive and more enjoyable experiences among fans.
This partnership adds to the growing trend of sports associations collaborating with blockchain gaming studios that aim to deliver fun and interactive experiences to fans.
One advantage of cryptocurrency-based games is that players can “own and invest in-game assets.”
The cryptocurrency gaming studio had its early success with Blankos Block Party. The company explained that it is a non-fungible token that has been ported to Polkadot with at least 3 million monthly transactions.
The new mobile soccer game has become a reality with the help of the Mythos Foundation, which was launched in October 2022 and aims to support new players and developers in the mythical gaming ecosystem.
Featured image from FIFA Rivals, chart from TradingView