Legendary Games NFT presents a mobile football game

Legendary Games and FIFA have launched an officially licensed mobile soccer game for FIFA Rivals. The free-to-play title will launch on iOS and Android in the summer of 2025, although an exact release date has not been announced.

The game allows players to build and manage their own football clubs and compete in real-time online matches.

Fifa rivals combine NFTs

Mythical Games, known for its NFL Rivals mobile game, also includes NFTs in FIFA Rivals. The studio told BeenCrypto that the game will have a special NFT marketplace. Players can trade their favorite soccer stars as NFTs.

The studio's previous title, NFL Rivals, launched in April 2023. It also features collectible and tradable NFT player cards on the Mythos blockchain developed by Polkadot. Since its release, the game has crossed 6 million downloads across platforms.

Following a similar model, FIFA Rivals allows players to collect and trade famous soccer stars from the past and present.

“FIFA Rivals is designed to be highly accessible, with a shallow learning curve and advanced features to explore with hardcore players,” Legendary Games spokesperson Nate Nesbitt told BeenCrypto.

This isn't the first time FIFA has ventured into NFT and Web3. During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA has partnered with several blockchain startups to release games and collectible apps.

“Our partnerships with both the NFL and FIFA should open the door to other collaborations between Web3 Games Studios and major sports titles,” Nate Nesbitt told BEncrypto.

Increasing optimism for NFT returns

The announcement coincides with renewed optimism in the NFT space.

Most recently, ‘Vitalik.eth' and a wallet allegedly linked to the Ethereum founder, moved 32 ETH to Base and created 400 Patron NFTs. These were part of the fair launch of Truemarkets, which will allocate a significant portion of its True Token supply to backers.

Despite these developments, the NFT market continues to face headwinds. In the year Data from 2024 shows that 98% of NFT clusters saw little trading activity and only 0.2% of the projects made a profit.

Notably, many NFTs have lost more than half of their value shortly after launch, presenting challenges for creators and investors alike.

Meanwhile, Base, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer-2 network, recently created a commemorative NFT to celebrate the 1 billion transaction milestone. However, the platform has faced serious accusations of copying artist Chris Biron's work.

Beth responded by pledging NFT revenue to the bureau and vowing to keep tighter controls on future projects.