Game over: EA ends decades-long partnership with FIFA

FILE PHOTO: An Electronic Arts (EA) video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

(Reuters) -Electronic Arts said on Tuesday it was ending a nearly three-decade partnership with world soccer governing body FIFA, pulling the plug on one of the world's most successful video-game franchises that has raked in billions of dollars in sales.

Months of tense negotiations between EA and FIFA ended without an agreement to extend a partnership, according to a New York Times report https://nyti.ms/3kYCgwg.