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FIFA 16 Reveal Coming Tomorrow
In a matter of terrible or perfect timing, Electronic Arts announced today that it will debut the first news on FIFA 16 tomorrow.
This comes on the same day that the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 FIFA officials on a variety of charges, including money laundering, racketeering, and wire fraud. U.S. law enforcement says that this is only the beginning of a widespread investigation of FIFA.
Despite this tremendous blow to the core soccer organization the game is based on, EA Sports is rolling ahead with plans to promote the game. This from the official EA Sports twitter account:
First #FIFA16 details drop on Thursday.
Stay tuned for more. pic.twitter.com/q02JM1Ur95
— EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) May 27, 2015
Top image from FIFA 15.
Our take:
It's hard to tell if this announcement was planned out and set to launch long ago or if EA purposely pushed this out now since everyone's talking about FIFA right now for better or worse. It'll be interesting to see how or if the scandal affects interest in the reveal and ultimately sales.
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