FIFA 23 will not have Russian teams, EA confirms
"EA Sports stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and like so many voices across the world of football, calls for peace and an end to the invasion of Ukraine," EA said in a statement emailed to PC Gamer. "In line with our partners at FIFA and UEFA, EA Sports will not include the Russian national team or Russian clubs in FIFA 23."
This exclusion of Russian teams is a continuation of a policy EA began in March, when it removed the Russian national team and club teams from the already-released FIFA 22(opens in new tab) because of that country's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In fact, today's statement is almost identical to the one announcing the removal of Russian squads from FIFA 22, except for the change in wording necessitated by the fact that they're being excluded right from the start, rather than removed after the fact.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted action across the videogame industry: Developers and publishers including Microsoft(opens in new tab), Electronic Arts(opens in new tab), CD Projekt(opens in new tab), Activision Blizzard(opens in new tab), Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive(opens in new tab), and Ubisoft have all stopped doing business in Russia, and the global tech industry(opens in new tab) has also largely halted sales in the country. In response, Russia recently announced plans to develop a "national game engine(opens in new tab)," and also opened its very first state-run cybersports school(opens in new tab).
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