2022's Mortal Kombat acted as the perfect restarting point for the franchise, offering just enough complex gameplay mechanics to remain engaging and modern, while still ensuring that they were completely accessible to newcomers. Mortal Kombat X took this groundwork and built upon it, adding even more challenge towers and Krypt content, while also introducing a faction system which FC 25 Coins incentivized online play and making its story more of a focal point. Mortal Kombat 11 continued to build, improving upon all three of these modes and introducing an intricate gear system to boot. Every new Mortal Kombat adds features that will keep even long-time fans coming back time after time, and that's exactly what annual sports franchises need to do right now.
Electronic Arts is one of several companies that decided to skip June's major gaming announcement events, confirming it wouldn't be holding an EA Play event this year. Instead, Electronic Arts says that it would announce its upcoming game releases for 2022 "when they're ready." June may not have fit its schedule, but it's looking like July will be a much better fit. EA is reportedly planning to individually announce three major game releases in July, including its upcoming FIFA, Need for Speed, and Skate titles.
According to insider source Tom Henderson, all three games are tentatively planned to be announced in July. As noted, there is no single event planned where the games will be shown, but rather will come in the form of individual announcements. Specific dates for each announcement aren't provided in the report. However, Henderson does say that he's been told that the FIFA and Need for Speed announcements will come in the second half of July.
FC 25 is a game that most fans of the franchise will already be familiar with, and an announcement is more than expected. Several important details about the game have already been confirmed by EA. For example, FC 25 will include both men's and women's leagues, including both gender's World Cup tournaments. EA has also previously said that FC 25 will feature full crossplay, a feature it tested in cheap FIFA 25 Coins. Perhaps most importantly, this is the last EA soccer game to feature the FIFA branding. It will be known as EA Sports FC in 2023 and beyond.