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Mythical Games and FIFA have announced plans for FIFA Rivals, a licensed mobile football game set to launch on iOS and Android in the summer of 2025. The game will integrate NFTs, allowing players to build and manage their own football clubs and trade iconic football stars as NFTs on an exclusive ma...
Mythical Games and FIFA have announced plans for FIFA Rivals, a licensed mobile football game set to launch on iOS and Android in the summer of 2025. The game will integrate NFTs, allowing players to build and manage their own football clubs and trade iconic football stars as NFTs on an exclusive marketplace. FIFA Rivals will use the Mythos blockchain, and the announcement aligns with a resurgence of optimism in the NFT space despite challenges faced by the market.
Mythical Games, known for its NFL Rivals mobile game, will also incorporate NFTs into FIFA Rivals. As the studio told BeInCrypto, the game will have its exclusive NFT marketplace. Players will be able to trade their favorite football stars as NFTs. The studio’s previous title, NFL Rivals, launched in April 2023. It also features collectible and tradeable NFT player cards minted on the Mythos blockchain, built with Polkadot. Since its release, the game has surpassed 6 million downloads across platforms.
Following a similar model, FIFA Rivals will use the Mythos blockchain, allowing players to collect and trade iconic football stars from both past and present eras. “FIFA Rivals is designed to be highly accessible, featuring a shallow learning curve coupled with advanced features for hardcore players to explore,” Nate Nesbitt, spokesperson for Mythical Games told BeInCrypto.
The announcement coincides with renewed optimism in the NFT space. Most recently, ‘Vitalik.eth’, and wallet allegedly linked to the Ethereum co-founder, moved 32 ETH to Base and minted 400 Patron NFTs. These were part of Truemarkets’ fair launch, which allocates a significant portion of its TRUE token supply to Patron holders.
Despite these developments, the NFT market continues to face headwinds. Data from 2024 shows that 98% of NFT collections saw little trading activity, with only 0.2% of projects turning a profit. Notably, many NFTs lost over half their value shortly after launch, underscoring challenges for both creators and investors. Meanwhile, Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, recently created a commemorative NFT to celebrate its 1 billion transaction milestone. However, the platform faced significant allegations of copying artist Chris Biron’s work. Base responded by pledging the NFT proceeds to Biron and promising stricter oversight for future projects.