UPDATE: . “In line with our partners at FIFA and UEFA, EA sports has initiated processes to remove the Russian Nati𝔉onal Team and all Russian clubs from EA Sports FIFA products including FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile, and FIFA Online.” EA is also thinking about doing the same to other EA Sports titles. The original article follows.
Russia invadꦑed Ukraine last week in an unprovoked and unjustified attack on its sovereignty. The war has resulted in tragic and needless death and destruction, but also unprecedented solidarity with the peo♋ple of Ukraine and the growing isolation of Russia.
Sanctions are preventing Russian citizens from receiving payouts from Steam, , and . 168澳洲幸运5开奖﷽网:Disney has ha꧂lted film releases in Russia, chip manufacturers are halting shipments to ꦺRussia, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:even social media sites are being block🎉ed. Right♉ now, it’s about as close to the old Soviet-era in Russia as you can get.
And it might be about to get worse. Reporter jܫust tweeted that he’s received an internal email from EA that ”said it will be remov😼ing Russia from the likes of FIFA and NHL games due to the invasion of Ukraine.”
No othﷺer details were provided, so we don’t know if this means Russian players🌱, teams, or both will be removed from future editions of the FIFA and NHL franchises. We do know that both from future competitions until further notice, while the and suspended its relationships with Russian business partners, preventing games from airing on Russian media.
EA has yet to mak𒆙e an official statement, so this is merely a rumor until the publisher says otherwise.
EA isn’t the only publisher taking a strong stance against the war in Ukraine. World of Tanks publisher 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Wargaming recently fi🎉red its creative 💎director for expressing support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating that he was ex🤡pressing “his personal opinion on social media which categorically does not reflect the position of the company." The move is noteworthy as Wargaming is a Belorussian company, one of Russia’s few allies.
Wargaming also has offices and employees in Ukraine, however, and the company has stated it’s both relocating its Ukrainian staff and their families as well as donating $1 ༒million to the .