2026 FIFA World Cup (video game)

2026 FIFA World Cup is the upcoming video game for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It will be published by EA Sports. It will be hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It will be released on the PS5, Xbox series X|S, and Microsoft Windows.

It will feature all 210 national teams part of FIFA, inculding the 48 teams that qualified for the World Cup.

Due to FIFA and EA Sports terminating their exclusive licensing agreement in 2022, this game will now by published by a different developer. It will be the first standalone video game adaptation of the FIFA World Cup since the 2014 edition. With no FIFA Ultimate Team mode and more time to focus on offline game modes, features present in past editions of the series will be revived, such as the ability to use classic teams and players, use official balls from past World Cups, play through qualification in all six regions and the return of the “World Cup moments” mode which allows you to recreate or change history.

New features introduced in this game include a “Historic World Cup” mode which enables you to play several past editions of the tournament, such as 1950, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 with authentic players, uniforms and venues. It has been reported that eventually, all previous World Cups will be made available as DLC for this mode.

In “custom tournament” and “qualifying” mode, players will now have the option of choosing whether to play in a 32 or 48 team World Cup. Another new feature is the addition of multiple teams of commentators, to create a sense of realism. The player also has the option to choose which commentary team to hear, or to allow the game to rotate them randomly.