EA Sports FC Online (formerly FIFA Online) is a series of online sports games developed by Electronic Arts (EA) based on EA Sports FC series (formerly EA's FIFA series) of games. It is released with a free-to-play model with a focus on the Asian video game market. The first entry in the series was released in May 2006.
EA Sports FIFA Online, developed as a partnership between EA and Neowiz, was released in an open beta on May 25, 2006.[1] By June, the game had 100,000 concurrent players.[2]
EA Sports FIFA Online 2
EA Sports FIFA Online 2, developed by EA and Neowiz, was released in Asia on October 1, 2007.[3]VTC Game published the game in Vietnam in 2008.
A partnership between EA and NEXON for a third FIFA Online game in South Korea was announced in July 2012, with the game set to be released by NEXON later that year.[4]Tencent published the game in China in 2013, and Garena published the game in Southest Asia in the same year.[5]
FIFA Online 3 M
A mobile version of the game was released for iOS and Android on May 29, 2014.
FIFA Online 4 entered its open beta phase on May 17, 2018, and was released on May 17, 2018.[6] On September 22, 2023, the game was changed as EA Sports FC Online, following the split between EA and FIFA.
FC Online M (formerly FIFA Online 4 M)
A sequel to the 2014 mobile version was released in July 2018.