FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition
About
Overview
FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition is part of the long history of FIFA World Cup video games. FIFA has licensed video games based on the FIFA World Cup since 1986. Across that history, only a few of the licensed FIFA World Cup games were received positively by critics, but the popularity of the competition helped the games perform positively on the market. The FIFA World Cup license has also been one of the most sought-after licenses in video games.
The FIFA World Cup video game license was originally held by U.S. Gold. Electronic Arts later acquired the license in 1997 and held it through 2023. That licensing history places FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition after a long-running line of games tied to the tournament and after the Electronic Arts period of the license.
Release
FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition was released on 2026-06-11 for iOS and Android. The game was developed by Delphi Interactive and published by Netflix Games.
Its release continued the wider tradition of FIFA World Cup video games, a licensed category that dates back to 1986. The broader license has historically been commercially strong because of the popularity of the FIFA World Cup competition, even though only a few entries in the overall licensed series were received positively by critics.