“We are planning to launch 14 new titles to players this fiscal year,” said Wilson. “That includes four new EA Sports titles — FIFA, Madden, NHL, and one more unannounced sports game — all of which deliver on the mix of creativity, authenticity, and quality that sets EA Sports apart. … Our FY21 plans also include four more games drawing on the breadth of our IP, from Command & Conquer Remastered to unannounced games for our console and PC players. We’ll have more games from indie developers launching this year through EA Partners, and two new mobile titles leveraging top IP that we’ll bring to players worldwide.”
Here’s how that all breaks down:
- Burnout Paradise Remastered (Nintendo Switch)
- Command & Conquer Remastered (PC)
- Medal of Honor VR
- FIFA 21
- Madden NFL 21
- NHL 21
- Unannounced sports game
- An HD remake of an EA game
- EA Partner game
- EA Partner game
- EA Partner game
- EA Partner game
- EA Mobile game
- EA Mobile game
This list likely doesn’t even represent every EA release for fiscal 2021. For example, EA will probably launch Apex Legends on Steam, but it’s not including that on this list.
As for the rest of the release slate, the mobile games could be anything. And EA Partner games are like Unravel and A Way Out. And we should start seeing more about those at the company’s EA Play event.
But what about the unannounced sports game? Well, EA is not done with NBA Live. The publisher is determined to release something that is competitive — even if that means going free-to-play to undercut NBA 2K. But NBA Live probably isn’t ready. Instead, it makes sense for EA to put out something like a new UFC fighter.
Oh, and that HD remaster of an EA game is the Mass Effect Trilogy. Just don’t expect that to also launch on Switch.