The video game manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it will remove all Russian teams from its games in the FIFA series and the ice hockey game NHL 22 because of the Ukraine war.
This is in accordance with the international federations’ decision to ban Russian teams from competitions, EA Sports announced on Twitter on Wednesday. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and demand an end to the invasion of Ukraine.
The decision includes all Russian clubs as well as the Russian national football team in the games FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile and FIFA online. Belarusian teams will also be removed from the NHL 22 game, according to Twitter. This will happen in the “coming weeks”. The world football association FIFA and the European football union UEFA had suspended Russia from all competitions because of the attack on Ukraine.
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