EA removes Russian team from Fifa 22on March 2, 2022 at 5:07 pm

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The games publisher says it “stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people”.

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Games publisher Electronic Arts will remove the Russian national team and all other Russian teams from Fifa 22 and associated games, it has announced.

It was doing so to “stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people”, the company tweeted.

It comes as football’s governing bodies Fifa and Uefa said Russia’s national side and clubs would be banned from competitions.

Ukraine has asked the video-games industry to do more.

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The country’s Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called on all game-development companies and esport platforms to block Russian and Belarusian accounts, cancel tournaments and ban players.

Electronic Arts tweeted: “EA Sports stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and like so many voices across the world of football, calls for peace and an end to the invasion of Ukraine.

“In line with our partners at Fifa [the International Federation of Association Football] and Uefa [the Union of European Football Associations], EA Sports has initiated processes to remove the Russian national team and all Russian clubs from EA Sports Fifa products including Fifa 22, Fifa Mobile and Fifa online.

“We’re also actively evaluating related changes to other areas of our games.”

It has also removed Russian and Belarus teams from NHL 22 games.

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