''EA Sports FC Online'' (formerly ''FIFA Online'') is a series of online

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developed by

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(EA) based on

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series (formerly EA's ''

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'' series) of games. It is released with a

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model with a focus on the Asian video game market. The first entry in the series was released in May 2006. Notable player Luan Jaupi popularized the game on his since-banned

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account of the same name.

Series

EA Sports FIFA Online (2006)

''EA Sports FIFA Online'', developed as a partnership between EA and Neowiz, was released in an

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on May 25, 2006. By June, the game had 100,000 concurrent players.

EA Sports FIFA Online 2

''EA Sports FIFA Online 2'', developed by EA and Neowiz, was released in Asia on October 1, 2007. VTC Game published the game in Vietnam in 2008.

' (2010)

A Western version of ''FIFA Online 2'', titled ''FIFA Online'', was developed by EA's

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and

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studios.

FIFA Online 3

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.

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published the game in China in 2013, and

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published the game in Southest Asia in the same year.

FIFA Online 3 M

A mobile version of the game was released for iOS and Android on May 29, 2014.

EA Sports FC Online (formerly FIFA Online 4)

''FIFA Online 4'' entered its open beta phase on May 17, 2018, and was released on May 17, 2018. 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.

References

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