FIFA

For three decades FIFA was less a game than a household fixture, the football series that came back every autumn whether you wanted it or not. Its genius was accessibility wearing the badge of authenticity: real clubs, real players, real kits, presented with a polish that made a Sunday-afternoon match feel broadcast-ready. That official licensing is also what made it the best-selling sports franchise of its kind.

The yearly cadence drew fair criticism for iterating in small steps, but the brand stretched further than the annual ledger suggests. The FIFA Street games swapped stadiums for arcade flair and concrete pitches, while the official World Cup tie-ins turned the tournament into its own product. This collection traces the whole run under the FIFA name, before the series continued under a new banner.

The FIFA franchise spans 34 games in the CrossBinge catalog.