Liverpool FC signs three-year partnership with EA Sports

Liverpool Football Club has today announced a new three-year partnership with EA that will make EA Sports the Club’s Official Football Video Gaming Partner commencing from the start of the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season.

Through the partnership, EA Sports will give Liverpool FC fans the opportunity to play FIFA 14 at Anfield for selected fixtures throughout the season. EA Sports Goal of the Month will also offer fans the chance to upload their best FIFA 14 goals for a chance to win great prizes all season long.

Billy Hogan, Chief Commercial Officer, Liverpool FC, said: “We are thrilled to have EA Sports, one of the world’s leading sports entertainment brands, as our new partner. We know that so many of our Liverpool family, including fans and players, play EA Sports FIFA regularly so this new partnership will help bring the Club closer to our fans in innovative new ways.”

Jamie McKinlay, VP Marketing, EA Sports added, “We have over half a million registered LFC fans playing FIFA 13 and they all want to see authentic representation of their favourite Liverpool players in FIFA 14. We’re looking forward to delivering that authenticity, as well as a wide range of new and engaging initiatives for this historic club and its fans.”

EA Sports has also captured 360 degree 3D digital head scan images of the Liverpool FC team, ensuring stunning accurate visuals of players including Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, which will be featured in FIFA 14 when it releases on September 27th.

Source: Press release