One of the big points of criticism for modern annual sports FC 25 Coins games is that each new entry is simply just a re-skinned version of the last game, with barely any visual, performance, or mechanical upgrades over its predecessor. While the developers may put an extra career mode in, or even add a fan-favorite feature from an earlier entry back into the new game, it's never usually enough to justify the full retail price tag, especially when last year's entry holds up just fine.

To really move these franchises forward in a significant way, sports games developers are going to need to ensure that every new entry has a set of features or modes that are completely new, unique, and innovative. Again, the Mortal Kombat series is the perfect point of inspiration for this. The last decade of Mortal Kombat has seen three mainline games release, each of which have boasted their own set of game modes and features, and each has provided more than the last. Unlike sports games, the last few Mortal Kombat titles have barely removed any fan-favorite features. Instead, they've only added to the formula.

2022's Mortal Kombat acted as the perfect restarting point for the franchise, offering just enough complex gameplay mechanics to remain engaging and modern, while still ensuring that they were completely accessible to newcomers. Mortal Kombat X took this groundwork and built upon it, adding even more challenge towers and Krypt content, while also introducing a faction system which incentivized online play and making its story more of a focal point. Mortal Kombat 11 continued to build, improving upon all three of these modes and introducing an intricate gear system to boot. Every new Mortal Kombat adds features that will keep even long-time fans coming back time after time, and that's exactly what annual sports franchises need to do right now.

Electronic Arts is one of several companies that decided to skip June's major gaming announcement events, confirming it wouldn't be holding an EA Play event this year. Instead, Electronic Arts says that it would announce its upcoming game releases for 2022 "when they're ready." June may not have fit its schedule, but it's looking like July will be a much better fit. EA is reportedly planning to individually announce three major game releases in July, including its upcoming buy FIFA Coins, Need for Speed, and Skate titles.