Netflix is Making a FIFA Game for Your Mobile Phone

FIFA has confirmed a new football game with Netflix. It streams to TVs, uses your phone as a controller, supports offline and online play, and targets a launch next summer.

FIFA’s new Netflix football game will stream to your TV

FIFA is officially back in the football game business - just not the way you are used to. FIFA has announced a new football title with Netflix, and it's designed to be played in your living room with your phone as the controller.

It's also a big statement after FIFA's split from EA, and the oddest part is the developer: Delphi Interactive, a small studio that hasn't released its own games yet. FIFA says the new game lands next summer, in time for World Cup 2026.

FIFA and Netflix are making a new football game together
It will stream to TVs, with phones used as controllers
FIFA says it will work offline and online

FIFA and Netflix: what’s actually been announced

FIFA and Netflix have confirmed they’re partnering on a new football game, described as a “reimagined” FIFA simulation experience.

Official partnership: FIFA + Netflix
FIFA calls it a football “simulation” game
Positioning: aimed at football fans “of all ages”

This isn’t a leak or a rumour. It’s a formal announcement, and it’s clearly meant to signal that FIFA wants its name back on games in a big way — even if it’s not on a console box this time.

How you’ll play it: TV streaming, phone controller

The key detail: FIFA says the game will stream to televisions, with mobile phones acting as controllers.

Streams to TV
Your phone is the controller
Supports offline and online play

For people in the UAE, the appeal is obvious: no console requirement is being mentioned, and it leans into the “everyone already has a phone” reality. But until we see real gameplay and latency details, it’s hard to know if it’ll feel like football… or like a party app wearing a FIFA badge.

The studio: Delphi Interactive (and why that matters)

Development is being handled by Delphi Interactive, described as a little-known California-based studio.

Based in California
No released games under the studio’s name
Previously involved with IO Interactive’s upcoming 007 First Light

This is the part that will make most gamers squint. FIFA is a massive global brand. Netflix is a massive platform. And the game is being built by a team without a proven track record of shipping games publicly. That doesn’t mean it’ll be bad — but it does mean FIFA is asking for trust before showing anything.

The bigger picture: FIFA after EA

VGC notes that FIFA split from EA in 2023 after nearly 30 years, with FIFA 23 being the last EA title to carry FIFA branding. EA’s series continued under the EA Sports FC name.

FIFA–EA partnership ended in 2023
FIFA 23 was the last “FIFA” branded EA game
EA’s football series is now EA Sports FC

If you want the EA side of the story (release timing and UAE availability), here’s Tbreak’s guide to EA SPORTS FC 26: release date, features, and UAE availability.

Release timing and what we still don’t know

FIFA says the game will release “next summer”, in time for the FIFA World Cup in North America — which, from a December 2025 announcement, points to summer 2026.

Release window: next summer (summer 2026)
Timing: alongside FIFA World Cup 2026
Pricing: “free to Netflix members”

No title. No screenshots that tell us anything. No detail on modes beyond offline/online. So for now, treat this as a platform-and-partnership announcement — not a proper reveal.

Also, the World Cup marketing wave is already hitting tech. If you’re into football-themed gear, this one’s a fun read: You’ll see these Sandisk FIFA drives everywhere at World Cup 2026.