No New F1 Game in 2026, Next Season Will Come as a Paid Expansion for F1 25

EA has contiguous announced that the 2026 Formula One World Championship volition beryllium coming arsenic a paid enlargement for the existing F1 25. The contented update is acceptable to bespeak each the sport’s upcoming changes adjacent year, with caller cars, caller drivers, and the caller regulations.

The adjacent afloat crippled successful the bid volition beryllium delivered successful 2027. It volition beryllium “reimagined into a much expansive acquisition with caller ways to play for fans astir the world,” according to today’s statement. EA explained this program comes arsenic portion of a “multi-year strategical investment” successful the publisher’s F1 franchise.

“F1 25 has been an unthinkable success, fueled by the passionateness of fans and the vigor of the sport,” said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director astatine Codemasters. “With Formula 1’s momentum connected and disconnected the track, present is the cleanable clip for america to look up and physique for the future. We’re afloat committed to the EA Sports F1 franchise. Our multi-year program extends this year’s excitement with the 2026 enlargement and reimagines the F1 acquisition for 2027 to present adjacent much for players astatine each level astir the world.”

IGN’s F1 25 reappraisal described it arsenic a acold broader and amended bundle than past year’s installment, and “comfortably the strongest the bid has been since the instrumentality favourite F1 2020.” Codemasters has been gathering Formula One games since F1 2009 for Wii and PSP, though EA besides had its ain past with the athletics successful the aboriginal 2000s, opening with F1 2000 connected PS1 and PC.

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