The company is currently relying on Madden NFL and FIFA

Mar 7, 2013 13:08 GMT  ·  By

Blake Jorgensen, the chief financial officer, suggests that Electronic Arts might be ready to secure and announce a number of new sports titles in the coming months, in an effort to expand its portfolio.

The executive is quoted by Polygon saying that “For us, the big opportunities continue to be the FIFA franchise, the Battlefield franchise and then the core sports of Madden, NCAA, NHL, adding NBA and possibly a couple of new sports franchises along that way.”

He adds, “Clearly, that’s a big strength of the company and we want to continue that.”

It seems that Jorgensen was mainly talking about the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which Electronic Arts picked up during 2012.

A new title linked to it is being created by the same studio that developed the Fight Night titles.

EA Sports is also working on expanding the number of experiences that use familiar franchises like FIFA and Madden NFL.

At the moment, FIFA Online 3 is performing well in South Korea and might be given a version for Western markets, and Madden NFL has also done well as a portable experience.

It’s interesting to note that Jorgensen also mentions the NBA franchise as something that Electronic Arts is focusing on, especially given the fact that NBA Live 13 was canceled because of concerns over the quality of the experience.

Sports-based video games have always performed well for EA and FIFA continues to sell well even months after launch, especially in the United Kingdom.

A new title in the series will probably be announced later during the spring, with a launch date set for early fall.

Madden NFL is very popular with the American audience, and both video games might make a move towards next-generation consoles with this year’s installment.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 will be launched in late March on the Xbox 360 and the PS3.