EA Sports chief hits out at ‘misogynistic vitriol’ surrounding FIFA 16

The boss of EA Sports has criticised the “misogynistic vitriol” that followed the firm’s announcement that women would feature in their upcoming FIFA 16 game. The game series started in 1993 and has never included women’s teams - until now. But the announcement on Thursday led to a barrage of sexist responses on social media, something chief operating officer Peter Moore challenged on Twitter. He wrote: “So sad to see the misogynistic vitriol following the FIFA 16 announcement regarding women in the game. We are better than this.”

Don’t be hard on men complaining about women in FIFA 16. They are just scared because they’ve never scored with a woman.

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Other users joined him in criticising those who were against the move. One tweeted: “There are men complaining about women’s teams finally being included in FIFA 16 and not complaining about the actual FIFA corruption scandal." The game will include 12 international all-female teams including England, Brazil, Spain, Germany and Canada. Male teams will not be able to play female teams, and there will be no female equivalent of the Ultimate Team feature. The game is set for release in late summer.

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