This year's UFC 4 made history with female fighters being  EA FC 24 Coins the UFC game's highest-ranked fighter bantamweight Amanda Nunes. While EA Sports continues to dominate the market for sports video gaming the burden falls on the company to boost the diversity and representation of its games, thereby moving away from the predominantly male-dominated games of the previous.

The inclusion of female characters as playable and teams for women to games for video gamers has not been without challenges. In the moment that FIFA 16's introduction of teams for women revealed the game and its creators were met with fury on the internet, as reported by Vice. Discrimination against women in sports and in the gaming industry isn't new, but it demonstrates the obstacles faced while trying to include women in games. These issues aren't limited to games that involve sports, but women being underrepresented throughout all aspects of gaming. Games like The Last of Us aim to raise the status of women by making women the protagonistsand the main focus of the story instead of playing characters or those who are not playable.

While it's evident that there's much tasks to complete in terms of the representation of women within gaming environments, it's encouraging to see women's and female teams being included in the long-running and successful sports game franchises. Game developers for sports, like EA Sports and 2K Sports are slowly, but actively trying to close gaps in gender representation in their game. essential and a move towards the direction of improvement. This issue isn't a simple one be solved quickly, as demonstrated by the backlash over the E3 tweet last year. However, it's encouraging to see women finally receiving the respect they deserve and is way past due.

EA recently suggested adding NFTs recently suggested that they could add NFTs to FC 24. EA FC Coins though the inclusion of non-fungible tokens into the famous soccer franchise could be a cause for concern. NFTs are gaining popularity particularly in the gaming sector, with titles such as Blankos Block Party that incorporate digital ownership in video games. For example playing NFT video games firm Mythical Games garnered $75 million in funding, which paved the way for the series of NFT-based games. As the the interest in this controversial method of digital ownership rises, EA is looking to join the party.