If EA wants to take its biggest title to the next level, it could learn a lot from Valve.

EA��s FIFA franchise is one of the most successful gaming series ever, its latest title dominating sales charts across the world since its release. Billions of hours are spent each month by players across the world playing FIFA on multiple consoles. Yet despite its huge fan base, competitive FIFA is still a relatively undeveloped scene �C especially when you compare it to MOBAs like Dota 2 with their die-hard fans and million dollar prize pools.

Whilst Gfinity and ESL��s online tournaments have opened FIFA up to competitive play a bit, the game will needs some major changes if it wants to grow as an eSport over the next few years. If EA does decide to step in and make some changes, it could grab a few ideas from Valve on how to build a successful competitive scene.

The major change FIFA��s professional scene needs is a developer sponsored tournament. Valve��s International provides a focus for its competitive players each year and its lucrative prize pool drives competition and attracts interest from gamers around the fifa coins world. Valve has recently even established a system of four Majors each year, which provides a focal point for professional players each quarter and helps makes acheter fifa coins Dota 2 a viable career choice for those talented enough to make it onto the professional circuit.

Yes, there��s an annual FIFA Interactive World Cup, but with a $20,000 prize it��s small fry �C we can��t help but wonder what would happen if EA opened the tournament up with televised events and even crowdfunding for the jackpot by some Compendium equivalent. Whilst this is a long way off for EA, a major tournament with some serious backing would give the competitive scene a massive boost.

A genuine competitive mode

Like FIFA, Dota 2 has multiple game modes and each one is fun in its own way. But whilst All Random Deathmatch is hilarious when you��re messing around, for professional matches Captains Mode is the format of choice since it provides the most balanced, team orientated gameplay. These matches are usually played out in a ��best of three�� format. In FIFA a competitive mode has not yet been established. Gfinity offers Ultimate Team and Head to Head ladder matches �C but Ultimate Team is a ��pay to win�� game mode to a certain extent, and you can bet that Head to Head matches will be played out by the five-star teams exclusively. FIFA needs a mode with reduced AI assistance to make the game feel more balanced and with rules in place to force a range of teams to be selected.