EA Sports is Electronic Arts' sports video game brand, behind long-running series such as FIFA, Madden NFL and NHL, and 'It's in the game' has been its signature slogan since the 1990s. The line was played at the start of many EA Sports titles, so players heard it every time they loaded a match, and that repetition turned it into a piece of shared gaming nostalgia. It later spread beyond games into sports edits, parody intros and short-form videos, where creators use the familiar voice to signal that something competitive, dramatic or impressively athletic is about to happen.