EA Sports removing Redskins name, logo from Madden NFL 21

Electronic Arts will remove the Washington Redskins team name and logo from Madden NFL 21 before the game's Aug. 25 release, the company confirmed to ESPN's Jacob Wolf.

"We are pleased to see Washington's decision to change their team name and visual identity," an EA spokesperson said in a statement. "We are quickly working to update Madden NFL 21 to feature a generic Washington team while we await word on the updated team name and logo design."

Hard copies of the game already in production will include the name and logo, but they will be removed once users connect the game to the internet.

The Washington franchise announced Monday it will retire the Redskins name and logo.