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EA Sports' NCAA football video game release date & more details to know about its return
EA Sports excited millions of fans when it announced the return of its popular NCAA football video game series in February.
The last college football video game that EA Sports released was "NCAA Football 14" with Michigan's Denard Robinson on the cover. It's been over eight years since that game came out, and fans have been begging for a new version ever since. They finally got their wish.
Fans are going to have to wait a while before actually playing the new version, though. The game isn't going to be available in 2021; it will spend a few years in development before a new version is released. In fact, in its announcement, EA Sports said, "We look forward to sharing more information as development progresses in the next couple of years."
So when exactly can fans expect the new version of NCAA Football?
NCAA football video game release date
- July 2023
EA Sports is expected to release its new NCAA football video game in July 2023, according to company documents. A leaked document was obtained by Matt Brown of Extra Points, and the proposed agreement has a four-year term from 2023-27. This would include four editions of the video game series.
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) June 25, 2021Got another copy of the EA Sports/CLC proposal to FBS schools, dated Jan 15, with fewer redactions than previous copies. Here's a bit more info on the money schools may make from the game:
Appears to be a four year license proposal pic.twitter.com/tVNegAXd8P
However, these dates are speculative based on the leaked document. EA Sports has not said July 2023 is the official release date for the video game series. In fact, EA Sports' only public comment on the matter, via ESPN, is saying there's currently "no date on when the game will return or even a date when the return will be announced other than it won't be coming back for this year."
Will EA Sports' NCAA football video game have player likeness?
EA Sports initially said it planned to move forward without rosters that include the names, images or likenesses of real college players. However that was before the NIL ruling, which allowed players to profit off their name, image and likeness.
Following the NIL ruling, EA Sports released a statement saying:
"We are watching the recent developments regarding student-athlete name, image and likeness very closely. It's still very early stages at this point, and we plan to explore the possibility of including players in EA SPORTS College Football. For now, our development team is focused on working with our partners at CLC to ensure the game authentically showcases the great sport of college football and the more than 100 institutions signed on to be featured in our game."
In other words, it's a possibility, but it's too early to know for sure.
Is it still called NCAA Football?
No. Fans of the video game franchise will have a hard time adjusting from calling it "NCAA Football." The new game will instead be called EA Sports College Football.
Why the change? EA Sports vice president and general manager Daryl Holt explained it to ESPN.
"It all starts really with where we see college football as going," Holt said. "There's a lot of things happening and there's a lot of things happening in sports. EA Sports College Football gives us a name and a brand to kind of work around for some things that might evolve as well as what we're focusing on really out of the gate, which is really the FBS Division I school and the road to the College Football Playoff and College Football Championship.
"So EA Sports College Football, we just felt, is the right name for the product for not only now but also as we move forward."
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Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/ncaa-football-video-game-release-date-ea-sports/1kxmk9a9k49ez1x3zf16s956hl