Pitt Breaking: EA Sports Announces College Football Release Date
PITTSBURGH -- Pitt fans will soon get to play as their favorite Panthers in the new EA Sports College Football video game, which now has a firm release date, EA announced this week.
Pitt fans can expect a full reveal of the game to come this May and it will be fully released sometime during the summer, EA Sports announced through the official Twitter account of the game.
This game has been a long-time coming for college football fans. The last edition of the EA's NCAA Football video game series came out in the summer of 2013 and 11 years later, it will return under a different name. That a new game was being created was announced in 2021 and updates have been few and far between ever since.
Brandon Marcello of 247Sports reported last month that the new game will be built on the same engine as EA Sports' Madden franchise. There will, however, be differences in gameplay, playbooks and the settings that make college football unique, like mascots, bands and other stadium traditions. The "Dynasty" and "Road to Glory" modes will also return.
And with Name, Image and Likeness rules having been relaxed, fans can expect some more personal touches added to the players. Jersey names could come back among other tweaks as well. The game was originally discontinued because of a lawsuit from former players who were featured in the game, but couldn't receive a cut of its profits.
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