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EA Sports College Football: Freedom of Information Act requests reveal release date

Alex Weberby:Alex Weber•06/17/22
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The return of the beloved NCAA Football video game could be imminent, with NIL developments helping make games like this a possibility once again. The website Extra Points With Matt Brown recently filed an Open Record Request, and he found EA Sports’ proposal for a new college football video game, which partially read:

“EA’s aim is to release a stand-alone college football game in July of 2023, allowing for the two-year game development window necessary for collecting game assets and developing game play to meet the current market demands for a unique college football game while following NCAA guidelines.”

They also added, “the game development is in full swing.”

The report also states that “nearly 120 institutions, athletic conferences and bowl games” have “conceptually approved participation,” so far. This thing is already in the works for EA Sports.

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Starting Jan. 14, Alabama and Ohio State will be added to the list of preexisting EA Sports campus legends teams. Players can use a list of college teams in-game that includes Clemson, LSU, Texas, Miami, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Florida, Oklahoma and USC.

“Campus Legends is back in Superstar KO!” EA Sports wrote on its website. “Select college icons are now equipped with Superstar X-Factor abilities to send your gameplay to new heights and new players have been added.”

EA Sports has drawn interest from a myriad of college sports fans in recent months. The franchise also announced that the company plans to finally relaunch the long-beloved NCAA Football video game in 2023. The company’s announcement that the NCAA Football game would in fact make its return, which came on Feb. 2, 2021, was incredibly well-received by its fans. The initial tweet netted well over 200,000 likes and roughly 140,000 retweets.