EA Sports College Football: The rise, fall — and return — of a beloved video game
If all goes according to plan, the 2022 college football season will be the last without a new video game in circulation.
theathletic.com
the article is fun as it's a nice little bit of history around the game. not a lot of new news, i parsed it below:
A few notes / quotes:
July 2023 launch
Likely to only be available on next-gen consoles (this was news to me)
Likely to include 12 team playoff expansion
Link to audio assets submitted to EA, via FIOA requests - this is paywalled. Does anyone have access and did UCF submit? (https://www.extrapointsmb.com/ea-sports-college-football-audio-asset-tracker/)
Licensing is a mess because you can't just secure a bulk NCAA NIL deal for player names. So some teams have 'group licensing' plans in place, others don't, and teams use different agencies for the licensing so it's a patchwork to deal with. (editorializing: This seems like it is WAY more complicated than it should be.. CFB needs a commissioner BADLY)
Dynasty mode and career modes expected to return
No info on microtransactions
Again, article is worth a read even though the actual news here is sparse
