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Why Is NCAA Football Becoming EA Sports College Football?

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No official release date has yet been confirmed for EA Sports College Football, although Darren Rovell did recently say on Twitter that he’s spoken to an insider at the company who has suggested that the targeted release for EA Sports College Football is 2023.

What about the name change though? Why did NCAA Football need rebranding?

With the ever shifting landscape of college football and an ongoing fight for college athletes to be able to profit from their name and likeness; the new name should allow EA Sports more creative control and freedom for the future.

The current structure of college football is subject to change, and should any major changes occur in the next few years, or if the licensing structure shifts at all in the future; by avoiding the NCAA branding altogether, EA Sports is well prepared for this and able to pivot if necessary.

EA Sports College Football will be the first college football game from EA Sports since 2013’s NCAA Football 14.

NCAA Football Is Officially Coming Back

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There hasn’t been a new college football video game since NCAA Football 14 on the PS3/Xbox 360. EA Sports today took to Twitter, however, bringing us the news that we’ve all been waiting on for some years now.

EA Sports is officially bringing college football back to console, with the NCAA Football name seemingly being scrapped and replaced with the series title EA Sports College Football.

Whilst there’s not been too much information made available just yet; there’s already an official Twitter account and it’ll certainly be interesting to see how frequently it gets updated over the coming weeks and months.

With a timeframe of ‘the next couple of years’ being quoted though; the return is clearly not something that’s going to happen overnight. This is going to be an ongoing project over the course of the next few years and there are multiple variables here that are subject to change.

Whilst the greenlight has been lit for the return of college sports games; there are still a lot of things to be sorted and many moving parts in the equation. Will the game include feature the names and likeness of real life players? That all remains to be seen, so the name change kind of makes sense as this college football return may not be a strict successor to NCAA Football.

EA Sports may have to do things a bit differently here, but it’s certainly exciting news that they’re working on a new college football game anyway, and we’ll definitely be covering all the updates moving forward. So definitely stay tuned both here and on our YouTube channel to find out more as this all develops!