NCAA Football 2K14?

Lazarus52980

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Since EA no longer has exclusive rights to the NCAA football games, does anyone know if someone else is actually going to come out with one? I was not able to find anything on a quick internet search, but would be very excited if someone is.

Anyone else hoping for this to come out?
 

smackababy

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I doubt it. A few studios have mad non-licensed footballs that failed miserably. I guess they might try another, but who knows.
 

Sulaco

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It's not happening.

First off, we're now into April. For a brand new "from the ground up" football game, with a new engine and animations, it would already have to be well under way at this point, far enough along for screenshots to be available.
Second, they (whichever studio) would have to have acquired the NCAA license, which would have to have happened sometime last year at the latest, and would have been big news. No such news is out there, on either front.

My dream was always that since most other devs are reluctant to challene EA on the juggernaut that is Madden with the NFL license, creating a new NCAA game would be the perfect alternative. Sadly, it's just too big a financial undertaking and risk for most studios. EA is so entrenched.

As an aside, it's funny to think there hasn't been an official, sanctioned competitor to EA's NCAA franchise since the PS1 days**! And to be honest, EA's college football games were usually far superior. Game Breaker was the last major competition left, and for the last several years of its life, EA's NCAA was clearly superior all-around.

**EDIT: I take that back. I forgot about 2K's NCAA College Football on the Dreamcast! Gooood times. :)
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