Has announced a partnership with that could deliver a new college football masterpiece. The game is tentatively titled Gridiron Champions and is in the process of completing funding for a speculated 2019 release. According to, “Gridiron Champions is currently scheduled for a 2019 release date on PC and the latest consoles, giving the team the time they want to hit their 2017 funding goal and spend the entirety of 2018 developing.” As IMV is trying to raise $5 million to fund the game, news has leaked that this first edition may not have actual college names, logos, mascots, and more.
This was obviously one of the biggest draws and selling points of the EA Sports franchise since it debuted as Bill Walsh College Football in 1993. While you wait for further news on the possible return of an NCAA football video game, let's relive the 1993 version in all its 16-bit glory.
If EA Sports gets its way, you won't have to rely on old versions of the 'NCAA Football' video game to get you through the summer. Or on our hypothetical 'NCAA Football' position ratings, which you can see and courtesy of shameless plugs.
Jul 11, 2017 - Rankings of all 130 teams, in the three categories the old games used. EA Sports isn't releasing a college football game this year, just as it hasn't since NCAA Football 14 came out in 2013. Bowling Green, MAC, 74, 78, 69. NCAA Football 13 is an American football video game published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon.It is the successor to NCAA Football 12 in the NCAA Football series.
According to one EA executive, the beloved, defunct video game is bound to make a comeback sooner or later. 'One day, I know we'll be back,' said EA's Chief Competition Officer Peter Moore in an. The last edition of the franchise was ' 14.' By that time, both EA and the NCAA (along with Collegiate Licensing Company) were at the center of major litigation started by former college athletes demanding compensation for the use of their likeness. Eventually, the legal process rolled into the more all-encompassing Ed O'Bannon antitrust case. In the fallout of NCAA Football's demise, players began receiving checks for the use of their likeness. 'What happened is 'NCAA Football' became the lightning rod for bigger issues regarding college athletes getting paid for their performances, not only in football, but all college sports,' Moore said.
There have been passing rumors that 'NCAA Football' was making a comeback, but this is the most concrete evidence that such hopes will come to fruition. Exactly when that will happen, though, is unknown. 'NCAA Football' is indeed missed, and it will be a great day if/when it returns.
But if it does make a comeback, it needs to do so under the right -- and legal -- circumstances.