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Pitt Joins EA Sports College Football Video Game

Pitt Panthers fans will officially be able to play as their favorite team in the new college football video game.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Joins EA Sports College Football Video Game
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have made an official announcement - they will be a feature of the new EA Sports College Football video game, set to be released this summer. 

Pitt athletics announced this week that the Panthers will join the rest of the 133 FBS schools as playable teams in the highly-anticipated return of college football to video game form. 

This game has been a long-time coming for college football fans. The last edition of the EA's NCAA Football video game series came out in the summer of 2013 and 11 years later, it will return under a different name. That a new game was being created was announced in 2021 and updates have been few and far between ever since.

Brandon Marcello of 247Sports reported last month that the new game will be built on the same engine as EA Sports' Madden franchise. There will, however, be differences in gameplay, playbooks and the settings that make college football unique, like mascots, bands and other stadium traditions. The "Dynasty" and "Road to Glory" modes will also return.

And with Name, Image and Likeness rules having been relaxed, fans can expect some more personal touches added to the players. Jersey names could come back among other tweaks as well. The game was originally discontinued because of a lawsuit from former players who were featured in the game, but couldn't receive a cut of its profits. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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