EA Finally Reveals College Football Video Game Date

Pitt Panthers and college football fans won't have to wait much longer for EA Sports' new college football video game.

PITTSBURGH -- Within a couple of months, Pitt Panthers fans and the rest of the college football world will be able to play their favorite sport right from the comfort of their own home.

EA Sports teased the release of College Football 25 earlier this year, promising that a reveal would come in May and the official release would be later in the summer. Now there is finally a release date that Pitt fans and many others have been waiting for - the game will be available for purchase on July 19th, according to a report from Bro Bible's Dov Klieman.

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 since the last version of the game was released, fans can expect some more personal touches added to the players. Jersey names could come back among other tweaks to give it a more personal 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. Now all players who opt to be included in the game will be compensated with $600 and a free copy of the game each.

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