Video Games

[Lobot]

Let the co-branding begin.

https://twitter.com/GoBEARCATS/status/1760683530596802776

[Lobot]

I think I ran the table 4 years in a row with the Bearcats in NCAA 09 in dynasty mode. Beat tOSU two years in a row

Small update. I just found this in a drawer, so If anyone out there still has an Xbox 360 in working conidtion and wants it, let me know. It's not one of the games that's on the list for backward compatibility on the newer Xboxs

[Lobot]

Good writeup on EA College Football '25 . Might be paywalled. (~$)

https://www.extrapointsmb.com/p/played-ea-sports-college-football-25-immediate-thoughts

[Lobot]

There's more from Matt Brown at Extra Points on the game this morning including mailbag Q&A with subscribers.

Matt's newsletter is $8 a month is you're interested. The newsletter usually focuses on the business end of college sports.

If you're a hard core gamer and want to read the stuff behind the paywall on EA College Football, here is a gift subscription link. I have two freebies to give away. First come, first served.

https://www.extrapointsmb.com/subscribe?ref=0mja6qMOsJ

[Lobot]

Launch Party at Rhinegeist coming up for College Football 25

https://gobearcats.com/news/2024/7/12/football-uc-hosting-ncaa-25-tournament-at-rhinegeist-brewery.aspx

[longtimefan]

When do we get the basketball game? I’d like to retire my PS3, but I still use it for March Madness 2010.

[Lobot]

When do we get the basketball game? I’d like to retire my PS3, but I still use it for March Madness 2010.

That's really good question. I have seen nothing on that front at all

[Lobot]

Anyone pull this down from the ether yet and play it?

[Flying Jalapeno]

Anyone pull this down from the ether yet and play it?

I played it last night. It's pretty good. I find it a lot harder, on All Pro mode, than the older games; in a good way. Much better than Madden. Its sad to see the Bearcats rated a 79 and the Redhawks an 84. The first thing I noticed is that I don't know anyone on this roster, besides a few. The amount of turnover is shocking.

[Lobot]

EA’s NCAA March Madness will return to shelves in the near future

update: This will release in time for 2028

[Lobot]

Looking back at this thread, College Football '25 was a huge deal when it was announced. Insider Gaming dropped a bombshell earlier this week that EA may drop the College Football franchise after College Football 27. Matt Brown at Extra Points dug into why this might happen.

EA paid NIL payments of about $600 per participating player in College Football 25 for roughly 7.5M total . For '27 that number has gone up to $1500 per player and a total of 20M. I don't have any idea what their development costs were from year to year but the '26 version of the game dropped out of the Top 10 sales list about 3 months earlier than '25. So increased expenses plus less sales. EA is also only obligated through it's licensing deal with the CLC to put out College Football 27. The contract ends after that. '

'27 should come out in July so you might want to grab that while it's available on your favorite gaming platform because it's likely to be the last version they put out (again).