College Football Coming To Consoles in 2020

[nevadaballin]

And NOT from EA.

Oddly enough, i first saw this info over at Golf Digest. Some article quotes followed by full article link:

OK, so let's start with the good news: After a five year absence, the college football video game is officially returning to modern consoles thanks to Gridiron Champions. The bad news? It doesn't feature any actual college football teams. Half a decade later, the issue that eventually sunk EA's beloved NCAA Football franchise—that the names and likenesses of players cannot be used because neither the NCAA nor game developers are allowed to compensate them for said names and likenesses—has yet to be resolved. The NCAA is still terrible and college athletes are still unpaid, so Gridiron Champions has been forced to come up with a, umm, creative solution: 126 completely fictional, completely customizable teams, such as...

Oklahoma Tech and Miss. A&M

The first edition of Gridiron Champions may not be an “NCAA Licensed” college football video game but it will be a college football video game nonetheless. The game will feature 126+ generic colleges & universities...the community will be able to completely customize their user experience. This customization includes: uniforms, stadiums, players, rosters, conferences, etc. We have a extremely detailed plan of how to make the first edition of Gridiron Champions as true to the college experience that you witness on Saturday within the constraints our generic model. With that in mind, the goal has always been and always will be to produce a fully licensed product BUT there is a PROCESS at play.

Article >> www.golfdigest.com/story/new-college-football-video-game-doesnt-actually-have-any-college-football-teams

I'll definitely be giving this a go. Unlike Madden, where the real teams and player names matter out of the box, college is different because of the high player turnover as they graduate, leave early for the NFL draft or get kicked out of school for nefarious behaviour

With the complete customization, there will be people renaming everything to the reality side as far as the universities go. Not sure if the game will have an Upload/Download Vault for sharing but if it does, you can count on some tweeker staying up for 72 hours straight getting the player names and ratings set up too.

Looking forward to seeing what it's all about.

[nevadaballin]

Game site link >> www.imackulatevisiongaming.com/home

[scampi00]

It's going to boil down to gameplay. The graphics should be passable enough and the community for it will be able to eventually replicate the actual NCAA. I spent an absurd amount of time in TeamBuilder for NCAA series creating FCS teams. I have a soft spot for the Missouri State Bears logo for some reason.

Anyways, do you remember the game Backbreaker? It was big into customization like this, although it was for NFL not College. Gameplay was terrible though despite the tackling engine it boasted. Either way, I'm definitely looking forward to this. Oh, the recruiting system better be well thought out too. It was my favorite part of the college games.

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If the game plays well and has a real authentic college style coaching experience, I don't mind if I'm stuck with the Pennsylvania Water Buffaloes or Boise Smelly Unwashed Unibombers.

[nevadaballin]

Apr 24, 2018 19:48:37 GMT -5 scampi00 said:

It's going to boil down to gameplay. The graphics should be passable enough and the community for it will be able to eventually replicate the actual NCAA. I spent an absurd amount of time in TeamBuilder for NCAA series creating FCS teams. I have a soft spot for the Missouri State Bears logo for some reason.

Anyways, do you remember the game Backbreaker? It was big into customization like this, although it was for NFL not College. Gameplay was terrible though despite the tackling engine it boasted. Either way, I'm definitely looking forward to this. Oh, the recruiting system better be well thought out too. It was my favorite part of the college games.

I did the same in Team Builder.... Nevada State and enjoyed the hell out of building up the program.

Also remember Backbreaker. It had a ton of hype when people were clamoring for a game to challenge Madden but like you said, the gameplay didn't deliver.  2K also had All Pro football with the customization but it just wasn't engaging, plus i was never a fan of 2K's football gameplay anyway.

If this Gridiron Champions has the gameplay right, then I'm going to need more hours in a day

[jacobkessler]

Doubt I’ll be able to use something teambuilder to create my Flyers as always but I’m still looking forward to this!