• NCAA Football 13 Demo Available Now on XBL & PS3

    The NCAA Football 13 demo is now available on both XBL (queue download from web here) and PSN.

    The demo features one Heisman Challenge match-up (of co-cover athlete Robert Griffin III) and several match-ups from Week 10: USC-Oregon, LSU-Alabama, Kansas State vs. Baylor. All match-ups consist of four three-minute quarters with Studio Updates, however the Heisman Challenge game features four five-minute quarters with defense supersimmed.

    Sharing the demo with a friend will unlock five Nike Pro-Combat uniforms for use in the retail version of the game: LSU, Navy, Stanford, Boise State, Ohio State. Playing through each Dynasty Experience match-up will unlock WR Tim Brown, RB Archie Griffin, and QB Jim Plunkett for use in Heisman Challenge in retail version.

    After downloading and playing the demo, share your impressions and feedback here with the community. Continue on to see a video detailing what you can expect in the demo.





    Articles from EA
    Get the Demo
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    Hey Everyone, Ben Haumiller here and with July 10th
    fast approaching it’s time to talk about this year’s demo. First off, I’m happy to announced that the demo is now available for download, so rather than just hear about the buzz coming out of E3, you will get a chance to get your hands on the game and check out all of the great gameplay improvements for yourself.We are very excited about this year’s demo for two reasons; first, we are giving you a deeper look at what’s new than ever before, and second, we have never provided more rewards for checking out the demo.Before we get into the details, let’s take do a quick overview of the menu and we will dive into the features from there. You will see that we are providing a preview of the new Heisman Challenge, a Dynasty Mode experience, and the ability to share the demo with a friend.

    Heisman Challenge presented by NissanFirst let’s start with the Heisman Challenge. For the first time ever you will have the chance to experience what it’s like to be a Heisman Trophy winner. There are 16 former Heisman recipients involved in the Heisman Challenge in the full retail version of the game, but for the demo we are giving you a chance to play as 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. You will be able to put RG3 on one of the six teams included in the demo, and experience for yourself the new Total Control passing system. You can also check out the all new Reaction Time feature which gives you the ability to “slow the game down” and take the time to make the split-second decisions that came so natural to these Heisman greats.
    Dynasty ExperienceWith the addition of ESPN Studio Updates and the Bottom Line ticker to Dynasty Mode, we wanted to give you a feel for how the stories of the day will be revealed to you depending on when your game is being played. To do this, we are going to drop you into a Dynasty that has been simmed to week 10 of the upcoming college football season. We chose week 10 for two very important reasons, Oregon @ USC and Alabama @ LSU. Since both of those games are played in week 10 it was the natural choice for our Dynasty experience week. With RG3 being playable in the Heisman Challenge it also felt right for us to select Baylor as one of the teams in our other matchup, and we opted for Kansas State as Baylor’s opponent.When you select the Dynasty Experience from the menu you will be brought to the schedule screen where you will have the ability to select any of these three matchups. Each one is at a different time of day so that you will get to experience the “stories of Saturday” from three different perspectives.
    Once you select your game it’s time to head in and check out all of those new gameplay improvements like Total Control Passing, Read and React Defensive AI, and more. Not only that, you can also follow all of the action around the country through the Bottom Line and Studio Updates with Rece Davis.

    Heisman Challenge UnlockAs a reward for checking out the demo, we are going to give you three Heisman Challenge athletes for use in the full retail version ofNCAA Football 13. By completing each of the three demo matchups (either through the Heisman Challenge or the Dynasty experience) you will unlock classic Heisman winners Jim Plunkett, Tim Brown, and Archie Griffin.

    Share the DemoIn addition to the Heisman Challenge unlocks, we are also giving you 5 Nike Pro Combat uniforms just for telling a friend to check out the NCAA Football 13 demo. All you need to do is share the demo once and you will unlock the Nike Pro Combat uniforms for Navy, Stanford, Ohio State, LSU, and Boise State:


    Now that you’ve got the details, go download that demo and start enjoying your first hands-on peek at NCAA Football 13. Be sure to preorder the game, and get ready for the full experience on July 10th.




    How to Download the Demo
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    With the NCAA Football 13 demo available to download now, it’s time to get your hands on this year’s game, check out all of the new gameplay improvements, and unlock your 5 Nike Pro Combat Uniforms as well as your three Heisman Challenge Athletes. If you’ve never downloaded a demo before, here’s what you need to do:
    Xbox Live Demo Download Steps
    1. From Xbox Home go to the Games section
    2. Select Games Marketplace
    3. Go to the Demos section and select New Releases
    4. Select the NCAA Football 13 Demo
    5. Select Free Download
    6. Select Confirm Download
    Visit the Xbox 360 Marketplace

    PlayStation® Store Demo Download Steps
    1. On the Cross Menu Bar (XMB) of the PlayStation go to PlayStation Store icon under the account menu option (the second column from the right).
    2. Once you select this it will load you into the PlayStation Store.
    3. In the Store Menu go to PlayStation Demos option to get a list of demos.
    4. Here you should see a list of demos that are currently available to download.
    Note: This could be broken into sub sections like Action/Adventure, Sports, Racing, etc. You want to pick “Sports” or “New”.
    5. Here is where you can find the NCAA® Football 13 Demo and can select it.
    6. In this screen select the demo and choose to download the file which will be free and install it.
    7. Once the install is done to access it you need to go back to the XMB.
    8. On the XMB go to the Game column (fourth from the right) and you will an NCAA® Football 20th Anniversary logo that is the new demo.
    The NCAA Football 13 demo will be available on PlayStation® Store June 6 at 7PM EDT/4PM PDT

    Comments 659 Comments
    1. kindella2's Avatar
      kindella2 -
      3 min qtrs is great. more time to see whats changed and dissect this Draft. Im going to reserve my comments for Heisman mode til i have played the demo.
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      Nine new demo screenshots added to our NCAA 13 Info Central page. They should be appearing shortly at the bottom of the images on the right side.
    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      Damn you G. You made it sound like it was something that was added to the actual game that was going to be the announcement. Jesus Christ, that was crueler than a JB tease!
    1. SCClassof93's Avatar
      SCClassof93 -
      Quote Originally Posted by psusnoop View Post
      Pretty much going to squash NCAA 12 for me now that the Demo will be live today or tomorrow
      From what I can tell, you should be on the driving range . I will grab the demo in the morning and give it a try. Will be difficult to play much during U.S. Open week-know that!
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
      Damn you G. You made it sound like it was something that was added to the actual game that was going to be the announcement. Jesus Christ, that was crueler than a JB tease!
      Link? Trust me, I know based on how EA worded things with "another big announcement", it made it sound like it was another game feature or something but I made sure to never word it that way myself. It was just that everyone already had "game feature" in their mind when they started reading my posts.
    1. TIMB0B's Avatar
      TIMB0B -
      Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
      Yes. Originally they expected that the demo wouldn't be available for another couple of weeks but it went through certification faster than expected so they were able to share it earlier than expected.
      Does this mean that they will be able to work out the kinks before the official release and have a patch ready? Is this what demos are for, or simply just a teaser for the gamers?
    1. Geauxlden's Avatar
      Geauxlden -
      I like how they've packaged this demo, with the wk 10 dynasty matchups and the studio updates. Can't wait to play it, hope to see some improvements from '12.
    1. Gator3guy's Avatar
      Gator3guy -
      Quote Originally Posted by TIMB0B View Post
      Does this mean that they will be able to work out the kinks before the official release and have a patch ready? Is this what demos are for, or simply just a teaser for the gamers?
      Mostly just a teaser. Last year they said they were using the demo to get feedback and tune the game (through tuners) for release day. That never happened.
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Quote Originally Posted by TIMB0B View Post
      Does this mean that they will be able to work out the kinks before the official release and have a patch ready? Is this what demos are for, or simply just a teaser for the gamers?
      With the demo being out this early, feedback this week MIGHT be able to impact the first patch but no guarantees. Usually it takes about a month or so to go through internal and external certification for patches and such. That leads to a very narrow window but obviously if there's some major complaint that comes out the first day the demo arrives, then EA can possibly address that in the patch (if they haven't already addressed it since creating the demo).
    1. oweb26's Avatar
      oweb26 -
      Quote Originally Posted by psusnoop View Post
      Pretty much going to squash NCAA 12 for me now that the Demo will be live today or tomorrow
      Quote Originally Posted by SCClassof93 View Post
      From what I can tell, you should be on the driving range . I will grab the demo in the morning and give it a try. Will be difficult to play much during U.S. Open week-know that!
      TGW 13 going that bad for you snoop?
    1. ThaShark316's Avatar
      ThaShark316 -
      I went to the XBox site to try and download it...and it worked when I turned on the console. I think it's available that way...try and see, folks.
    1. oweb26's Avatar
      oweb26 -
      Quote Originally Posted by ThaShark316 View Post
      I went to the XBox site to try and download it...and it worked when I turned on the console. I think it's available that way...try and see, folks.
      I can confirm its there I saw that about 30 min ago, but I can't say if it works as I am at work.

      It does say its waiting to be downloaded to my xbox.

      My wife confirmed that it was downloading for me so I guess its downloading something as she is not that xbox savvy.

      Attachment 467

      The spot online shold look like this.
    1. NaptownMVP's Avatar
      NaptownMVP -
      Quote Originally Posted by ThaShark316 View Post
      I went to the XBox site to try and download it...and it worked when I turned on the console. I think it's available that way...try and see, folks.
      Confirm. Search for NCAA 13 and then hit "All Xbox 360 Results" and it's at the bottom.
    1. Treadstone6700's Avatar
      Treadstone6700 -
      I clicked "Try Demo" on the XBL website and when I booted up my Xbox it was downloading the Trailer...
    1. Treadstone6700's Avatar
      Treadstone6700 -
      Update: Just went to NCAA Football 13 on my Xbox and the demo is available for me now 1.98 GB, downloading now
    1. NaptownMVP's Avatar
      NaptownMVP -
      Hold up. Just checked my Xbox. Demo is stuck in "Pending Downloads". When I try to start it manually, it won't.
    1. Geauxlden's Avatar
      Geauxlden -
      Mine is downloading slowly, 6% right now.
    1. beartide06's Avatar
      beartide06 -
      I can confirm this. It is in the "New Release" section for the demos. I am downloading it now.
    1. psusnoop's Avatar
      psusnoop -
      Quote Originally Posted by oweb26 View Post
      TGW 13 going that bad for you snoop?
      This is a very very bad start to the season. I didn't log enough time to build up my guy and more importantly my clubs and it's costing me with long shots into the par 5's and such.

      I'm slowly building things back to normal LOL.
    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      Downloading right now. Fuck yeah.