• 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
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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. Deuce's Avatar
      Deuce -
      I've been done with the demo for about a week and a half now. I usually only play 5 to 6 games on the demo so the game feels completely new when I get it. This is the first year I'm really struggling with that...2 and a half weeks seems like a long time!
    1. GatorfanStovy's Avatar
      GatorfanStovy -
      Is there any way I can download this for psn off my laptop and then install into my ps3?
    1. jaymo76's Avatar
      jaymo76 -
      Quote Originally Posted by souljahbill View Post
      Last night, I put in NCAA '12 to try finish off my current dynasty. After 4 possessions, I cut it off and played 2 games of the demo. The demo of 13 plays SOOOO much better then the retail version of 12 that 12 really is unplayable to me now. The passing trajectories and the sped up animations make all the difference in the world to me.
      Especially the leaping linebackers and psychic DB's. It's really shocking to see how different each version feels. 13 is vastly superior based on the demo.
    1. Rudy's Avatar
      Rudy -
      Quote Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy View Post
      Is there any way I can download this for psn off my laptop and then install into my ps3?
      I think that is a only a 360 option. As far as I know, patches and demos have to be downloaded directly on your PS3. Only system updates can be done this way but I'm not 100% sure.
    1. Rudy's Avatar
      Rudy -
      I wish EA would change the 3 day restriction for the Season Ticket package. It should be more like a true trial period where you get 3 days with the game as soon as you download it. Capping the trial when the full game releases seems like an unnecessary restriction. For myself, the only EA games I'm interested in are NCAA and Madden with NBA Live a smaller possibility (although the E3 reviews have kind of killed that buzz).

      $25 isn't a bad deal at all to rent a few games for 3 days. But to restrict us to only the 3 day period prior to release makes it less desirable. I'm gone to Wisconsin the weekend before NCAA comes out. The only day I could possibly use to check out NCAA 13 would be Monday. That really hurts any thought of me getting it to check out NCAA 13. This is especially crucial for me as NCAA 13 probably won't even be available to rent where I live. BB used to carry one copy but they went bankrupt.
    1. jaymo76's Avatar
      jaymo76 -
      Rudy, the same thing happened to me with Madden 12 last year. I got home on Sunday night and downloaded it and played my first game Monday morning. Overall though I still find the value is really good. I played all the titles this year, including the ones I have never played before (eg Tiger). Based on my one day with Madden 12 I felt the gameplay justified the purchase. With NCAA 13, if you only have it for a day, it won't matter. What you see is what you get with NCAA. If you liked the demo you will like the game and if you didn't like the demo then you won't like the game. All I really want to see at this point is how scouting works. Count me in the camp as seeing 13 as a very polished version of 12.
    1. psusnoop's Avatar
      psusnoop -
      Well said Jaymo and I can't wait to get my hands on NCAA!!
    1. GatorfanStovy's Avatar
      GatorfanStovy -
      Rudy,
      How would I do it for the 360 ? I have both I just don't want to leave my system / phone for wifi on all night / day while it downloads etc. But there may be no choice for that eh.
    1. Rudy's Avatar
      Rudy -
      Quote Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy View Post
      Rudy,
      How would I do it for the 360 ? I have both I just don't want to leave my system / phone for wifi on all night / day while it downloads etc. But there may be no choice for that eh.
      I'm not sure as I don't have a 360. Maybe someone else could help.
    1. psusnoop's Avatar
      psusnoop -
      Quote Originally Posted by GatorfanStovy View Post
      Rudy,
      How would I do it for the 360 ? I have both I just don't want to leave my system / phone for wifi on all night / day while it downloads etc. But there may be no choice for that eh.
      It only took me about 30 minutes to download and I don't have the fastest connection that is for sure.
    1. JeffHCross's Avatar
      JeffHCross -
      A few issues I saw when playing recently:
      * When playing with Alabama, there's a 5 WR Shotgun set (Shotgun - 5 WR Flex Trey, I believe). After calling (or audibling to) a play in that set, I cannot audible to another formation. Formation audibles do work, but it is not possible to call an audible that would change the formation. I believe calling a Global Audible that happened to be the same formation did work, but not totally sure I tested that. It's very similar to the audible restrictions on Wildcat formations.
      * While writing this post, I got Alabama with a different playbook than their real one (had some Shotgun Wing and Wing Offset formations, so I think it was Oregon's). They had a slightly different 5WR Set (Flex Trio, maybe) that had the same problem.

      * Alabama has a play in Shotgun Normal Y-Slot called Deep Post. I couldn't figure out what defense it was, but I saw, more than once, the Post route was left completely uncovered by the defense. It wasn't Cover 2, and I don't think it was Cover 3.

      * If you skip through the pre-game cinematics and get through the coin toss quickly, you can be coming to the LoS for your first play before Rece Davis has even handed the coverage over to Brad and Kirk. Davis continues to speak as if you're watching the pre-game. Very immersion killing (though I realize it's an understandable thing).
      * Ironically, this was the only time I didn't see them go to a Studio Update immediately following the kickoff.
      * Did it again, and this time I got a Studio Update. "Let's go to Brad and Kirk for the call." "Let's throw to Rece for a Studio Update".

      * While writing this post, I've paused the game both as Alabama (vs LSU) and as USC (vs Oregon). In both cases my pause menu text has been colored purple. On NCAA 11/12, it used the team color. I'd assume that this is a case where the demo isn't including some unnecessary code, but purple? Seems like a strange choice for a default case. Little worried that something strange is happening.
    1. gschwendt's Avatar
      gschwendt -
      Quote Originally Posted by JeffHCross View Post
      * While writing this post, I've paused the game both as Alabama (vs LSU) and as USC (vs Oregon). In both cases my pause menu text has been colored purple. On NCAA 11/12, it used the team color. I'd assume that this is a case where the demo isn't including some unnecessary code, but purple? Seems like a strange choice for a default case. Little worried that something strange is happening.
      I'm willing to bet that they'll still have team colored menu text and that you're seeing either Kansas State or LSU team colored text for all teams. I'm betting that is some strange issue tied to them using the Dynasty mode wrapped inside the demo.
    1. JeffHCross's Avatar
      JeffHCross -
      Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
      I'm willing to bet that they'll still have team colored menu text and that you're seeing either Kansas State or LSU team colored text for all teams. I'm betting that is some strange issue tied to them using the Dynasty mode wrapped inside the demo.
      That was my guess too, actually. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure, in 11/12, if it uses the color of the team you're playing, or of your Dynasty team at all times (within Dynasty). If the latter, that could easily explain it.
    1. JeffHCross's Avatar
      JeffHCross -
      Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
      Apparently there's a glitch that if you play a game in the demo and then turn around and play another game (without backing out to the main menu), you'll carry the first team's playbook with you. I wondered why Alabama had so much Shotgun in their playbook.
      Specifically, it looks like you keep the playbook of the Away/Home team of the first game. As in, if you play Oregon/USC, then play Alabama/LSU, Bama will get Oregon's playbook and LSU will get USC's. Regardless of which team you controlled in the first game.
    1. JeffHCross's Avatar
      JeffHCross -
      I just saw a DT pick up a fumble and proceed to break 6-10 tackles in the course of rumbling for about 30 yards. He was, much to my surprise, stopped before the endzone.
    1. baseballplyrmvp's Avatar
      baseballplyrmvp -
      minor thing, but a nice touch. i threw a bomb down the left sideline, receiver caught it, i juked left to make a defender miss, and proceeded to go another 30 yards before i was caught from behind.

      afterwards, the booth reviewed the play to see if i had stepped out of bounds when i juked the defender. i dont remember seeing ncaa12 do that.
    1. jaymo76's Avatar
      jaymo76 -
      I really need to get my hands on the sliders as I find the OL blocking/interaction is absolutely attrocious at times. Hopefully it can be addressed through sliders this year.
    1. ram29jackson's Avatar
      ram29jackson -
      Quote Originally Posted by JeffHCross View Post
      I just saw a DT pick up a fumble and proceed to break 6-10 tackles in the course of rumbling for about 30 yards. He was, much to my surprise, stopped before the endzone.


      an amateur explaination could be the low tackle ratings of offensive players
    1. PeteyKirch's Avatar
      PeteyKirch -


      Posted this on OS, just absolutely depressing to watch. I was Oregon, my TE and LT do nothing to the blitzing DE, just runs a loop around em.