Associate Designer Larry Richart has posted a new blog at the NCAA Football 11 website discussing a new momentum-based locomotion engine coming to the game.

"One of the first areas we concentrated on for NCAA Football 11 was to create more realistic player acceleration. In previous versions, there wasn't a noticeable difference between players with a high acceleration rating versus players with a lower one, as speed was the only thing that seemed to matter. For the first time in NCAA Football 11, acceleration will be a huge factor into how quickly a player can reach their top speed," said Richart. ...

NCAA Football 11 will have a new and fresh look (literally) thanks to the hard work by Art Director Jean Adams and his team which you can read about at the NCAA Football 11 website.

Adams: "This lighting technique allows us to more accurately control the material properties of everything that makes up the player. To put it in basic terms, we now have control over how bright or dark things get without losing detail. It also helps us get the authentic color on the uniforms. Linear lighting also allows us to tune helmets, jerseys, and other player gear in a much more realistic way." ...

Roy Harvey, the new NCAA Football Executive Producer, has posted a blog discussing the 'new game plan' he and the team have for the storied franchise this season. This year's title focuses on three aspects: Core Experience, Authenticity, and Innovation.

"Before officially taking the helm I had a number of weeks to prepare and transition from my old gig. The previous NCAA Football 10 team was still wrapping things up so it gave me time to do a lot of research. I spoke to everyone on the team, reviewed our metrics, read the game reviews, forums posts, blogs, the love letters, the hate mail, and even watched a few poignant YouTube videos created by our most passionate fans. And while it's clear we did get a lot of things right, we also recognize we have some work to do to take this game from good to great," said Harvey. ...

What a way to kick off the first news of the year for NCAA Football 11. In the first blog of the year, developer Ben Haumiller confirmed the following additions coming to the game: On-field referees, 9-man gang-tackles, auto-save, auto-load rosters, and the return of Formation Subs. Visit the official NCAA Football 11 website for the full blog ...