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- Game Update #2 for NCAA Football 12 is expected to be available by the end of the month following submission and then passing certification at Microsoft and Sony. OS Radio has reported that the dev team is also working on Live Tuning Package that will go live with the game update.

- This is the final week of the EA SPORTS Game Changers Championship Series. Keep playing games to make a final push before bowl season.

- Check out the NCAA Football 12 Top Five Plays of the Week for August. Visit this link to see the video and leave your top highlights in the comments section.

- EA SPORTS president Peter Moore has been named Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts. Andrew Wilson will be the new president of EA SPORTS.

- The Madden NFL 12 demo will be available Tuesday, August 9 and it features a full game of Packers vs. Bears. Prima Madden is offering a special rate to any community members who purchase guides from their site. Enter GAMINGTAILGATE at checkout and receive 20% off!

- Join The Gaming Tailgate and our College Football Challenge on ESPN.com. Visit this thread for information on how to sign-up for the Challenge.

- Amazon currently has $20 pre-order credit for Madden NFL 12, NHL 12 & FIFA 12 and a $10 pre-order credit for NBA 2K12. ...

EA SPORTS is launching EA SPORTS Season Ticket, a new subscription based service that will allow members to download full games early, a discount on DLC, free premium web content, and membership recognition.

Available starting today in the X-Box Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network Store and exclusive North American retail partner GameStop, gamers can purchase a yearly membership for $24.99 (or 2000 MS Points) that will allow them to download full EA SPORTS titles over three days before the full retail release. The games confirmed to be part of the program at launch include: Madden NFL 12, FIFA 12, NHL 12, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13, and NCAA Football 13. More titles may be added at a later date, but NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is confirmed to not be part of the program. ...

Thanks to the hard work of the community, NCAA Football 12 rosters are now available. As always, roster files are meant to be distributed freely and never paid for. Spread the word about FREE rosters to all of your friends and fellow NCAA Football community members.

Roster files can be downloaded via EA Locker, an in-game feature. You do NOT need to add these users to your friends list. How to get the rosters via EA Locker: From the game's main menu, click on Team Management > Roster Sharing > Download > Download (again). Continue on for full instructions on how to download rosters. ...

Wednesday afternoon, the Twitter account for EA SPORTS NCAA Football (@EANCAAFootball) - maintained by EA SPORTS Community Manager Justin Dewiel - shared the following information for any NCAA Football fans who might want to put together their own feedback e-mails or issue/bug reports to e-mail to members of the development team. ...

In this press release from EA, the company has posted early record-setting sales numbers for NCAA Football 12.

Electronic Arts Inc. announced Tuesday that NCAA Football 12 generated its largest first two weeks at retail (July 12 – July 26) on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms in franchise history. Based on internal estimates, after two weeks of sales NCAA Football 12 is up 17 percent year-on-year with more than 700,000 units sold through. ...

- Per Operation Sports, the NCAA Football 12 dev team is hard at work on a second game patch which will address (among other issues) the Start screen crash and a glitch related to player tendencies changing upon roster editing.

- Madden Bible.com's Mad-Den TV breaks down Quarters Defense and the Flexbone Normal Quick Option in NCAA Football 12.

- How would you rank the Top Five NCAA Football games of all-time? SportsGamerShow weighs in with their picks.

- Courtesy gschwendt, here is an easy way to invite your friends to a game of NCAA Football 12 while in-game, which is particularly helpful for PS3 gamers.

- Make sure to share your game feedback and wish list items for NCAA Football 13 in our Wish List and Feedback Forum.

- Listen to The Game Changers Round Table every Tuesday night at 9 PM ET.

- NBA 2K12 will feature three different covers of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan.

- We are currently in week 9 of 12 in the first season of the Tailgate Golf Association within Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12. In a little over a month, we will start season two; however, you do not have to wait til we start season two to get in the action. Head over to this thread to sign up for season two, and let us know if you'd like to get started right away with the tail-end of season one. Click here to head over to the signup thread.- ...

Electronic Arts, the developers behind the classic football videogame series, the latest of which is NCAA Football 12, will play Xbox LIVE Gold members in a Game with Developers event. They'll be online Thursday, July 21, from 7-10 PM ET (4-7 PM PT) so don your shoulder pads and get in a few practice games while you can.

Continue on to see the full list of Gamertags to send friend requests or game invites to. ...

The NCAA Football 12 Online Dynasty website will be receiving an upgrade in the near future. When visiting the current OD website, a 'Coming Soon' tab shows five screenshots that preview the upcoming changes.

The changes appear to streamline Online Dynasty info while also emulating ESPN.com in some regards. No date has been announced for the changes, however it may be timed to upgrade when the “Week Advance Anywhere” premium DLC is launched in August.

After viewing the sreenshots, share your thoughts on the changes with The Gaming Tailgate community. ...

On the night of the NCAA Football 12 release, The Solid Verbal interviewed designer Russ Kiniry. During the show, Ty and Dan discuss NCAA Football 12 and it's new features, community requests, the next frontier in gaming, and more.

The Solid Verbal reached out to The Gaming Tailgate community earlier this week to gather some questions from the community that you will hear answered during the show. Click here to listen to the podcast. ...