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GameSpot has posted a video featuring Designer Alex Howell showcasing NCAA Football 12. In the 28-minute video, host Shaun McInnis interviews Howell regarding all game areas of improvement while Howell plays as his alma mater Auburn vs. heated rival Alabama and shows-off Road to Glory. Continue on to see the video and then share your comments with the community. ...

The NCAA Football 12 product site has posted a new blog detailing the launch day update gamers will be prompted to download when first firing up the game on Tuesday.

Continue on to see the full details of the launch day update, courtesy producer Ben Haumiller. ...

Were you hoping for a different cover athlete for NCAA Football 12? EA SPORTS has just released downloadable alternative covers featuring the other cover athlete candidates: Nick Fairley, DeMarco Murray, and Jake Locker.

If you're looking for a custom cover of a different student-athlete, make sure to check out our NCAA Football 12 Custom Covers thread. ...

This year, the Prima Games NCAA Football 12 Strategy Guide has new authors - Sgibs7 and ZFarls from MaddenBible.com. Two of the most respected and talented football gamers in the Madden NFL & NCAA Football communities, the duo has been hard at work over the last few months writing the strategy guide for each title.

Here is the Amazon product description for the 224-page guide:

* Find information about your school. We cover ALL colleges in this years edition.
* Team offensive playbook, player ratings, and offensive/defensive depth charts for 120 colleges.
* Develop offensive schemes that will drive your opponent to call a timeout.
* In-depth expert strategy teaches the "5 Formations for Success" technique designed to simplify and exploit your opponent.

Continue on for an interview with Strategy Guide co-author Zach Farley to tell you more about what you'll find in the guide for this year. ...

SportsGamerBlog.com has posted an audio interview with NCAA Football 12 Developer Ben Haumiller talking about some of the changes that we'll see in the game this year. While most of this has already been covered through other mediums, there does seem to be a few tidbits here and there that haven't really been touched on in the past. Continue after the break for a breakdown of what's included as well as the audio interview itself. ...

ESPN SportsNation is partnering with EA SPORTS to give you, the fans, the chance to determine which school has the best tradition in college football.

SportsNation has taken 16 of the best traditions from the college gridiron (narrowed from 25 based upon fan voting on Facebook) and put them in a bracket-style tournament to the death, in which your vote determines which tradition advances. Every Tuesday (at noon ET), they will open a new round of voting until one school is declared the winner. The winning school will receive hundreds of copies of EA's "NCAA Football 12" on the day of game's release (July 12), courtersy of SportsNation and EA SPORTS.

So vote now, then tune in to "SportsNation" (4 p.m. ET, ESPN2) for voting updates and don't forget to share the bracket on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #NCAAFootballTraditions

UPDATE: Championship Round voting is now open - Florida State vs. Michigan. ...

With Coaching Carousel coming to NCAA Football 12, community members everywhere have been making plans for their Dynasty and/or Online Dynasty. Many Dynasties will begin with members taking over as head coach or coordinator of a relatively low Prestige program and they will work to climb up the ranks.

These same Dynasty (and Online Dynasty) members will customize their coach both visually and also his offensive and defensive style. Let’s look at the coach customization options in the game. ...

The NCAA Football 12 Community Event Attendees have been hard at work to share with the community as much information, images, and videos with the community. With 16 attendees having early access to the game, there is lots of NCAA Football 12 goodness to absorb. We encourage you to continue to ask questions and request media and information, just be sure to use the proper threads in the Q&A Section. Continue after the break where we've included the media that we've shared here on The Gaming Tailgate. ...

The NCAA Football 12 Online Dynasty & TeamBuilder websites are now live.

As Kotaku's Owen Good wrote in an article today, this is an ideal time for users to recreate their high school team and rivals on the TeamBuilder site for use in NCAA 12's revamped Road to Glory Mode. After browsing the site, share your thoughts here and post your created teams in our TeamBuilder sub-forum. ...