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EA's Ben Haumiller joined Wednesday's IGN "Up At Noon" and explained why physics work in this year's NCAA and how you can get into the industry.

Video Link - http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/03...noon-interview

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EA SPORTS has posted the official first look at the "new gameplay engine in NCAA Football 14 which unlocks the unpredictability and innovation of college football, bringing multiple college play-styles to life.

"Featuring real-time physics and enhanced running game that allows users to feel the big plays on offense and defense, with big hits, stiff-arms, include realistic hard cuts when a runner is changing direction, improved run blocking and a new acceleration burst that lets you get around the corner or through the hole and into the open field."

Continue on to view the gameplay teaser video. ...

ESPN's Jon Robinson provides us with the first-look at NCAA Football 14.

I’ve been running the virtual option since “Bill Walsh College Football” on the Sega Genesis. That makes me either a wishbone expert or just plain old (although I’ll settle for being an old expert).

So when I got my hands on “NCAA Football 14” for the first time at a special preview event in San Francisco, and some of the featured points of emphasis about the new game were all of the enhancements made to the option, I seriously spent the next 20 minutes reading the outside linebacker and either pitching the ball wide, or tucking it down and running as the Oregon Ducks. And I couldn’t get enough.

And for gamers unfamiliar with how to run the various option plays, EA Sports is ready to teach you, even designating icons above certain defenders’ helmets to alert the offensive player about positioning, and whose movements in particular they need to read. So while running the read option to the right, the left outside linebacker will have a No. 1 over his head, and if he cuts inside, you’ll learn to pitch the ball to your running back. If the linebacker plays outside, then it’s time for the quarterback to keep the ball himself, cutting up inside the linebacker as he tries to work his way into the open field. Other plays, the linebacker will be the first read, but a defensive back will be the second read, so depending on the call, you might keep the ball when you see the linebacker get blocked, but when the safety moves up to make a play, you pitch the ball to your running back at the last second and try to work the sidelines for a long run. ...

EA SPORTS has released eight new screenshots of NCAA Football 14. In the screens, some updated uniforms and team aspects are noticeable as well as the Infinity Engine.

Check out the screens below and then share your thoughts with the community.

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The EA SPORTS NCAA Football Facebook account has just posted what appears to be the first screenshot of NCAA Football 14.


With the added comment of "One cut. Infinite possibilities." it all but confirms the expected - the Infinity Engine (first introduced in Madden 13) will be in NCAA Football 14.

Let us know your thoughts on this screenshot. Is there anything else new in the image? ...

In what seems to be an annual tradition, GameStop.com appears to have leaked a new feature in NCAA Football 14 - Ultimate Team.


GameStop pre-orders will receive the "exclusive NCAA Football Ultimate Team SEC Conference Pack including key SEC players and bonus game extension."

While Ultimate Team is extremely popular in other EA SPORTS titles, it is unclear how such a feature could exist in NCAA Football where there is no player license.

If this is true, are you excited for Ultimate Team? What are you hoping to see in it different from Madden, FIFA, or NHL?

(Hat tip: Operation Sports) ...

Monday afternoon, the EA SPORTS NCAA Football Facebook page posted a picture of Oregon RB Kenjon Barner with a caption reading "Sometimes...All you need is a step" while posting the comment that "NCAA Football takes the next step this week...", which seems to all but confirm that the first NCAA Football 14 news will be announced this week.


The March 25 edition of the Eye on College Football Podcast on CBSSports.com featured host Chip Patterson interviewing NCAA Football 14 cover athlete Denard Robinson. The two spent a few moments of the nine-minute podcast discussing Robinson being the winner of the NCAA Football Cover Vote. Robinson said that he "has been playing [NCAA Football] a long time" and that it is an "honor to be on the cover." He went on to add that there is a "big difference" between NCAA Football 13 & 14 and that 14 will be "one of the best NCAA games." While in Orlando for the cover shoot, he said he played a little bit of NCAA 14 and "think[s] it will be a great game," due in part to some "option (game) improvements."

While Robinson may have been vague in details, what improvements are you looking to see in the option game and what NCAA Football 14 news are you hoping to hear first? Share your thoughts with The Gaming Tailgate community in the comments. ...

Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target have posted product listings for the PlayStation 3 & X-Box 360 versions of NCAA Football 14. Amazon, Target & Wal-Mart each list a release date of July 9, 2013 which matches the annual release date of the second Tuesday of July.

While no game features have been leaked through the product description (as has sometimes been the case in the past), the 360 placeholder box art indicates that NCAA 14 will feature Kinect integration.

There has been no official word from EA SPORTS on any game features, except to expect info to begin being revealed within the next few weeks. ...

Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson will grace the cover of NCAA Football 14 after prevailing in a tense final vote against former Texas A&M wide receiver Ryan Swope.

"I want to say thank you to all the fans at Michigan for getting behind me," said Robinson, the NCAA's all-time leader in rushing yards by a quarterback. "Michigan has one of the best fan bases."
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