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Courtesy EA Sports: On Monday the 14th, the demo for NCAA Football 11 was released on Xbox Live and the Playstation Marketplace, and so far the impressions have been overwhelmingly positive. But some are wondering, is the Demo truly NCAA Football 11? It came out a month before the game is due to hit shelves, so does that mean we put another month of work into the game after that? Yes it does! As a matter of fact, we finished the demo on the 1st of May and finished the game on the 1st of June. In this blog I will address some of the differences between the demo and the final product.

What's Been Done Since the Demo? Click Read More to see the list. ...

While at E3 in Los Angles, PastaPadre has compiled the team ratings from NCAA Football 11. As of this post, the first 8 teams are missing. We will add them in if/when available. MadScientist06 of MaddenMatrix.com has posted a video of all team ratings. He adds: Team ratings could change by the time the game goes Gold.

UPDATE - PastaPadre has posted team offensive styles for the majority of the teams in the game.

Continue on to see the list of team ratings, offensive styles, & team prestige. ...

XBox360Achievements.com has posted the full list of Achievements for NCAA Football 11. There are 50 Achievements worth 1,000 points. It is expected that this list is the same for Trophies on the PlayStation 3.

Some of the Achievements:

- Point Some Fingers (20) - In a single phone call, take 250 points away from one school by downplaying pitches.
- Options (25) - Score 35+ points in a game running an Option offense (excludes co-op).
- One Hit Wonder (25) - Get an instant commit from a prospect by offering a scholarship on a one topic call.
- Switcheroo (20) - Secure a commitment from a prospect that was a soft commit elsewhere.

Click Read More to view the full list of Achievements. ...

EA Sports has posted a first look at the new phone call system coming to recruiting in NCAA Football 11's Dynasty Mode. In this video, EA SPORTS Live Team member Andrew Johnson learns how to use the phone call from designer Ben Haumiller.

Click Read More to see the video and then share your thoughts with the community. ...

Tuesday afternoon, it appeared that the TeamBuilder website had been updated for NCAA Football 11. However, designer Adam Thompson has passed on the word that the site was not complete and not meant to be live. While he expects teams made on this partially updated site to work on NCAA Football 11, he and the team cannot guarantee it.

All teams made for NCAA Football 10 will carry over to NCAA Football 11. Once TeamBuilder officially goes live with all of the changes for NCAA Football 11, we will post it here. ...

Another NCAA Football 11 blog has been posted, this one by Designer Ben Haumiller discussing Dynasty Wire.

From the official NCAA Football 11 website:

Pull up a chair; I want to tell you a story. - Well, E3 is here, and if you haven't downloaded the demo yet, what are you waiting for? Now that we've got that out of the way I want to go in depth on the new Dynasty Wire and StoryBuilder features that were recently announced. We've got another blog in the works to talk about everything you can do on the new Dynasty website (dynasty.easports.com), but there's so much to talk about we wanted to split these up into two parts.

Click Read More to view the entire blog. ...

Over the next few days, media outlets and gaming sites will begin posting their thoughts, coverage, and impressions of NCAA Football 11 while at E3 in Los Angeles. To help manage all of these reports, previews, and video, this is your one-stop location for all game related info. The newest information will be posted at top, so keep checking The Gaming Tailgate throughout E3. For more E3 and video game information, visit our Other Video Games forum.

Click Read More to read the NCAA Football 11 information from E3. ...

On the NCAA Football 11 website a new blog has been posted by developer Ben Haumiller talking about the changes made to the play calling system in NCAA Football 11:

The most important screen in the game without a doubt is the play call screen. This is where you need to make quick strategic decisions. It is of the utmost importance that everything is available to you quickly and easily; especially when going up against an up tempo, no-huddle offense.

With that in mind we determined that the play call screen needed to be streamlined for NCAA Football 11. A lot of the Play Call features I'll be talking about have been in previous versions of the game, our goal wasn't to blow everything up and start from scratch, however, we wanted to make it feel as if all of your playbook options were always at your fingertips. In this blog, we will go into those updates as well as talk about the crucial role the NCAA community members had in shaping the final version of the screen.

Click Read More to learn all about the new Play Calling system. ...

The NCAA Football 11 demo is currently available on X-Box Live and the PlayStation Network.

The demo features four match-ups playable in four two-minute quarters. The match-ups include Missouri vs. Clemson, Miami vs. Ohio State, Florida vs. Florida State, and Oklahoma vs. Texas. Playing each match-up as well as sharing word of the demo with friends will unlock selectable Nike Pro Combat uniforms for use in the full retail version of the game.

After downloading and playing the demo, leave your thoughts, comments, impressions, and detailed information on any bugs you may encounter here. ...