First NCAA Football 14 Screenshot Unveiled

EA Sports has released the first screenshot for their popular college football video game titled NCAA Football 14.  It features and Oregon Duck player #7 juking an opposing USC Trojans defender #16.

The screenshot, pictured above, doesn’t tell us all that much about the upcoming game.  However, it does signal the start of what should now be constant news, information, and videos coming out of EA Sports’ headquarters detailing what we can expect from NCAA 14.

NCAA Football 14 is still scheduled to come out on July 9th, 2013.  It will be available on both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360.

You can reserve your copy of NCAA Football 14 today at PreOrder.org.

Denard Robinson Wins NCAA 14 Cover

Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson has won the EA Sports NCAA Football 14 cover vote tournament.  Robinson beat out Texas A&M receiver Ryan Swope to land his spot on the cover.

The choice is absolutely the correct one considering how dominant Denard Robinson was on previous NCAA Football video games.  Each of the past 3 years he was easily one of the top 5 players in the game.  Even before Michigan’s recent re-emergence to football prominence, a lot of people would pick the Wolverines simply because their QB, Denard Robinson, was so effective in the game.

The cover vote started with 8 players and lasted a few months.  The cheating scandal in the finals will likely impact the way all future sports game cover votes will be handled.  Now that it has wrapped up, EA Sports has launched their Madden 25 cover tournament which will conclude in late April.

NCAA Football 14 is still scheduled to come out on July 9th of this year on both the XBOX 360 and the PlayStation 3 consoles.  There is still no word on if it will make its way onto future generation consoles like the PS4 or XBOX 720.

The first real news about the NCAA Football franchise traditionally comes out in mid-late March.  Look for some of the major issues from NCAA Football 13 to be addressed.

Madden NFL 25 Cover Tournament Kicks Off

EA Sports’ cover vote for Madden NFL 25 is now underway.  64 NFL past and present NFL stars have the opportunity to grace the cover of this year’s popular NFL simulation video game.  The brackets were sorted into 2 categories with one side being “Old School” with mostly retired players from the past and the otherside being called “New School” with young up and coming stars in the current NFL.

Each team is represented this year with the 49ers getting 3 players in the tournament.  Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Colin Kaepernick are the choices that 49er fans have.

The first round of the tournament will take place until March 20th.  Following that, all subsequent rounds will last 1 week with the winner being announced in late April.

Madden 25 is still on schedule to be released on August 27th.  That gives EA Sports 4 months from the cover announcement until the official release date to reveal other news.

You can place your votes on the ESPN Sportsnation page starting today at this link.  More discussion can be had at our Madden 25 forum.

NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Cheating

News came out of EA Sports’ NCAA Football 14 twitter account earlier today that voting irregularities a.k.a. cheating has taken place in the cover vote between Texas A&M’s Ryan Swope and Michigan’s Denard Robinson.  Apparently some fans have taken the vote so seriously that they created thousands of fake FaceBook profiles to cast extra votes.

Apparently the event that trigger the investigation took place yesterday when Denard Robinson was leading by almost 7,000 votes.  Within a matter of hours, that lead had been wiped out and Ryan Swope had taken over.  An investigation into the matter by EA Sports apparently uncovered the fake profiles.

This certainly could have been avoided had EA Sports decided to use a different platform to host the voting.  It is notoriously easy to manipulate FaceBook’s polling feature.

There is still no word on how exactly the fake voting impacted the standing or whether it was just on the Texas A&M’s side.  Voting closes tomorrow and we’d expect to get an answer by then.

Who did you vote for?  Let us know in the comments section.

Madden NFL 25 Release Date Confirmed

Madden NFL 25 will be available starting on August 27th, 2013 on the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360 game consoles.  Most fans expected this year’s game to be titled Madden 14 but EA Sports had different things in mind and named the game Madden 25 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Madden NFL video game franchise.

Earlier in the week, our favorite Madden tips provider, Madden-School.com confirmed that we will indeed see Madden 25 on the last Tuesday in August.  A few years back, it was common practice to release the NFL game around the 10th of the month or so.  EA Sports decided to push the release date back in 2011 due to the NFL lockout and apparently liked the late August release date better as they have kept it there for the past 3 years.

EA Sports does run a program which they call “Season Ticket” which allows hardcore gamers the chances to get the game 3 days early in exchange for a $25 yearly subscription.  If you can’t live without Madden, that is an option you may want to explore.

Demos for sports video games usually come out anywhere from 2 weeks to 1 month before the actually game.  Look for the Madden 25 demo to make its way onto PSN and XBOX Live sometime in early August.

We do have a Madden 25 wishlist up on our forum so if you want to get your ideas in front of the game developers, feel free to leave your ideas.

Jadeveon Clowney Should Have 99 Rating in NCAA Football 14

South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney, the all but certain #1 overall NFL draft pick were he allowed to enter this year, deserves the elusive 99 overall rating in NCAA Football 14.  On top of his mind boggling statistics and highlight clips from last year, the news came out today that the 6’6″ 275 pound defensive end also ran a 4.5 40 yard dash.

If players still in college were allowed to be on the cover, he would be as close to a sure thing as there is.  Unfortunately, due to NCAA rules that can’t happen.  Nonetheless, Clowney should be comparably more dominant in NCAA Football 14 than Demarcus Ware in Madden 25.

Even though the NCAA Football series does not come out with player names, look for #7 on South Carolina to be the most effective and highest rated defensive player over the last decade.

NCAA Football 14 comes out on July 9th, 2013.  Ryan Swope and Denard Robinson are still battling it out via a fan vote to decide the cover athlete.  Look for Jadeveon Clowney to grace the cover of NCAA Football  15.

Who else do you think deserves the 99 overall rating in NCAA 14?  Let us know in the comments section.