EA Sports College Football 25 Potential Release Date, Game Modes, and More

[Steve_OS]

We're roughly a month away from EA's full reveal of EA Sports College Football 25, which...

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[ChaseB]

With the "full reveal" coming in May, felt it was about time we put up our living document. We'll update this with any info we see and obviously update it a ton once we get news from EA next month.

[illwill10]

I would have to imagine that ESPN integration is in. It would be weird to have those ESPN talent, to have the "EA Broadcast Package". But as was stated in the article, EA and ESPN doesn't have the same agreement. That 15 year agreement that started in 2006, ended in 2021. There has been nothing that has been stated about an extension since then. I remember SGO saying that ESPN wanted further ESPN integration in games like Madden to be able to reach the younger generation, but Madden was content with their own broadcast. I would expect there to be ESPN integration, but not sure without knowing if there was an official agreement between EA and ESPN again and those things are usually made public

[TheWalkingCash]

I thought I read somewhere a few months ago that ESPN integration would be in?


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[TarHeelPhenom]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWalkingCash

I thought I read somewhere a few months ago that ESPN integration would be in? Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Would love to see ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU telecasts, and have ESPN News for studio updates

[georgiafan]

Quote: Originally Posted by TarHeelPhenom

Would love to see ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU telecasts, and have ESPN News for studio updates

Since the 2nd broadcast booth is basically confirmed it would be pretty easy to slap a ESPN 2 / SEC network tab onto that. It would also be good if they showed the commentary team to start off the game and 3rd quarter

[illwill10]

As stated in the article and what I've been posting in various threads, the ESPN-EA agreement is different. The exclusive license expired in 2021. Nothing really has been spoken about their current agreement. We're assuming that ESPN integration is in because of the past and because of the 7 announced broadcasters are all ESPN talent. Would it be a game breaker if ESPN broadcast wasn't in and we had the EA broadcast? I mean no, but it wouldn't feel right based on the past and all the ESPN talent.

I really don't think we'll get to the point where we see multiple broadcasts again like we seen in NCAA Basketball 10. I just think that the licensing costs are vastly increased compared to 15 years ago. It would be cool to have Multiple broadcasts. I still feel like NCAA Basketball 10 had the best atmosphere/presentation packages in sports games. But, I'm more than okay with them focusing on one broadcast package and fully fleshing it out.