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EA Sports Didn’t Need The NCAA’s Logo, And Maybe It Didn’t Want It
If you want to see a relic of sports history, dust off a copy of College Football USA ’96. In its final season, the old Southwest Conference appeared for the first and only time in a video game. The next year, four members split to form the Big XII. This game is one of the…
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EA Sports Coded College Games With Real Names, Say Lawsuit Emails
EA Sports used the real names of college players when coding its NCAA rosters internally and the NCAA’s licensing authority argued that the publisher should be allowed to include them in the games themselves, according to emails turned up in a lawsuit against both the publisher and the NCAA, ESPN reported yesterday.
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EA Sports Seeks Ex-Football Players For Games Development Fellowship
EA Sports, in collaboration with the NCAA, will later this year begin offering paid fellowships to former college football players seeking experience in a games development or sports entertainment career. The players will work in the EA Tiburon studio, where the NCAA Football and Madden series are developed.
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EA Sports Subscription Gets Diehard Fans In The Game Early
EA Sports will offer an annual subscription for hardcore sports gamers, which includes a three-day, pre-release full-play preview of five of the label’s most popular titles, and a 20 per cent discount on their paid downloadable content catalogue. EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” begins Aug. 27 with Madden NFL 12, and it will cost $US25.