EA Sports’ beloved faculty soccer online game is coming again.

Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced that development is underway on a brand new franchise titled EA Sports College Football. While the writer didn’t provide a launch date or window, and mentioned it was saying “the expected return” of its faculty sequence, the corporate did say the sport would have “more than 100 institutions, featuring the logos, stadiums, uniforms, gameday traditions and more that fans have come to know and love.”

Importantly, although, it is not going to have the true names or likenesses of present faculty soccer gamers. The unauthorized use of faculty gamers’ likenesses is what led to the 2013 cancellation of the primary NCAA Football sequence, when EA Sports and CLC (its licensing associate within the new publishing enterprise) settled a class-action declare introduced by former gamers for greater than $40 million.

The final entry in EA’s earlier faculty soccer franchise was NCAA Football 14, which was launched in July 2013. In the intervening years, particular person colleges have cameoed within the profession modes of EA Sports’ Madden NFL and 2K Sports’ NBA 2K sequence, however not the complete 128 members of the NCAA’s high soccer classification (and there are extra in faculty basketball). The NCAA itself has mentioned altering guidelines that prohibit faculty soccer and basketball gamers from being compensated for the usage of their names, pictures, and likenesses whereas enjoying for his or her college.

EA mentioned it and CLC are “continuing to watch those developments closely.”

Polygon has reached out to Electronic Arts representatives for extra particulars.

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