NCAA Football 14
NCAA Football 14 is an American football video game published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. Part of the "NCAA Football" series, it is the successor to "NCAA Football 13". Despite the game's positive critical and commercial reception, no sequel was produced the following year. Due to legal issues surrounding the game's use of college player likenesses, as of April 2022, "NCAA Football 2014" is the last installment of the "NCAA Football" series. As the most recent entry in the dormant series, the game continues to be played, with unofficial roster updates being  released reflecting subsequent seasons. However, the game is now out of print and has become one of the most valuable and sought after games on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Development. "NCAA Football 14" is part of Electronic Arts's "NCAA Football" video game series. Part of the game's development focused on improving its user interface and presentation, with a mantra to "keep things fast" and "keep things moving". The changes included a streamlined main menu (replacing a graphically-intensive menu design modeled upon the "ESPN College Football" graphics package), a shorter pre-game segment, more varied in-game  vignettes, and a new halftime show with ESPN's Rece Davis and David Pollack. The game featured Kirk Herbstreit and Brad Nessler as commentators. On March 10, 2013, it was announced that former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson would be the cover athlete for the game. A fan vote beginning on December 5, 2012 allowed fans to choose what teams would be represented on the cover. After it was narrowed down to 32, a second round of voting narrowed it down to 16. A third round reduced it to 8 teams with players. Players also vying for the cover were Eddie  Lacy, Kenjon Barner, Jarvis Jones, EJ Manuel, Ryan Swope, Andre Ware, John Simon, and Tyler Eifert. Reception. NCAA Football 14 has an aggregate score for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions on Metacritic of 77. The aggregate score on Gamerankings for the PS3 version is 77.27%, and for Xbox 360 it is 78.42%. The game received mixed reviews. GameSpot gave the game a 6/10, praising the on-field action but criticizing the unnecessary experience system, the recruiting process, and the lack of significant changes from NCAA Football 13. IGN, who gave the game a 7.4/10, had similar comments, praising  the fun running game and improvements to Dynasty Mode, but criticizing online servers, the dated visuals, and the "generic" feel to the game. "NCAA Football 14" was a commercial success, selling over 1 million copies. New features. On July 5, 2013, the new features for the game were announced. New teams. Three new NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams were added to "NCAA Football 14": Georgia State, Old Dominion, and South Alabama. South Alabama joined the FBS in 2012 but had been left out of "NCAA Football 13". Georgia State and South Alabama joined the Sun Belt while Old Dominion  was soon to join Conference USA. This brought the total number of teams in the game up from 123 to 126. Future of series. As of 2022, "NCAA Football 2014" is the most recent installment of EA Sports NCAA series. The main reason behind the decision was the ongoing debate on whether NCAA athletes should receive payment. Many players argued the game series used their likeness, yet they saw no compensation. Despite the series stagnation, dedicated fans have been putting in a collective effort to keep the rosters updated to the best of the game's allowed capabilities via online  roster updates and sports forums. In January 2020, a group of modders known as "College Football Revamped" released a mod of the game that reskinned the game menus, fields, and added updated uniforms, with patches being released regularly. EA Sports College Football. On February 2, 2021, EA Sports announced via twitter that the NCAA Football video game series will be returning in the near future for next generation consoles, in an iteration called EA Sports College Football.