NCAA Haven’t Renewed EA Contract

In a slightly disappointing, but “all is not lost” turn of events, the NCAA organisation has decided against renewing their contract with EA to produce games based upon their mega-popular college sports.

This is a bit of a shame as the fully-licensed games were actually damn good – although it was US only, I was lucky enough to play last year’s Robert Griffin III-emblazoned football effort, and in many ways it out-gunned Madden for sheer playability.

Don’t worry though – EA has confirmed that despite the non-renewal of the license, they will push forward and continue to produce college football games beyond the 2014 edition. Andrew Wilson of EA has released a statement to this effect:

“By now, most fans will have heard that EA’s licensing agreement with the NCAA is set to expire and that we have agreed to part ways. I’m sure gamers are wondering what this means.

This is simple: EA Sports will continue to develop and publish college football games, but we will no longer include the NCAA names and marks. Our relationship with the Collegiate Licensing Company is strong and we are already working on a new game for next generation consoles which will launch next year and feature the college teams, leagues, and all the innovation fans expect from EA Sports.

We took big creative strides with this year’s college game and you’ll see much more in the future. We love college football and look forward to making more games for our fans.”