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NCAA Football 11
Tim Tebow on the cover of NCAA Football 11.Developer(s) EA Tiburon, EA Canada Publisher(s) EA Sports Platform(s) iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Release date(s) July 13, 2010 Genre(s) Sports, American football simulation Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer, online Rating(s) NCAA Football 11 is a college football video game created by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It was released on July 13, 2010 for the PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. A handheld version was released for the Nintendo DS and iOS on June 24, 2010.
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New features
On February 26, 2010, the first features for the game were announced.[1]
- Dynasty Wire, a web based story generator created for Online Dynasty play.
- New momentum based locomotion engine, creating more realistic movements.
- Team-specific entrances into the game.
- Real Assignment AI and a new blocking system.
- Helmet numbers for teams such as Alabama.
- On-field referees.
- Pro-Tak gang tackling.
- Auto-saves.
- Formation substitutions.
- Improved equipment such as helmets, towels, hand warmers, sleeves, and knee braces.[2]
- Dynamic conference logos (for Team Builder play and Custom Conferences).
- Auto loading rosters.
- Single bowl season (for Online Dynasty play).
- New team mascots.[3]
- Improved lighting.[4]
- ESPN style presentation and commentary featuring Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Erin Andrews.[5] Lee Corso will no longer provide commentary for the game.[6]
- Improved recruiting system (for Dynasty Mode play).
Team Rankings
Rank Team 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 3 Texas Longhorns 4 Oregon Ducks 5 Boise State Broncos 6 Florida Gators 7 Virginia Tech Hokies 8 TCU Horned Frogs 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers 10 Iowa Hawkeyes 11 Wisconsin Badgers 12 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 13 USC Trojans 14 Miami Hurricanes 15 Oklahoma Sooners 16 Pittsburgh Panthers 17 LSU Tigers 18 Penn State Nittany Lions 19 Oregon State Beavers 20 Arkansas Razorbacks 21 Florida State Seminoles 22 North Carolina Tar Heels 23 Utah Utes 24 Cincinnati Bearcats 25 Houston Cougars Demo
A demo was released on June 14, 2010 at the Xbox Live Marketplace (Xbox 360) and PlayStation Store (PlayStation 3). It included four different matchups to play with as well as alternate uniforms for use in the full game. These matchups are the "Red River Rivalry" with Oklahoma and Texas in the Cotton Bowl and the "Sunshine Showdown" with Florida at Florida State, along with Miami at Ohio State and Missouri at Clemson.
Cover
On April 8, 2010, former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow was announced as the cover athlete for all three game platforms. The return to a single cover athlete breaks the trend that was seen in the previous two installments of the series where a different cover athlete was chosen for each platform.[7]
Marketing
In July 2010, Time Warner announced that it would offer a copy of NCAA Football 11 and a copy of The Greatest College Bowl Game Moments DVD free with a paid subscription to Sports Illustrated.[8]
See also
- NCAA Football series
- Madden NFL 11
External links
References
- ^ "NCAA Football 11 First Look". http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=4949103. Retrieved 27 February 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "You asked for it, you got it... Part two". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=blog2. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "EA SPORTS NCAA Football's Photos - New Mascots". http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=152067&id=90440037279&ref=mf. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Screens and Lighting". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=ScreensAndLighting. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "ESPN in NCAA Football 11". http://www.pastapadre.com/2010/04/08/espn-in-ncaa-football-11. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "NCAA Football 11 – Features". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/features.action.
- ^ "EA Sports Announces Tim Tebow as NCAA Football Cover Athlete". http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1082609p1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "NCAA Football 2011/Sports Ilusstrated". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. https://subs.timeinc.net/SI/si_eafootball0610.jhtml?experience_id=301704&source_id=4&_requestid=134739. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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