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.September 18, 2008 - Strap on your helmets and start up the marching band as Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today the start of the EA Sports NCAA Football Challenge presented by Coca-Cola Zero. The NCAA Football Challenge kicked off its fourth season on September 1 at University of California, Los Angeles, beginning a 16-city, two-month tour of college towns across the nation culminating in the finals tournament held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, with the winner taking home a grand prize of $10,000.July 23, 2008 - Wii fans have been making a call out to EA to deliver more of its classic sports franchises, and to a certain extent, the company has responded. While top-tier games like Madden and (now) Tiger Woods are getting the serious efforts, however, a few of the EA franchises still aren't up to par with the rest of the gaming world, and we can now add NCAA Football to that list, with NBA Live greeting the college football counterpart with open arms. Some games are simply put on the back burner, and NCAA is not only the first of the traditional EA Sports titles to release this year, but it's the first one we'd put in just such category.
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It's NCAA's freshman year on Wii, but that's all the more reason the series feels nearly three years behind.June 11, 2008 - A wave of sports goodness has hit Wii this week here in the IGN LA offices, as we've had a chance to get comfortable with the latest EA offerings, including NCAA Football 09, Tiger Woods 09, and Madden. We've got hands-on coverage of both Tiger and Madden on the way, but kicking things off (quite literally) is NCAA Football 09. This gridiron classic is in its preliminary run on Wii this year, combining the knowledge of previous Madden titles with a faster, simpler approach to motion-controlled football.June 9, 2008 - Football season is upon us, and we're kicking off our coverage this year with an all-telling interview with EA on its latest addition to the Wii sports franchises, NCAA 09: All-Play.
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NCAA Football 09 for Wii features EA SPORTS Family Play, as seen in NBA Live, Madden NFL, and FIFA. In this new style of play, users are given the option to choose Advanced or Family Play when entering a game.
We caught up with game producer Eric Hine to chat about the Wii version specifically, find out what exactly NCAA is going to offer users for its first year on the system, and why EA is making the move this year specifically. Also, find out who Hine thinks would kick ass in a NCAA mascot battle royal!.May 8, 2008 - If you played Madden 08 for the Wii last year, you probably checked out the Family Play settings in the game. Designed to make the title much more accessible to football newcomers, this let just about anyone pick up the Wii-mote and become a successful player with their favorite team. At a recent EA Sports event, where we were introduced to NCAA Football 09 on the Wii, we found out that not only will the title keep the Family Play option, it will also include the evolution of the mode – All-Play.
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