Today is the End of an Era for College Football Fans

Summary

NCAA Football 14 servers shutdown today after 12 years, marking the end of an era for fans.
NCAA Football 14 was the only active college football video game for an 11-year stretch.
College Football 25's online multiplayer is still available, and College Football 26 is releasing this summer.

Today, March 13, marks the end of an era for college football fans, as today is when EA is shutting down the servers for NCAA Football 14. NCAA Football 14 was first released in July 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was a sales success, but it earned somewhat mixed reviews. Still, the fact that it was the last college football video game produced for a whopping 11 years propelled it to become one of the most sought-after sports games on the market.

NCAA Football 14 secondhand prices soared as year after year went by with no college football video game release. With no replacement in sight, the game remained the go-to for many college football fans. To its credit, EA kept the NCAA Football 14 online multiplayer servers on this entire time, ensuring that college football fans could still play online matches with opponents around the world.

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By José V. Rossi

While NCAA Football 14 stayed online longer than many other sports games, its time has now come to an end. March 13 marks the last day of NCAA Football 14 online multiplayer server availability. After today, the NCAA Football 14 servers will be shut down, making some of the game's achievements unobtainable and forcing those who want to play a college football game online to turn their attention to 2024's college football game instead. Considering how long NCAA Football 14's servers have stayed online, it's definitely a sad day for college football fans that have been playing it for these past 12 years.

NCAA Football 14 Servers Are Shutting Down

NCAA Football 14's online multiplayer features are no more, but at least the servers are being shut down at a time when there are fresh college football video game options on the market. EA released College Football 25 to positive reviews and big sales last year, with the game becoming one of the most commercially successful sports video game releases of all time. College Football 25 online multiplayer servers will stay online for the foreseeable future, though a replacement for that game is already waiting in the wings as well.

EA is following up the massive success of College Football 25 with College Football 26. Not much is known about College Football 26 at the time of this writing, but fans can expect EA to pull the curtain back on its gameplay and features within the next few months. We know that College Football 26 is releasing this summer, so one has to imagine that details on the game will come sooner rather than later.

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