EA Sports College Football has returned.
EA Sports College Football has returned.
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EA Sports College Football draws over 5 million players at debut

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Electronic Arts reported it saw strong momentum across its American football platform with the return of EA Sports College Football, which drew over five million unique players into the game with an additional 500,000 playing via the EA Play trial. The game debuted on July 19.

The college football results came after the close of EA’s first fiscal quarter on June 30, but that quarter also saw huge growth with its performance on Madden NFL 24, FC Online, and FC Mobile.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.