Rumour: Microsoft Has An Exclusive Licensed NFL Football Title in the Works

I don't really watch football or get the rules or even interested in this game, but I think Joe Montana was a hall of fame player. I still need to get to Madden 25 and 15. The only NFL game I've played before was 08 and that confused the heck out me.

 

Anything would be better than Madden at this point.

 

@ BUCMASTER, I agree. I think they were totally scared of the 2K franchise. The 2k games on the Dreamcast were awesome in my opinion.

 

^^ Yea I am sick of it just being a roster update year after year.

@ Goth

This explains a little more about him. Retired QB

en.wikipedia.org/.../Joe_Montana

 

I loved JMF on Sega Genesis. Hopefully a WR slant doesn't result in a TD every time. I would expect EA to throw a fit like they when they threatened to pull support of their games from the first xbox because of Microsoft's own NFL fever, and bought the license
when NFL 2k was nipping at their heals. This was tweeted out a year ago, however more info came about yesterday according to neogaf via operation sports. Here is the link and a partial quote. Take with a grain of salt.

www.operationsports.com/.../showpost.php

www.neogaf.com/.../showthread.php

- The game is called Joe Montana NFL Football 16. This is an NFL game. First-party stipulations that the NFL has always left open & the NFL's exclusive relationship with Microsoft allows for Microsoft to have an NFL game. Microsoft Studios is the publisher.
Microsoft is deadly serious about gaining ground and winning the console war (doubtful to happen at this point though) and throwing tons of money at incubation and trying to buy new IP that they can turn into big series' titles is top priority for them right
now. They believe this game can be many times bigger than MLB The Show due to the larger NFL fanbase, and because so many XBOX One owners identify as serious NFL fans.

- The game was demoed and it went well. Actually, "well" is an understatement. People went crazy. NDA's were and still are in place for them. That's why you haven't heard anyone saying anything, but a lot of people are having a very hard time because what
they seen was unbelievable and it's been impossible to go back to Madden or even take Madden seriously after that. It's like, how you felt when you had an NES and you saw Sega Genesis for the first time. The step up in quality is THAT big.

- They put those things up on artforgames in hopes that you would find it, especially the NFL stuff. It took a little longer than initially thought, but you found them eventually, and when they saw you found it they took it all down just as they did when
they realized people found their job posting last year. They already had their team in place, the posting was a bone. All of this has been staged well.

- They're not asking for ideas because it's an NFL game and they don't feel there is a lot of room for the type of creativity you'd need in an unlicensed game. When they first started out before iMFL they were considering a non-NFL licensed game and were
going to approach dealing with the community differently with polls, a message board, etc. but things changed once NFL was confirmed.

- 2K is involved. Should be obvious from some tweets/re-tweets and comments both Joe Montana and Damon Grow have made. Some tech and manpower was purchased from 2K and is deeply incorporated into this game.

 

This could get interesting.

 

Just some words.

Joe Montana,Tweeter,tease,picture,Unreal 4.

Source:Gameinformer,Tweeter.

 

If this is true, it will probably be a small retro style football game. Like early 90's style. Fun, Hail Mary almost every down, and sit back and laugh.

 

From the Unreal 4 picture ,it doesn't looks like a small retro style football game.

 

I've read a lot of articles about this. I'm hoping they use the Nfl roster and logos. I also read that this game will make Madden football look like a ps1 game. I'll have to wait and see like the rest of us

 

attackofthefanboy.com/.../evidence-joe-montana-football-16-is-an-xbox-one-exclusive

Joe Montana on the Microsoft campus. Could this mean some competition for Madden?

 

The snippets of information (I'm not how accurate this is) seems to indicate that

• It's being developed by 2KSports and published by Microsoft Studios
  
• It's being developed on the Unreal 4 engine
  
• The reason the game is only on the Xbox One and PC is because EA own the exclusive NFL multiplatform rights (read: 2K are not allowed to make an NFL game for Playstation)
  
• It seems to be developed with the Windows 10 / Xbox One cross-platform integration in mind.
  
• The game slated for a mid-July release. A month before Madden 16.
  

 

hopefully this will be quality and give madden some competition. I don't play them, but listening to the fans, Madden needs some competition to get the bar back up. I thought it was stupid for NFL to sign and exclusive with EA.

 

I can see now. EA *** in there daipers. MS pull game from maket. EA made a world law from the UN. That they the only one can make football games around the world.