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USA Today
5 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Georgia QB Gunner Stockton's rating in College Football 26
EA Sports' College Football 26 video game released earlier this month on July 10. The Georgia Bulldogs are a team that is highly rated as one of the top 10 rated teams in the game at 87 overall. Georgia's most notable player in College Football 26, like just about any football video game, has to starting quarterback Gunner Stockton, who is an 82 overall upon the first release of the game. An underrated part of his football ability is his athleticism, but EA Sports made sure that it didn't fly under the radar with his speed being an 81 while his acceleration is an 86. Stockton has the mobility to frustrate opponents. Stockton's throwing ratings are is impressive. He has a 92 throw power and did show his arm strength in the Notre Dame game with him pushing the ball down field vertically. His accuracy that could improve throughout the year in the game if he displays it in real time in his first full season as the starting quarterback at Georgia. Stockton's ratings for accuracy are 85 short, 86 medium, and 79 deep accuracy. His toughness is highly rated but could have been improved to start where it is at a 90. The famous hit he took in the SEC championship against Texas is still talked about to this day. Stockton hopping right back up after he took a massive hit and shows he could at least have a 95 rating for toughness. Stockton has a solid rating, but he is not ranked among Georgia's top 10 players in the popular video game. Follow UGAWire on Instagram or Threads for additionally Georgia football coverage and analysis!
Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
EA Sports FC 26 preview - rip it up and start again
This year's EA Sports FC 26 has been revealed at last and it's going to be fundamentally different from its somewhat unloved predecessor. The franchise previously known as FIFA is one of the games industry's great cash cows. However, it has had a rocky time recently, when two years ago EA made the break from the famously money-hungry FIFA and rebranded the series to FC. At first this seemed to work out fine but last year's iteration, FC 25, didn't live up to EA Sports' sales expectations. To their credit, EA's response to that failure has been immediate and seemingly far reaching, when it comes to the changes being made to FC 26. EA has cited community feedback as the driving force behind EA Sports FC 26's radical rework. The company has released a raft of presentations to insiders, covering every aspect of the game but, tellingly, the first of those was conducted by Sheldon Rogers, head of FC 26's global community team, who said: 'When we say 'The club is yours,' we really mean it. We have been tracking what is most important to our players, and bringing that directly into our development process.' So what, exactly, has that process brought to FC 26? Undoubtedly the headline change will be that for the first time in the franchise's history, players will be able to choose between two gameplay styles, called Competitive and Authentic. Paul Parsons, FC 26's lead gameplay producer, explained the thinking behind that radical move: 'We've got two different, really core, audiences in our game. We've got the competitive player, who wants a high-paced, uptempo, head-to-head experience, and we've got the offline career player who's looking for something that's slower, more tactical and with scorelines that are lower, in line with what you see in a real-world game. 'In the past, we've found ourselves disappointing one of those two audiences, but we're not willing to do that in FC 26. This year, we've come up with two completely different tunings for the game.' So, the Competitive style will breed ultra-fast, end-to-end gameplay that may not bear a huge amount of resemblance to the real-life game, and is aimed at those whose FC gameplay revolves around the FC Ultimate Team (FUT) and Clubs elements of the game. According to Parsons, the priority of the Competitive preset was to improve responsiveness and foreground user skill, and one key way in which EA does that is by dialling down the game's fatigue system. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. EA has also added sliders that will enable players to fine-tune both experiences, and one key difference between the two will be that in Competitive mode players will have to control defenders manually, whereas in Authentic the game will take more control over their positioning. You'll be able to pick either system in any mode of the game, and also to save and quickly retrieve your tweaked versions of them. Adding two different gameplay-tuning presets to FC 26 is an unprecedented move. In the past, when FIFA games would slug it out with Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer, PES was renowned for taking the more measured, true-to-life approach that EA Sports is attempting with the Authentic preset, whereas FIFA fell squarely into Competitive territory. It will be fascinating to see which tuning FC 26's fanbase ultimately prefers. FC 26's Authentic mode is still unlikely to provide an experience which is anything like as measured and, some would say, ponderous as that of PES games of yore. That's because the other raft of changes EA has made to FC 26 is to rework a large number of fundamental gameplay elements, in a quest to improve player responsiveness. Those fundamentals include dribbling, where FC 26's players will make more touches while dribbling, turn more sharply, and move faster with the ball. Goalkeepers' AI has been rewritten so that their tendency to deflect the ball to incoming attackers, as seen in FC 25, has been reduced, and they generally position themselves more intelligently. Tackling and interceptions have been retuned to reduce the previous tendency for the ball to bounce back to opposition players. More Trending EA has also tweaked players' run curves, giving them more explosive acceleration and allowing them to turn more sharply. And the final fundamental that has been reworked is players' ability to shield the ball. Parsons said that the company has worked hard to make ball-shielding more consistent in the game, adding two new shielding mechanics (called Contested Boxouts and Shield Entries), a new Enforcer play style, and by upgrading the physics of shielding. Another fundamental aspect of the game that EA says it has improved is general online responsiveness, especially the area of delay between players' inputs and what happens on screen. The publisher has also highlighted a number of additions and less fundamental tweaks to pretty much all of FC 26's game modes – such as the return of low-driven shots, triggered by double-tapping the shoot button – but we'll bring you a deeper dive into those when we've had a chance to play the game. Given the sheer amount of changes and upgrades that we already know about, EA Sports FC 26 should feel radically different to its immediate predecessors. Hopefully in a good way. But it certainly looks as though EA has been making better use of the vast amount of money it used to have to pay FIFA each year, and pouring at least some of it back into the game itself. EA Sports FC 26 will launch on September 26 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: The Elder Scrolls creator Julian LeFay dies following battle with cancer MORE: Assassin's Creed Shadows on Switch 2 all but confirmed for next Nintendo Direct MORE: Battlefield 6 release date and open beta details leak ahead of reveal trailer
Daily Mirror
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
EA FC 26 trailer countdown – when will the reveal trailer go live and what to expect
A countdown to when EA Sports' EA FC 26 reveal trailer will finally go live and give players a first look at the new game. It's almost time to take our first look at EA FC 26, with the EA FC 26 reveal trailer dropping very soon. After weeks of constant EA FC 26 leaks, we are finally starting to gather information about the new game from an official source, with EA Sports beginning to make its first EA FC 26 announcements over the last few days. From the EA FC 26 Ultimate Edition cover star being revealed to confirmation of the EA FC 26 Ultimate Edition pre-order bonuses, everything EA FC 26-related is starting to drop, and soon, we're set to get a first official look at the new game thanks to the EA FC 26 reveal trailer. In EA FC 25, EA 's reveal trailer was slated heavily by the Ultimate Team community, with little to no actual gameplay being shown. But, in a recent teaser for the EA FC 26 trailer posted to the @EASPORTSFC Twitter account, EA has seemingly picked up on the feedback, almost ridiculing itself for last year's trailer and giving players hope that the EA FC 26 reveal trailer will feature a lot more gameplay. But, when does the EA FC 26 reveal trailer go live? Here's a live EA FC 26 trailer countdown, as well as what we expect to see. EA FC 26 reveal trailer start time The EA FC 26 reveal trailer will go live on the EA Sports FC YouTube on Wednesday, July 16 at 8:57 am PDT / 11:57am EDT/ 4:57pm BST. We will be reacting to the trailer live on the All Out Gaming YouTube from 8:40 am PDT / 11:40am EDT/ 4:40pm BST, where you can get a detailed breakdown of what was shown in the trailer. So, when the trailer is released, what can we expect to see? Firstly, even though EA has hinted towards more actual gameplay being shown, expect a lot of dramatic, cinematic shots of players, stadiums, managers and more. With Zlatan Ibrahimovic the Ultimate Edition cover star, the Swede should be involved in the trailer, as should Cole Palmer, with the Englishman involved in the teaser trailer. Jude Bellingham and Jamal Musiala are expected to be involved with the duo leaked to feature on the EA FC 26 standard edition cover, and we may also get some shots of Bayern Munich's stadium, the Allianz Arena, with the stadium set to return in EA FC 26. Players from partner clubs like Real Madrid, Liverpool, Tottenham, and Juventus should also feature, while we should see some new FUT Icons included as well. EA will release detailed deep dives ahead of EA FC 26's release for gameplay, Ultimate Team, Career Mode and more, so gameplay-wise, we don't expect a detailed breakdown of new additions and features, but hopefully, we get a few glimpses of what we can expect in EA FC 26.
USA Today
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Patriots show off what-if covers for EA Sports' College Football 26
Time for some @EASPORTSCollege football 🔥 The New England Patriots' social media team had a little fun with the release of EA Sports' College Football 26 last week. Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams and Ohio State wideout Jeremiah Smith made the front cover of the game this year. However, the Patriots' social media team created four what-if covers featuring Tom Brady, Christian Gonzalez, Drake Maye and Will Campbell. Brady, who is the greatest quarterback of all time, makes sense as a cover athlete who has retired from the game of football. Meanwhile, Gonzalez, Maye and Campbell would have all been solid options as cover art players at some point. Rob Gronkowski delivering his iconic spiked football would have been a nice touch as well. Maye, Campbell and Gonzalez hope to follow in Brady's footsteps as cornerstone players for the Patriots. The team hasn't won more than four games in the last two seasons, and they'll be looking to get back to playoff contention with the arrival of newly-hired head coach Mike Vrabel. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
USA Today
12-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Where does LSU running back Harlem Berry rank among top freshman in College Football 26?
LSU's Harlem Berry ranks among the best freshmen in EA Sports' College Football 26 video game. Nakos slotted the running back at No. 3 on his top 10 list with an overall rating of 83. He tied with fellow back Gideon Davidson from Clemson. Oregon's Dakorien Moore leads the way with an 84, while Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood placed No. 10. Moore and Underwood are both former LSU commits. Berry is one of two five-star signees from the Tigers' 2025 signing class. He hails from Metairie, LA and finished as the state's top recruit and the No. 1 running back in the cycle, per On3's Industry Rankings. He committed to his home state school in January 2024 and never looked back. After early enrolling in spring 2025, Berry drew rave reviews from his coaches and teammates. Head coach Brian Kelly says the true freshman takes chances and possesses raw abilities that aren't teachable. With a strong fall camp, Berry can carve out a real role on this 2025 squad. Here are the top 10 freshmen on College Football 26.
