1. ‘Joe Montana Football 16′ Will Not Use NFL Teams or Current NFL Players.
The biggest issue with Joe Montana Football 16 is simply that it won’t be able to use NFL team names, logos or the current roster of players, since EA currently holds the licensing for all of that stuff (which prevents anyone else from using it). This is the sole reason that Joe Montana Football 16 is likely destined to fail.
2. The Game Will Use Unreal Engine 4.
Joe Montana revealed on Twitter this morning that the game will use Unreal Engine 4, which to my knowledge, makes it the first sports game to use the engine.
3. The Game Will Likely Use Some Former NFL Players.
We can already see in the screenshot that Joe Montana, himself, appears in the game. However, it’s also likely that other former NFL players will allow the use of their name and likeness as well, since EA’s current licensing doesn’t cover former players. But one question we have is whether or not Joe Montana Football 16 will be able to use former NFL players that currently work for an NFL organization (like John Elway or Dan Marino). We’d be interested to learn more about that, and we likely will hear more about the game soon.
4. Montana Starred in a Series of Football Video Games Published by Sega in the Early 1990s.
Joe Montana was the cover boy for an early football game series back in the 1990s before SEGA dropped out of the console race, ironically enough developed by EA. However, EA actually scaled the game back before its initial release in fear that it would be too competitive with their John Madden Football, and released the game on Sega Mega.
5. Neither Publisher Nor Developer Has Been Revealed.
This is possibly the most exciting aspect of Joe Montana Football 16 — the fact that we don’t know who the publisher or developer is. If the series is being published and developed by a big name developer/publisher, it could mean very big things for said developer/publisher. What if Joe Montana Football 16 was being picked up as a Microsoft exclusive so that it will only appear on Xbox One and PC? That would mean that PC gamers would have their first football game in many years. We’re not exactly sure how likely this is, since the relationship between Madden, the NFL and Microsoft already seems to be deeply integrated. Of course, that could mean that Sony or, hell, dare I say it, Nintendo could have a mega exclusive on their hands. Either way, we’ll undoubtedly hear more about Joe Montana Football 16 at this year’s E3 2015 in June.
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