Joe Montana Football 16
| Joe Montana Football 16 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Superstar Games |
| Series | Joe Montana Football |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
| Release date(s) | 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
Joe Montana Football 16 is an upcoming American football video game developed by Superstar Games, announced in 2014 by NFL quarterback Joe Montana via his Twitter account. Due to Electronic Arts' licensing agreement with the NFL and NFLPA, the game will not be able to feature real players, coaches, or teams. The project is being developed with Unreal Engine 4 and is currently in a pre-alpha state.
Development
Joe Montana Football 16 was first teased on July 11, 2014, when Montana tweeted an artwork of himself in a generic football jersey.[1] On October 22, 2014, he followed that with a video of himself recording motion capture, along with his in-game model mapped to the motion capture, tagged with #morethanarosterupdate and #montana16.[2] After the release of a screenshot of the game featuring the Unreal Engine 4 logo, Damon Grow, CEO of Superstar Games, began tweeting with snippets of the game along with renderings.[3] On April 14, 2015, Montana tweeted about visiting Microsoft headquarters, which could be due to a publishing deal with the software giant for the Xbox One.[4]
At E3 2015, in an interview with Dana Cowley of Epic Games on June 16, and published the following day via Unreal Engine's YouTube channel, Grow revealed that JMF 16 will be a mobile game, coming first to iOS and then to Android.[5][6] He also announced that the game would later be released on the PC if it sold well.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Witmer, David (11 July 2014). "Joe Montana Teases New Football Game". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Witmer, David (24 October 2014). "New Teaser for Joe Montana Football 16". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Sarkar, Samit (16 March 2015). "Joe Montana Football 16 in development in Unreal Engine 4, says Joe Montana". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Montana, Joe (14 April 2015). "WOW I forgot how beautiful Seattle is when the sun is out! Never been on Microsoft campus before, this place is HUGE!". Twitter. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Unreal Engine (17 June 2015). "Joe Montana Football - the Unreal Interview". YouTube. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Cowley, Dana (16 June 2015). "Great stuff! RT @UnrealEngine: Hearing all about @JoeMontana Football at @E3. At the show? Let us know! #UE4". Twitter. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ Sarkar, Samit (17 June 2015). "Joe Montana Football 16 coming to mobile and Xbox One devices, see the first footage". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ G., Fraser (18 June 2015). "E3 2015: Joe Montana Football 16 Is A Mobile Game". Fan Sided. Retrieved 18 June 2015.