EA released what appears to be the final Campus Huddle deep dive blog for College Football 26 today, with the highly anticipated Ultimate Team deep dive. Their blog today includes a ton of info about everything coming to CUT 26, and I'm going to be going over some of the features that stood out to me. If you want to check out the full Campus Huddle deep dive blog, click here.
College Football 26 is set to go live worldwide on July 10th, or if you pre-order, you will be able to play three days early, starting on July 7th. The full pre-order details can be found here.
College Ultimate Team
Game Modes
Look forward to more live events in Ultimate Team this year, for both H2H and Solo modes. There will also be some new game modes to look forward to, including a mode called Conference Clash, which sounds like it will be theme teams compete against each other. A new mode called Study Hall will be replacing Solo Battles, where you will be able to earn exclusive rewards each week.
Sets and Training Store
It seems sets are going to be completely revamped in CUT 26, and it will now be easier to acquire the higher OVR Champions. Instead of trading in a bunch of lower OVR cards to work your way towards a Champion, you will now be able to instantly trade those cards in for training that can be spent on Champions and other program rewards.
Pack and Lineup Help
A new feature in CUT 26 called Pack Helper will make lineup decisions much easier when opening packs. It will give you info such as if the player is better than your current starter, if the player is popular on the auction house, if the player helps complete a set, and more.
The way we will manage our lineups has also gone through major changes in CUT 26. There will now be a "drag and drop" type feature where you can manage your lineup much easier compared to CUT 25. This is a feature I think many people will find very helpful, and will be happy with the change.
More Content
One issue that many people agree CUT 25 had was the lack of content. From the sound of things, that will not be an issue in CUT 26. There will be nine full seasons of content in CUT 26, with more mid-week drops than we had in CUT 25. We will also have over 100 challenges live at launch for us to look forward to completing.
Scheme Chemistry
One major change I noticed in the blog is that many Scheme Chemistries have now been combined to make it easier to unlock chemistry bonuses. The following schemes will be consolidated in CUT 26:
- 3-3-5 Tite merged into 3-3-5
- 3-4 Multiple merged into 3-4
- 4-3 Multiple merged into 4-3
- Power Spread merged into Spread
- Spread Option merged into Option
Day 1 Content
They cover a lot of the Day 1 content we will be looking forward to at launch. Launch day content is going to include pre-order rewards, crossover players, and early access players. There will also be two launch day programs with the Names of the Game and Standouts promos.
Campus Tokens/Twitch Drops
There will be a brand-new currency called Campus Tokens that can only be earned through Twitch Drops. Learn more about how to earn Twitch Drops here. You can find a video going in depth about the new Campus Tokens here. Save these tokens or spend them as you please, with bigger rewards costing more tokens. You can combine 10 tokens into a Super Token to help keep your inventory clear. 99 OVR Michael Crabtree will eventually be available in exchange for 20 Super Tokens.
Which new features are you looking forward to?
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