With roughly two weeks to go until College Football 25 is released, EA Sports has finally shared details on fan-favorite Dynasty Mode, detailing all the tools players can access on their quest to build a dynasty in college football.

In the new gameplay deep dive, EA Sports revealed that College Football 25’s Dynasty Mode will allow you to start as a head coach, or you can have a more humble beginning and start as a coordinator and work your way up to the stop. More interestingly, there are different skill trees broken up into three core pillars, which you can read a bit more about below:

• Motivator: A coach who can motivate their players to play the best
• Recruiter: Someone who is good at recruiting the top players from each recruiting class year
• Tactician: Skilled at boosting players’ ratings on game day by crafting plays that can assist in winning big games

EA Sports notes that every choice and decision you make will impact Dynasty Mode beyond just recruiting the best players possible, as how you build your staff will impact your program’s performance. To add immersion into the game, EA Sports revealed that players who opt to become head coaches will be able to manage their staff during conference championship week, allowing them the option to fire their coordinators within that week-long timeframe with the ability to hire new coordinators during the first week of Bowl Games, assuming you have a spot open.

Plenty to Customize

Like Road to Glory, Dynasty Mode in College Football 25 will also have Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals, and the Transfer Portal will be critical tools for recruiting purposes as you snatch up talent from HS and current student-athletes looking to go to another school. Other interesting tidbits include Dynasty Mode, which offers players the option to convince kids to stay at your school if they decide to either enter the Transfer Portal or declare for the NFL Draft.

When recruiting players, each will have different desires and goals they want in the school they plan to commit to. Recruits could care about things such as playtime, the likelihood of winning championships, building their brand to obtain more NIL deals, staying close to home, stability in the coaching staff, and academic prowess, to name a few.

Yet, the most interesting thing coming to College Football 25’s Dynasty Mode is the ability to realign football conferences. Every conference is set with the 2024 realignment (e.g. Texas and Oklahoma heading to the SEC and Colorado heading to the Big 12). However, players are able to customize conferences. So you could, for example, add the University of Maryland back into the ACC or revive the PAC-12.

College Football 25 is headed to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 19 or July 16 for those that purchase the Deluxe Edition. For more, check out the top 25 rated teams, the best offensive and defensive teams, and the toughest stadiums to play in. If you want to hear IGN’s initial thoughts before the full release, check out our hands-on preview.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

After unexpectedly teasing the game last week, Capcom has shared new details on Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, confirming among other things that it will release on September 18, 2024.

Saying "it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this game a remake," developer Rysosuke Murai said the new release will run in 4K 60fps on the RE Engine, and will include quality-of-life improvements like the ability to move while aiming, as well as improvements to NPC behavior.

Capcom has also "fine-tuned the interface" and added autosave functionality, and the story will be fully-voiced in nine languages.

In addition to the standard edition, Capcom is planning to release a digital deluxe edition that will include additional costumes and mall background music. A physical release is set for November 2024.

Dead Rising returns

Though it has been years since a new Dead Rising game was developed, the franchise's return seemed possible. In early February, Capcom posted a "Super Elections" survey on its website, asking players if they would like a sequel or spin-off to its dormant franchises, such as Dead Rising, Okami, and Dino Crisis.

Dead Rising was originally released in 2006 and quickly became among the more desirable games available exclusively on the Xbox 360. The franchise ushered in a new franchise for Capcom during the late 2000s and 2010s, including three sequels.

The most recent entry in the franchise before the announcement of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster was Dead Rising 4, released in 2016 for Xbox One and PC before a PS4 port titled Frank's Big Package was released a year later. Dead Rising 4 was met with mixed reception and was reported to have underperformed sales-wise.

The poor sales performance of Dead Rising 4 led to the cancellation of a new Dead Rising game, in addition to the closing of Capcom Vancouver (formerly Blue Castle Games), which developed Dead Rising games, starting in 2010 with the Dead Rising 2 prequel Case Zero.

In our review of Dead Rising, IGN wrote: "Though Dead Rising may seem like a simple, mindless game when you first pick it up, it eventually reveals itself as a deeper experience. Tons of extras are packed into Willamette's shops, there are magazine power-ups and special drink mixes to be brewed, lots of clothing combinations, countless pictures to be taken and plenty of NPCs to be saved."

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.