OOTP Development are the folks behind some awesome sports games. Well they recently announced a new game Beyond the Sideline Football. Now the game isn’t expected to reach Beta for a year, with a shipping date sometime in 2015 but we have some info to wet your whistle. Here are a few of its features:
- A realistic modern day American football experience with all current rules and regulations.
- All 32 real American football teams with their real players and current rosters.
- A 2D engine that represents all the action on the field, with the ability to call plays and watch them unfold, complete with the roar of the crowd and other sound effects.
- FaceGen support allows realistic images of all players.
- A complete box score for every game played in the league during its history, so you can always look back on thrilling victories and agonizing defeats.
- The ability to sim decades into the future and watch teams’ fortunes rise and fall as dynasties emerge, crumble, and eventually renew themselves.
- You call the shots from the front office: Participate in the draft for your team every spring; trade players; and negotiate contracts with draft picks and free agents.
- Nearly 50 tracked stats, allowing you to go beyond the usual numbers and dig deep into players’ performance.
- Customization options, including the ability to change team names, the number of teams, the league structure, the league’s country, and a variety of settings.
That is a lot but if you have played any of OOTP Developments games, you should not be surprised.
“I’ve known Francis since my days working for Sports Interactive,” said OOTP Developments co-founder Markus Heinsohn. “He is a tremendously talented programmer who knows American football as well as anyone I’ve ever met. He has also been working on his own football gaming projects for years. I am convinced that his skills, combined with our experience creating excellent sports management games, will result in an amazing American football game which will bolster our product lineup for years to come.”
“Having known Markus from our time at Sports Interactive together, and playing OOTP every year since, I was delighted at the opportunity to bring my football game to OOTP Developments,” said Beyond the Sideline lead developer Francis Cole. “Beyond the Sideline will be an amazing American football GM game, thanks to technology such as FaceGen, releasing on PC/Mac/Linux, and having an existing code base that enables players to easily customize their leagues.”
The official Beyond the Sideline Football forum is now open: http://www.ootpdevelopments.
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