Wild Card Football Reveals the New Rules of the Game in ‘What is Wild Card’ Trailer Starring ESPN Sportscaster Chris Berman
Football for everyone comes home to PC & consoles on 10 October
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – 7 September 2023 – Saber Interactive, in partnership with the NFL Players Association and OneTeam Partners, has revealed a brand-new trailer for Wild Card Football, showcasing over-the-top arcade action featuring pro football stars and icons from the latest installment in the bestselling arcade-sports Playgrounds franchise. Narrated by renowned ESPN commentator Chris Berman, the new ‘What is Wild Card’ trailer gives lifelong American football fans and newcomers alike an inside look at how Wild Card Football flips the sport completely upside down with bombastic moves, game-changing Wild Card power-ups, and devastating Rule-Breakers to outplay your opponents when they least expect it.
About Wild Card Football
Wild Card Football offers a fresh way to play America’s most popular sport with new gameplay mechanics and action-packed fun, where the tides can turn with the flip of a (wild) card. The game features pro superstars and legends like Colin Kaepernick, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Patrick Mahomes, Ja’marr Chase, Christian McCaffrey, Micah Parsons, Justin Jefferson, Aaron Donald and many more, as they go 7-on-7 for gridiron supremacy.
Key Features:
- Create Your Dream Team: Choose from hundreds of genuine pro players, reimagined Playgrounds-style, and assemble the ultimate 7-on-7 gridiron squad. Advance through different challenges and events to unlock new players and other exciting rewards.
- Play Your Wild Cards: Unleash over 150 Wild Cards to turn the tide of the game in your favour in an instant. Bust out special moves like summoning walls or invisibility, boost your team’s stats at a crucial moment, or play a Rule-Breaker and flip the rules of the game completely.
- Become a Champion: Prove your skills in single-player Season mode, climb to the top of the leaderboards in competitive online multiplayer with full crossplay, or challenge your friends at home for bragging rights in local multiplayer.
- Customise Your Squad: Personalise your team’s logo, uniforms and colours, choose your home stadium, then build unique playbooks and Wild Card decks to perfect your strategies on the field.
Wild Card Football will be available 10 October 2023 for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Pre-order the game today and receive the ‘Legacy Players Kickoff Pack’ at launch, featuring four legacy legends with unique throwback outfits: Dan Marino, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders and Walter Payton.
For more info, check out PlaygroundsSports.com, and follow the game on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
About Saber Interactive
An Embracer Group company headquartered in the U.S., Saber Interactive is a worldwide publisher and developer consisting of over 20 studios in the Americas and Europe. Creating games for all major platforms based on original and licensed IPs, Saber’s titles include Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, World War Z, SnowRunner and Evil Dead: The Game. Founded in 2001, Saber is known for two decades of development partnerships with AAA publishers, producing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Nintendo Switch, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Crysis Remastered, and many others.
About the NFLPA
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is the union for professional football players in the National Football League. Established in 1956, the NFLPA has a long history of assuring proper recognition and representation of players’ interests. The NFLPA has shown that it will do whatever is necessary to assure that the rights of players are protected—including ceasing to be a union, if necessary, as it did in 1989. In 1993, the NFLPA again was officially recognized as the union representing the players and negotiated a landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL. The current CBA will govern the sport through the 2030 season. Learn more at www.nflpa.com.
About NFL Players Inc.
NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing arm of the NFLPA, connects businesses to the power of NFL players. NFL Players Inc. creates customised business solutions for partners, through licensing, marketing strategy and player activations. For more information, please visit nflpa.com/players-inc.
About OneTeam Partners
OneTeam Partners is a global sports licensing, marketing, media, and investment company representing the commercial interests of more than 10,000 players across various sports, including the NFLPA, MLBPA, MLSPA, U.S. Women’s National Team PA, WNBPA, NWSLPA, U.S. Rugby PA, and the LCSPA, as well as college athletes.
Wild Card Football © 2023. Published by Saber Interactive Inc. Developed by Saber Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. NFLPA and the NFLPA logo are trademarks of the National Football League Players Association. All rights reserved. Colin Kaepernick, Kaepernick are trademarks of Inked Flash, Inc. All rights reserved. All player likenesses used under licence.
