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Varsity High School Football Game Development Update: Latest News & Progress

ByKhris Brayton

Varsity High School Football is an upcoming video game by Spear Entertainment that has been in development for a couple of years. While no release date has been announced, every couple of months or so, the developers release an update on where the game currently stands. The most recent of these came out a few days ago, on May 2, 2025. Customization, gameplay sharing, player gameplay, and new mechanics were the main highlights here, and fans should be excited that the devs are working hard to perfect every element of the game they can.

What Did We Already Know About Varsity High School Football?

Varsity High School Football
Image of Varsity High School Football, courtesy of Spear Interactive.

Varsity High School Football is a game based on a national cultural phenomenon. Previously, video games that simulate sports have mainly focused on either college or professional-level athletes. This time, Spear Entertainment aims to tackle the world of high school sports, where players and coaches often gain the foundations that last them for an entire career, whether that is in sports or another field.

The Steam page for the game describes what fans should expect from Varsity High School Football. “Immerse yourself in true-to-life realistic gameplay, officially licensed gear, and all the high-stakes drama of leading your team to victory. Whether you’re a coach masterminding strategies or a player chasing the dream, Varsity puts you in control of every heart-pounding moment on the field.”

The page goes on to give specific highlights of the inner workings of the game:

THE ULTIMATE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Varsity High School Football brings the intensity, tradition, and glory of Friday Night Lights to life like never before.

Immerse yourself in true-to-life realistic gameplay, officially licensed gear, and all the high-stakes drama of leading your team to victory. Varsity puts you in control of every heart-pounding moment on the field.

Each town, county, and state offers a unique football atmosphere, creating a customizable sandbox where your decisions shape the future.

UNMATCHED TEAM CUSTOMIZATION

State Playoff Structure

You decide whether your state invites 8, 16, 32, or 64 teams into the playoffs for your classification

Player Details

Names, Numbers, Height, Class, Ratings

Equipment (exposed backplate, sleeves, gloves, hanging mouth guard, above the knee pads, and more)

Team and School

Location (any town/city with more than 1,000 people)

This allows us to use real life data for weather, demographics, estimated school size, and more

Facilities

Stands/bleacher size and type

Scoreboard style

Press box size and type

Team branding

Colors

Jersey and pant styles

EMERGENT DYNASTY EXPERIENCE

With our emergent Dynasty Mode, you’ll guide your team through multiple seasons, navigating rivalries, building relationships with players and parents, managing your coaching staff, and securing support from boosters.

The decisions you make will change the outcome of your experience throughout the season. Be careful what you promise because the strength of your relationships matter. No two seasons will be the same.

Triumph could see you celebrated as a local legend, but one wrong move might thrust you into the eye of a media storm, sparking the wildest coaching carousel in video game history.

The future of football starts here—this is Varsity.

What Did Spear Entertainment Reveal In the Latest Update?

On May 2, Spear Entertainment gave us another peek into the developmental progress of Varsity High School Football. Among these highlights are the ability for players to upload and download other users’ teams and logos through cross-platform sharing. Base logos can be customized with unique colors and team palettes.

As reported by Operation Sports, a new animator has worked on “key areas like route running, wide receiver hand placement, and the way the ball moves through the air. These updates are already shaping up and are expected to be visible in upcoming builds. There’s also been a strong focus on fine-tuning the feel of the on-field action to better match the pace and rhythm of high school football.”

The development team highlighted these changes in a recent X post.

The full update trailer is also available to watch.

Varsity High School Football fills a void in the market that fans have not been able to engage with previously. If Spear Entertainment can pull off its lofty goals, the game could become an incredibly successful sports entry. Although no release date has been announced, if they can get it ready for release in the next year, Varsity High School Football could even take the place of some of the holes left in football fans’ hearts at the cut of EA’s multiplayer servers on older games, like NCAA 14 and Madden 22. Stay tuned, as the developer has been consistent in updating fans on their progress!

Khris is the Gaming Site Manager for Total Apex Media, and a contributor to multiple other pages. He gives insight across many genres, particularly Gaming, Entertainment, News, and Sports. He is an avid gamer and serves as a moderator for online gaming servers. He has previously written as a fan for sports blogs on SBNation, including Over The Monster and McCovey Chronicles, giving his proposals and opinions on the direction of the teams. He is also a contributor at FanSided's Surviving Tribal, where he considers himself a reality TV superfan, and at Stadium Rant, specialising in the MLB. In his spare time, Khris enjoys camping and hiking in nature, taking nature photography, playing board games and video games, and both playing and watching sports; he also considers himself an ace mini-golfer.

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