NFL Retro Bowl '25

October 30, 2024

Your NFL Retro Bowl '25 experience just got more realistic! Go all-in on the 2024/25 season with... - All team fields updated to be accurate for the current season. - New Super Bowl field with team end zones. - Significant updates to the player database to make sure that all players have accurate positions, numbers, and team affiliations as they were for the 2024 kickoff weekend. (New careers only. Practice Squad players can be found in the Free Agents area of the team builder menu.) - A new round of updates to player ratings based on your feedback. (New careers only.) - 12 new players added. (1xDL, 1xLB, 2xOL, 5xRB, 2xTE, 1xWR; of which 11 rostered / 1 Free Agent. New careers only.) - New appearance options for coaches and staff.

October 18, 2024

- Fix for a crash during gameplay if a designated Kick Returner was unavailable. - Fix for Kicker behavior in EXTREME difficulty. - Further fix for jersey numbers appearing for Free Agents.

October 10, 2024

- EXTREME difficulty is now available. - Alternate display options added for the Star Player markers. - Improved recording of statistics for players on other teams. - If two Kick Returners are selected, either one may receive the ball (depending on opposition Kicker stats). - Your first coaching season now follows the real 2024/25 schedule. Other fixes: - Fix for an issue where the Interceptions stat was not displaying correctly for Quarterbacks. - Fix for an issue where Coordinators could go missing if you completed a season without closing the game. - Fix for an issue where jersey numbers appeared on Free Agent portraits in certain menus. - Fix for an issue where a player's value might get recalculated in the middle of a Trade. - Fix for an issue where failing a player-for-player Trade due to the Salary Cap would completely cancel the Trade attempt. - Fix for an issue with overlapping buttons in the Trades menus on iPad.

September 19, 2024

Here come the Free Agents! Write your own alternate history for the season with even more options to create your dream team - Over 250 additional players in Free Agency have been added to the roster builder at the start of each new career! Other fixes in this version: - Fixed an issue where the Super Bowl MVP award would not be recorded in a player's stats. - Fixed an issue where some Season Awards would not be given out at all. - Fixed a crash when there were multiple pages in the player Hall of Fame. - Reinstated the option to Bench players in Exhibition Mode. - Changed the Uniform selector to only show unique uniforms (new careers only). - Fixed an issue where the first visit to Exhibition Mode might use a needlessly high Salary Cap. - Additional stability fixes for rare crashes.

September 13, 2024

- New options in Exhibition Mode for regenerating a random team and for setting the Salary Cap when regenerating a random team (Options are not available when using teams copied from a Career save slot). - Fixed a bug where player stats for other teams were not getting reset after each game (leading to very high numbers over time). - Fixed a bug where RB touchdowns for other teams were increasing QB completions, leading to completion rates over 100%. - Fixed a bug where historical Receiving stats for Wide Receivers and Tight Ends were not displayed. - Fixed a bug where many of the Head Coach stats would be blank during the first season. - Fixed a bug where extending the contract of a retiring player would cause a crash. - Fixed a bug where playing two Exhibition Mode games in a row would cause a crash. - Other teams will now cut players at the end of the season if renewed contracts cause them to exceed the salary cap. - Prevented most situations where a player would be removed from the league entirely after being traded away to another team. - Prevented non-real players from appearing as undrafted Rookies in the 2024 season. - Fixed a bug where players on other teams would increase skills without increasing Level. - Fixed a bug where players could still appear as Free Agents even past the usual retirement age. - Fixed a bug where the Defensive Coordinator's Super Bowl ring was being credited to the Offensive Coordinator. - Fixed a bug where accepting a Job Offer could cause you to have more than 2 coordinators. - Fixed the entry for the historical winners of Super Bowl V.

September 7, 2024

Version 1.0.3 contains the first updates to player ratings based on your feedback. You will need to start a new career to obtain players with the latest starting ratings; existing careers will continue with the older ratings including the way you have upgraded them while playing. This also fixes the issue where some players' potential would be lower than their starting rating. Other fixes in v1.0.3 - Fix for Super Bowl winner entries being deleted from the Hall of Fame - Fix for an issue where other teams would not recruit Rookies in the Draft - Fix for a crash which could repeatedly occur if another team had very few players - Fix for a crash which could occur after taking a Job Offer - Fix for a rare crash which could occur during gameplay - Improved likelihood of DB trades being accepted

September 6, 2024

- Fix for players getting two years older each season. - Fix for players retaining their Rookie status indefinitely. - Fix for the case where you could take a Job Offer from your current team. - Fix for rain and snow being available in covered stadiums in Exhibition Mode. - Improved menu navigation and player ordering in the player searches when building your starting roster.

September 5, 2024