CFL Video Game Released Without License From League, Union

The "Canadian Football '17" video game was released today for Xbox Live and Steam, but the CFL "has not got behind the project" from indie developer Canuck Play. So "instead of the Edmonton Eskimos playing at Commonwealth Stadium, for instance," the game "features a team in green and gold called the Edmonton Rhinos who play in a kind of familiar setting." Canuck Play President David Winter said, "There’s no league licence, there’s no Players Association licence." Winter said that he was "told the league was looking for a developer who would pay for both development and marketing, as well as a royalty to the CFL on top" (POSTMEDIA NETWORK, 7/26).