EA Sports and 2K hint at revival of college basketball video games

Developers EA Sports and K Games have hinted at the revival of college basketball video games EA Sports sent a cryptic tweet on Monday that suggested it wants to create a college hoops tournament for the first time since K Games followed later in the day with a declaration that it s exploring exciting new methods to bring athletes and schools to life Both developers ended their college hoops franchises more than a decade ago for multiple reasons not limited to the athlete likeness concerns that froze EA s college football franchise If both relaunch college basketball they ll be competing in a industry that doesn t often make space for two mainstream games featuring the same sports league Bring the Madness Let s run it back CBB ItsInTheGame EA Sports tweeted There s nothing like College Sports another one of its accounts tweeted K later responded to an X user s opinion that it should be the one creating the next college basketball championship The campus has been quiet for too long Although not as productive as its college football franchise that was revived last year EA s basketball games were among the industry s bulk popular in the early s But times have changed K Games with its NBA K franchise is the top basketball developer in the current realm and has been for awhile K is the undisputed home of basketball gaming K announced in a message to The Associated Press We have a strong history with college hoops and are exploring exciting new solutions to bring athletes and schools to life Class is in session AP Sports https apnews com sports Source