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 would create a college hoops meeting for the first time since K Games followed later in the day with a comment that it s exploring exciting new techniques 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 contestant likeness concerns that froze EA s college football franchise It was unclear if the developers statements were coordinated suggesting a shared franchise or whether they ll be competing in a area 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 profitable as its college football franchise that was revived last year EA s basketball games were among the industry s majority of popular in the early s But times have changed K Games with its NBA K franchise is the top basketball developer in the current field and has been for awhile K is the undisputed home of basketball gaming K declared in a report to The Associated Press We have a strong history with college hoops and are exploring exciting new tactics to bring athletes and schools to life Class is in session A population relations representative for EA Sports wasn t able to provide further details on their plans The rep referred the AP back to the tweet