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EA Sports and 2K hint at revival of college basketball video games
By RYAN KRYSKA
AP Sports Writer
Developers EA Sports and 2K 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 game for the first time since 2009. 2K Games followed later in
the day with a statement that it's "exploring exciting new ways 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 player likeness concerns that froze EA's
college football franchise.
If both relaunch college basketball, they'll be competing in a market 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.
2K later responded to an X user's opinion that it should be the one creating
the next college basketball game: "The campus has been quiet for too long."
Although not as successful as its college football franchise that was revived
last year, EA's basketball games were among the industry's most popular in the
early 2000s.
But times have changed. 2K Games, with its NBA 2K franchise, is the top
basketball developer in the current market and has been for awhile.
"2K is the undisputed home of basketball gaming," 2K said in a statement to The
Associated Press. "We have a strong history with college hoops and are
exploring exciting new ways to bring athletes and schools to life. Class is in
session."
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