A new college basketball video game is now in the making, 2k games confirmed on Thursday in one Post on X. The company said it develops a “college basketball experience” with more than 100 programs.
2K -Games announces big plans for 2027 and beyond
On the same day, EA Sports reportedly ended his plans for the first official college -Basketball Game since 2009, 2K Games announced his goal to release a competition in a few years.
“Yes, it’s true,” read the company’s tweet. “We are working on a basketball experience with a university with more than 100 programs from all over the country, from powerhouses to stories about Cinderella.
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– 2k (@2k) September 5, 2025
“… more good news – you don’t have to wait long to see your favorite colleges appear in the game. We have big plans for 2027 and then, and even a few surprises come early 2026.”
Although the last EA Sports College was basketball game NCAA Basketball 10Last year the company brought its university football match back in the name, image and parable (zero) era of college sports.
EA Sports will not develop a college basketball video game
This news also comes months after 2K in the future had the development of college basketball matches in the future posted “The campus has been quiet for too long” on June 30.
On the same day, EA Sports announced that it was return The college basketball video game series.
However, Matt Brown Extra points reported on Thursday that Sean O’Brien, the VP of commercial partnerships and licenses at EA Sports, sent a memo that the company revealed that the company has withdrawn its plans to continue with a College Basketball Videogame License offer.
“Since there are some schools that choose to accept the 2K sports proposal for admission to NBA 2K, the offer to be included in a college basketball video game will unfortunately have to be withdrawn,” said the memo.
“Everyone at EA Sports is disappointed that we could not find an acceptable path forward, but we appreciate your support in trying to bring a standing college basketball game with all the institutions for men and women Division 1 and student athletes, conferences and the NCAA, in a way that fans have told that they want to support.”
NBA 2K26 released on 5 September
NBA 2K Has been the dominant series of video games on the market for the pro -level.
This news came on the same day that 2k games were released NBA 2K26 For Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Windows.
NBA 2K26 was officially announced on July 8. The announcement showed that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would serve as the cover athlete of the Standard Edition, after his NBA MVP Award and Championship season.
The next day Angel Reese was announced as the coveratleet for the Wnba edition, while Carmelo Anthony was unveiled as the coveratleet for the Superstar edition.
The most expensive version, entitled Leave No Doubt Edition, contains all three athletes on the cover.
NBA video games are for which 2K is best known for. The developer said it is planning to have the same influence with his college basketball game.
“We have proven the quality of the basketball experience that we can deliver for years and have the intention to bring the same level of quality for college hoops,” 2K posted on X.
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