Back at the end of June, EA Sports announced they planned to bring back a college basketball version of their video games, which comes off the successes of the returns of their college football product in CFB 25 and CFB 26. However, those plan looks to be over based on the latest in their matchup against 2K.
Per Matt Brown at Extra Points, EA Sports has rescinded their proposal to create the video game for college ‘hoops. That’s with enough schools nationally instead choosing to license themselves with 2K.
“UPDATE: According to a memo obtained by Extra Points, EA Sports has rescinded their college basketball video game licensing proposal, as enough schools have elected to go with 2K,” Brown tweeted out on Thursday morning.
In his article updated this morning, Brown included that memo from Sean O’Brien, EA Sports’ VP of Commercial Partnerships & Licensing. It’s not an official statement by the company, with no response yet from their opposition either, but their involvement in the product reads to be over as of this memo’s sending last night.
“Given there are some schools choosing to accept the 2K Sports proposal for inclusion in NBA 2K, the offer to be included in a college basketball video game will unfortunately have to be rescinded,” O’Brien wrote. “Everyone at EA SPORTS is disappointed that we all couldn’t find an acceptable path forward, but we appreciate your support in trying to bring a stand-alone college basketball game with all men’s and women’s Division 1 institutions and student athletes, conferences as well as the NCAA, in a way that fans have told us they want. We really appreciate your support.”
This report will be updated further
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