NBA 2K26 launches this week, however that is not the one main improvement from 2K Sports activities. The corporate has confirmed plans to launch its personal “faculty basketball expertise” simply after reviews instructed that EA’s faculty basketball recreation was operating into doubtlessly severe points.
In its statement, 2K Sports activities stated, “Sure, it is true. We’re engaged on a school basketball expertise that can function greater than 100 packages from throughout the nation, from powerhouses to Cinderella tales.”
With out stepping into specifics, 2K’s assertion continued, “Our strategy with faculty basketball ensures our associate colleges, faculty athletes, and our gamers all profit.”
As for when 2K’s new faculty basketball “expertise” may launch, the corporate stated “you will not have to attend lengthy to begin seeing your favourite faculties present up in recreation.” The developer stated it has “huge plans for 2027 and past” and “a number of surprises coming in early 2026.”
“We have confirmed the standard of the basketball expertise we will ship for years, and have each intention to carry that very same degree of high quality to varsity hoops,” 2K stated, signing off its message with, “Ball over the whole lot.”
2K had a school basketball franchise and ran it for years, however College Hoops 2K8 was the final entry in that sequence in 2007. EA’s NCAA Basketball sequence, in the meantime, ended with 2009’s NCAA Basketball 10.
When EA introduced its personal faculty basketball revival in June, 2K stated it was additionally engaged on a school basketball mission. Nevertheless, only in the near past, a memo from an EA higher-up got here to gentle and means that EA’s personal faculty basketball recreation is just not going ahead, with colleges opting to associate with 2K as an alternative.
Basketball could be very huge enterprise for 2K, as its NBA 2K sequence has sold more than 162 million units to date.
Whereas EA’s faculty basketball sequence might not return quickly, or ever, the corporate is having fun with huge success with its newly re-launched College Soccer sequence. The 2024 recreation, College Soccer 25, was an enormous success, driving more than $1 billion in revenue, whereas College Soccer 26 is already 2025’s No. 3 best-selling recreation within the US.
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