The success of EA Sports College Football 2025 doesn't just mean more college football games down the line for American football fans. It also means the return of other collegiate-level sports games from EA, as the company has just pointed to an EA Sports College Basketball game on the horizon.
A post on the official EA Sports X account teases the return of the series, captioned with EA saying "Bring the Madness. Let's run it back," adding hashtags for college basketball as 'CBB' and the popular EA Sports tagline 'It's in the game.'
The last time EA released a college basketball game was 2009, with the release of NCAA Basketball 10, and according to Extra Points (spotted by GameSpot), a memo from the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) puts the first game in EA's return to college basketball arriving in 2028.
If it hits that release window, then that means the first game in what'll likely be called 'EA Sports College Basketball' will be out almost two decades since the last time EA had a college basketball game on shelves.
Earlier this year, EA confirmed that sales for College Football 25 exceeded $1 billion, so it's not the biggest shock that the company would look to bring back its other collegiate-level sports series. It'll be interesting to see how EA Sports College Football 26 does in comparison, to see just how strong the desire is from college sports fans to have these games return as an annual series again.
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