NBA 2K26 publisher teases a new college basketball video game

Forward of the launch of NBA 2K26 right this moment, writer 2K confirmed that it’s securing the partnerships essential to make a brand new faculty basketball online game. The final one it launched was School Hoops 2K8 in 2007.

2K is teasing collaborations for subsequent 12 months forward of “huge plans” in 2027. This announcement additionally raises questions in regards to the faculty basketball sport teased by EA Sports activities in June.

What are 2K’s plans for school basketball?

A devoted faculty basketball sport appears to be on the way in which

On Thursday night, simply earlier than NBA 2K26’s large launch, 2K posted on X to verify it’s “engaged on a university basketball expertise that can function greater than 100 packages from throughout the nation.” This got here after some reporting from Extra Points instructed that 2K was pursuing faculty licenses.

As for after we can anticipate to see the outcomes of those efforts, this message additionally hinted at that. 2K says that it has “huge plans for 2027 and past” with faculty basketball, and that there can be “just a few surprises coming in early 2026.”

This tease means that there can be an NBA 2K26 replace that includes faculties forward of a full faculty basketball sport in 2027. Clearly, faculty basketball video games will have the ability to construct on the robust basis that earlier basketball video games have established.

School basketball remains to be very fashionable, however that model of the game hasn’t gotten devoted video video games of its personal in a while. Each EA and 2K revealed faculty basketball video games all through the 2000s, however stopped by 2010.

The final devoted faculty basketball sport launched by 2K got here out in November 2007, had Greg Oden on the quilt, and was titled School Hoops 2K8. School sports activities video games fell out of favor by the mid-2010s, however seem like having a resurgence following the success of EA School Soccer’s revival.

EA itself even teased a brand new faculty basketball sport in June. That mentioned, Further Factors’ reporting revealed that colleges had been hesitant to get on board with EA’s plans for a devoted faculty soccer sport.

Colleges reportedly most well-liked 2K’s proposal to be included in NBA 2K and finally devoted titles of their very own over EA’s brand-new sport pitch, so EA rescinded its supply to high schools.

It stays to be seen if EA will attempt to salvage its tackle a university basketball online game or if 2K can have no competitors come 2027.