EA Sports to bring back college basketball video game in 2028
EA Sports is set to bring back its college basketball video game in 2028, according to a memo obtained by Matt Brown. The video game company also teased the release on their official Twitter/X account.
EA Sports and 2K both stopped their annual releases of college basketball video games prior to 2013. But with the success of EA’s college football video game return last summer, basketball was the logical next step.
In a memo sent to college conference offices from the College Licensing Company (CLC), dated July 26, 2025, CLC put out a request for proposal (RFP) to create a college basketball video game in November 2024,” Brown wrote for Extra Points. “According to the memo, five companies expressed formal interest, and three filed formal bids.
The CLC memo recommends that the conferences accept the proposal made by EA Sports to bring back EA Sports College Basketball. This proposal states a plan for EA Sports to release the first game in 2028.”
It was over a decade in between college football video games and that’ll be the case with college basketball. But, it looks like the drought will end in three years.
Top 10
- 1New
Ranking SEC schedule
Toughest to easiest
- 2
Big Ten odds
Ranking contenders first to last
- 3Hot
Top 25 QB rankings
EA Sports CFB 26 rankings
- 4Trending
Jeremiah Smith
Vows to never lose to Michigan
- 5
5-star commitments
Multiple set for this week
Get the On3 Top 10 to your inbox every morning
By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms, and use of my personal information described therein.
Due to the NIL space, there was a lot of speculation of whether video games would return now that players were able to profit off of their likeness, compared to the original era of college athletics video games.
EA Sports wanted to make sure they got in on the ground floor of bringing back a college basketball game. Now, it’s a reality.
At this point, it’s hard to determine how the game will look three years from now. It’s easy to see how the college football game improves year to year, considering it’s already back and College Football 26 is due this summer.
EA Sports College Basketball 29 anyone? With how expansive the college football game is, it’s sure to be in depth on the hardwood. It also opens the possibility of additional sports getting their own games in the future, with the way NIL works. Maybe baseball will be next!