The college basketball video game is making a comeback.
EA Sports announced Monday that it is bringing back its college basketball video game.
Bring the Madness. Lets run it back. #CBB #ItsInTheGame pic.twitter.com/iBNhGxn2yj
— EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) June 30, 2025
EA Sports’ social media announcement included no details about when the college basketball game will return. Extra Points’ Matt Brown, however, reported that the plan is for EA Sports to release the first game in 2028.
A source told Eleven Warriors that EA Sports hopes to have all Division I men’s and women’s basketball teams in the game.
The new college basketball game will be the first since EA Sports released NCAA Basketball 10 in 2009.
EA Sports’ return to college basketball follows last year’s relaunch of EA Sports College Football. No official college sports video games were released from 2014-23 due to lawsuits against the NCAA that argued that players should be paid for the use of their likenesses in the game.
EA Sports College Football 25 was the first college sports video game to compensate players for the use of their names, images and likenesses in the game, and it’s expected that EA Sports College Basketball will do the same.
While gamers will still have to wait three more years to play a new college basketball video game, EA Sports College Football 26 is set to be released next week. The official release of EA Sports College Football 26 is set for July 10 with Deluxe Edition early access available July 7.
