2K returns to making NFL video games, but not a Madden competitor

[bowener]

Sucks that it won't immediately compete with Madden, but it sounds like 2022 could be an opportunity.

I searched but didn't see anything. Delete if Q.

Just quoting the start of the article.

2K is getting back into the officially licensed football video game business, having struck a “multi-year partnership” with the NFL that covers “multiple future video games,” the parties announced Tuesday.

But don’t call it a comeback: The deal is for “non-simulation football game experiences,” according to a news release from 2K, so it doesn’t give the publisher the ability to revive its dearly departed NFL 2K franchise. Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL series will remain the only simulation football game in town — for now, at least.

The agreement between 2K and the NFL — for which the parties did not disclose financial terms — will produce “multiple video games centered on fun, approachable and social experiences,” said 2K president David Ismailer in a statement. That suggests that the publisher will focus on making games such as arcade-style sports titles in the vein of Saber Interactive’s NBA 2K Playgrounds 2.

Link is here.

[Hammock Parties]

This is great for 2K.

They get to work on their engine and graphics for the game for a dry run on this "non-sim" version of the game.

Then next year they add in franchise mode and introduce the simulation version of their football game.

EA is ****ed.

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

This is great for 2K.

They get to work on their engine and graphics for the game for a dry run on this "non-sim" version of the game.

Then next year they add in franchise mode and introduce the simulation version of their football game.

EA is ****ed.

Agreed. I feel like the NFL wanted this deal in place to smoothen the transition in 2022 when they partner with 2k/Take-Two Interactive for the full-blown NFL2K sim after EA's exclusive contract expires in 2021.

[Dayze]

please let this happen and give us a football sim game not made by EA.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by Dayze

please let this happen and give us a football sim game not made by EA.

Would be cool something non Madden or EA come out a week before I get quaranteed . I don't know if I'll get quaranteed but I'd like a cool ass football game and a zombie game to play just in case.

[Setsuna]

Take Two is worse than EA. Yall are being duped. They are Bird man over here rubbing their hands together.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Setsuna

Take Two is worse than EA. Yall are being duped. They are Bird man over here rubbing their hands together.

They are not. Visual Concepts has relatively been the same people working there for 20 plus years. Of course some turnover, but people love it there.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

They are not. Visual Concepts has relatively been the same people working there for 20 plus years. Of course some turnover, but people love it there.

Alright. Let's revisit this if this ever happens and the game comes out.

[hometeam]

gonna be some mobile trash

[Bill Brasky]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

Please be like NFL Blitz, or even a 7 on 7 mode would be awesome.

Nfl Blitz on the new consoles would be a blast. Yes please!

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Bill Brasky

Nfl Blitz on the new consoles would be a blast. Yes please!

The NFL is not going to let them make a blitz game. They are trying to stop the violence image.