In shocking news, College Hoops 2K9 has been cancelled due to a conflict with Collegiate Licensing Company.
2K Sports has decided not to continue negotiations with the CLC for the license for its top-rated College Hoops franchise, which would have been released next in November 2008,” said 2K Sports in a statement. “We are committed to providing fans with high-quality, critically acclaimed sports games, but given our disciplined approach to the business, we do not believe the current discussions would result in an acceptable outcome.”
2K Games provided no other details on the negotiation climate, but Kotaku reports that the reason for the breakdown in talks was outside influence from Take-Two rival Electronic Arts, which releases its own multiplatform annualized college hoops series, NCAA March Madness. EA and the CLC had not responded to requests for comment as of press time.
This shocking news may leave the inferior EA Sports March Madness game as the only college hoops game come November.
(Thanks, GameSpot.)
