NCAA Strategies,
which has received a copy of NCAA Football 09 for the PS3, mentioned
today that within the previews presented on the game is a quick trailer
which lets on to a name change for the March Madness franchise. It will
now simply be known as NCAA Basketball. It looks like Fred @ SG was
actually the first to notice.
2K Sports’ decision to end their College Hoops franchise opened up
the door for this change. It makes sense in that the name matches the
football branding and it will be more easily understood as the only
college basketball game on the market (which it is at least for the
time being). This is a critical year as EA will be looking to provide a
product that can satisfy those gamers who may have purchased College
Hoops instead. A disappointing release would make it even tougher to
recapture them in the future.
Also of note is that NCAA Basketball 09 will release in November.
While this has generally been the norm, the past two releases of March
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