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Report: EA May Add New Sports Franchises

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by Louis Garcia on March 06, 2013 at 12:50 PM

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Electronic Arts’ chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen said “a couple of new sports franchises” may be added to the developer’s stable of sports games.

The revelation came during the Wedbush Technology Conference today. While answering a question about EA’s planned releases, Jorgensen pointed out that EA “didn’t necessarily cancel” the NBA Live franchise, just that it wasn’t delivered on time.

"For us, the big opportunities continue to be the FIFA franchise, the Battlefield franchise and then the core sports [franchises] of Madden, NCAA , NHL, adding NBA, and possibly a couple of new sports franchises along that way," Jorgensen said. "Clearly, that's a big strength of the company and we want to continue that."

The UFC series is currently being developed by EA. According to Polygon, a new baseball game may also be in EA's sights now that Take-Two’s (developer of the MLB 2K series) exclusive third-party licensing agreement with Major League Baseball has expired.

[Source: Polygon]

Filed under: News, EA, Madden, Battlefield, ufc, MLB, NBA, report, NCAA, take two, nhl, FIFA 13, Blake Jorgensen

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by GeneralChurch Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 01:47 PM

how about take a year off and revamp all of the franchises.
by Data Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 01:50 PM

Rugby maybe?
by John Hunter Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 01:52 PM

Lacrosse please
by Alcatraz Xl Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 01:59 PM

lacross 14 and bowling 14
by PV_Archemist Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 02:12 PM

Just bring back the Rugby title and I'll be happy.
by AppleTechies Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 02:17 PM

Finally, a company that can compete with 2k's NBA basketball games
by Warrior Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 03:08 PM

That's interesting.
by ScadootsMcGoots Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 03:21 PM

Ultimate Frisbee would be sweet!
by mista OG fresh Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 03:47 PM

Curling
by Vaas Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 03:54 PM

new EA baseball game would be awesome
by ReaperX30 Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 04:51 PM

I like Golf so Tiger Woods is the game I usually get but I wish they would release it every 2 or 3 years instead of every year and put more content and options in. I get that as a company they need to make money but seriously if you look at NHL, Madden or whatever franchise there's never enough upgrades to warrant paying 60$ every year.

I would be curious about a curling game though even if it sounds crazy. A new franchise could be good.
by Ron Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 05:44 PM

How bout you guys focus on getting NBA Live out of the grave and to the greatness that FIFA is, then we can talk EA.
by John Wrek Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 07:25 PM

As long as they're alright I guess...
by DragonLord1123 Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 09:44 PM

Baseball.
by brewin80 Wednesday, March 06, 2013 at 10:24 PM

Its pretty obvious they are speaking of NBA and MLB games coming back into the fold. If they can match the quality of NHL and FIFA, then hell yeah bring them on! NBA 2K is good and all, but I kinda miss the old school NBA Live games.

And to hell with MLB 2K they dropped the pop fly on that one. Bought the license then released crap the whole time. WTF. At least EA tried a little with Madden after the exclsuivity deal. After 2K got the MLB license it was all downhill. Its really strange how the tables completely turned this gen. Where the hell is NHL 2K? There was no exclusivity deal there, 2K just gave up. Pretty soon 2K will have to exit the sports games biz altogether. EA should just buy Visual Concepts from 2K and let them make Madden and NBA Live, problems solved.
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by xCSTxChaos Thursday, March 07, 2013 at 01:11 AM

Surfing please the last good one was Kelly Slaters Pro Surfer on PS2 I mean the man is a legend with 11 world titles I think he deserves another good game
by xCSTxChaos Thursday, March 07, 2013 at 01:14 AM

Ke11y Slater's Pro Surfer 2 please!!!
by Frank Thursday, March 07, 2013 at 01:20 AM

BMX! BMX! BMX! BMX! BMX! BMX! BMX! BMX!
by trixter73 Thursday, March 07, 2013 at 10:55 AM

EA Sports needs to drop the whole NBA Live thing and concentrate on relaunching the NCAA Basketball series. It's been four long years since us gamers have had a college game to play.