There's been rumblings throughout the week, but with no confirmation, that Take Two and Microsoft are brokering a deal that would give Microsoft the resources to resurrect the XSN line of sports games.
XSN was the original first-party sports line for the Xbox brand. The short lived line of sports games ran from 2003 to 2004 with the face of the line being Peyton Manning who was the cover athlete for NFL Fever. Most of the brands established by XSN are now owned by Take Two's 2K and 2K Sports lines.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
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Not so sure about this rumor... I thought MS getting rid of the XSN was to get EA Sports games onto their system
I hope this is not true... all those games sucked... except TopSpin
and yea the graphics were top notch... but almost unplayable.
never noticed. Mabey EA Sports had something to do with it?
With MS marketing strenght, it would be a good thing for Visual Concept. VC sport games are on par if not better than EA in many cases, but never enjoyed the same level of sales as EA's titles. Take Two was not strong enough to help VC compete with EA. MS can help the flourish.
IMO. 2K sports has always been superior to EA. If 2K was behind the Microsoft branded franchises like NFL fever it could truly bring the Microsoft lineup of Sports franchises to life.
Another highpoint is that the 2K quality games would be exclusive to the Xbox brand. It could really drive sails of the 360. I am sure that there are a lot of fans of 2K sports games in the gaming community.