2K Sports quietly announced a new entry in its Top Spin series of tennis games yesterday. Titled TopSpin 2K25, it'll be the series' first new tennis sim in about 13 years.
Currently, the main source of information is the above teaser trailer, which features a mix of "gameplay and cinematics rendered in game engine". From what little we can glean, it looks like this could be the tennis game our industrious editor Sammy Barker has been waiting for — big budget, licensed tournaments, the whole shebang. Obviously we need more details to be sure, but 2K Sports describes TopSpin 2K25 as "the next must-play sports game" from the publisher.
No platforms are currently announced, but as pointed out by Gematsu, placeholder listings on the PS Store and Microsoft Store are live, so it'll be coming to PS5. Over on the game's official website, a logo at the bottom of the page appears to reveal it's being developed by Hangar 13 — best known for the Mafia series.
There are plenty of questions left to be answered, then, but the prospect of a new Top Spin is an exciting one. Are you excited about this announcement? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via gematsu.com, store.playstation.com]
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Tennis and rugby, two big sports that get precious little representation in gaming. Looking forward to this already.
@get2sammyb is hoping Taylor Swift is a secret unlock character.
"Sammy is pleased"
I was genuinely going to ask 😂
Bring back Smash Court Tennis, still the GOAT
@BeerIsAwesome Games are more expensive to make nowadays unfortunately. If it's not football or one of the big American sports, you can forget about regular releases.
I'd rather have a decent cricket game.
@pushL7 This is painfully true. Though some of the indie games based around a sport with whatever schtick they have can be very fun. Unfortunately not regular releases like you say.
Give us a new virtua tennis any day! Much preferred the arcade style to simulation sorts.
FINALLY! I am HYPE!
Shame it's the grubby 2K that has to be the ones to put Tennis back on the map. C'mon SEGA.... give us Virtua Tennis 5 you cowards!
It’s about time, please make it worth the wait.
Ohhhh! Hope this is good
@hypnotoad Big Ants's series is decent. Granted the latest version isn't revolutionary in terms of gameplay compared to earlier versions but it's still a quality game
Top Spin......the Pro Evo of tennis games !!
I'm not impressed with graphics. Love Virtua Tennis on PS Vita, it was almost as good as PS3 version. A welcome announcement
@get2sammyb Does it still say “Sammy likes tennis games way more than you do” somewhere in your profile? 😁 Congrats.
Hyped. Please don't screw up the gameplay... at least give us the exact same gameplay engine and upgrade the presentation, plus online gaming and decent carrer mode.
I'm both excited and sceptical at the same time.
I used to love a good tennis game, there seemed to be a never ending supply of them back in the PSWii60 era, but pretty much every one from PS4 onwards has turned out to be a complete let down
I hope they can get licences for all the great players (of all time).
@hypnotoad I wish EA gives it another try.
Hopefully they have worked off what they already had for Topspin 4 and just update it and improve it visually. I really hope they get this right.
@get2sammyb So am I - you just don’t know how much damage my and my friends did to our thumbs as school kids playing Top Spin!
Wish someone would bring back smash court tennis. And Adidas power soccer while they’re at it.
@maybemaybemaybe
Beat me to it!
Can't be worse then the most recent tennis offering we got Matchpoint I think it was called
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