One of the most heated video game rivalries in the industry will be renewed on the golf course, with Electronic Arts announcing their very own next-gen golf game.
Titled as EA Sports PGA Tour, the company detailed that they'll be using the critically-acclaimed Frostbite engine for the game's graphics. EA also added that the game will include some of the most famous golf courses and professional golfers in the world. However, EA did not say specifically which golfers or courses will be made available for EA Sports PGA Tour. EA Sports PGA Tour Announced https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1376505988455489542
For the better part of the past three decades, the PGA Tour series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts was an annual fixture. It prominently featured Tiger Woods as the face of the sports simulator franchise. EA developed and published a total of 16 titles with the legendary professional golfer on the cover.
Unfortunately, by 2011, EA had started showing signs of discontent with the golf star's increasingly negative reputation and worsening professional performance. By 2013, EA had dropped Woods completely in favor of Rory McIlroy for PGA Tour 3. But, without Woods' star power, the Rora McIlroy PGA Tour games would fail to find any success. As a result, EA decided to can the entire franchise completely after just one year.
More than half a decade later, EA has decided to bring back their venerated PGA Tour series of games. This announcement comes just weeks after Tiger Woods made his partnership with 2K official.
EA's return to golf games will reportedly have features that 2K's offering will not have. Although it won't have Tiger Woods, the upcoming title will reportedly let players play with and against other famous professional golfers. In addition to this, the game will reportedly let players build their own professional virtual careers and live their lifelong dreams of becoming a pro golfer.