Since EA first announced the long-awaited return of its annual golf franchise withEA SportsPGA Tourin March 2021, the return of golf to EA Sports' lineup has seen its fair share of highs and lows following the initial reveal. While EA Sports revealed that the upcoming golf title would be the first of its sport toprominently feature women’s golf and the LPGAas well as have exclusivity with the iconic Masters tournament, development has hit several snags with the game now seeing multiple delays.
When EA revealed the revival of thePGAfranchise previously headlined by legendary golfer Tiger Woods and later Rory McIlroy, the developer had not settled on a date for its return, later announcing a release window set for Spring 2022. However, EA would later once again shift that release date backwards in November, leaving the time of arrival for the golf game up in the air. Now, a recent reveal from EA Sports has confirmed thatEA Sports PGA Touris once again getting delayed with the newest date pushing it out of 2022.
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The newest delay was revealed through a new post to the official Twitter forEA Sports PGA Tour, the first Tweet made by the account sincethe previous delay ofEA Sports PGA Tourin November. With the original Spring 2022 release window now quickly arriving, EA Sports officially confirmed that the upcoming golf game would be missing out on the 2022 season, withEA Sports PGA Tournow set to arrive in a similar Spring window in 2023. Similar to the last delay, no official reason was given behind the delay into next year.
A delay into 2023 will deal a heavy blow to fans of the sport as 2022 is, so far, looking to be a dry year for fans of golf simulation games like EA’sPGA Tourand 2K’sPGA Tour 2Kfranchises. Following2K’s signing of former EA cover athlete Tiger Woodslast year, 2K has yet to confirm an upcoming entry for its own golf series with the golf franchise skipping 2021. However, other options likeMario Golfand the upcomingNintendo Switch Sportshave looked to fill the void for golf fans, albeit in a more arcade, less realistic style.
EA’s return to golf has been a long time coming for the sports games juggernaut as the developer’s golf franchise hasn’t seen a new game since2015’sRory McIlroy PGA Tour. Options for simulation-styled golf games likePGA 2K21have dwindled in recent years as 2K has yet to announce a follow-up, withEA Sports PGA Tourlooking to recapture a sport that the developer had been out of for several years. Now, withEA Sports PGA Tour’s release pushed back again, fans will have to wait even longer for EA’s return to the putting green.
EA Sports PGA Touris scheduled to release in Spring 2023 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S
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